Ferrari History in F1 - Formula 1

Ferrari is not only the most famous team in the history of Formula 1, but also the most successful. The Maranello team has actually won 16 World Constructors' Championships and the other 15 World Championship titles reserved for drivers should not be forgotten. Let's discover the history of Red in the Circus together.

Ferrari: history

La Ferrari debuts in F1 in the first season of the Circus, held in 1950, but only enters the stage at the second Grand Prix of Monte Carlo, finishing second with Alberto Askari... In the same year, another "silver medal" arrives in Italy with Dorino Serafini.

In 1951, he arrives - thanks to the Argentinean. Jose Froylan Gonzalez - the first victory (in the UK), but the best results are again given by Askari, who twice climbed to the top step of the podium in Germany and Italy.

First World Championship

The first world championship Ferrari comes from five consecutive victories by Askari (Belgium, France, Great Britain, Holland and Italy). Success Piero Taruffi in the first round of the season in Switzerland.

Askari repeats himself in 1953, climbing five more times to the highest step of the podium (Argentina, Holland, Belgium, Great Britain and Switzerland), while his teammates Mike Hawthorne (first time in France) e Giuseppe Farina (ahead of all in Germany) must be content with one victory.

In 1954 and 1955. Ferrari he has to deal with a very strong Mercedes: he doesn't take a single title home, but he manages to win two victories in the first year (Gonzalez in the UK and Hawthorn in Spain) and success in Monte Carlo the following year with Maurice Trintignant.

The titles Fangio and Hawthorn

After Askari's death in 1955 A spear he retires from racing and sells all of his Cavallino equipment, including the single D50. Argentinian driving this car Juan Manuel Fangio wins the 1956 World Cup thanks to three victories in Argentina (paired with Luigi Musso), in the UK and Germany, while the British Peter Collins ranks first in Belgium and France.

1957 is a losing year for Ferrari - three second places (two for Musso in France and Great Britain and one for Hawthorn in Germany) - marked by death Eugenio Castellotti in Modena during a test with the Reds. In 1958 Hawthorne, who needs only one victory (the same number of successes recorded by Collins' assistant, first in the UK, and who died in the next race at the Nürburgring) in France - combined with death, receives another driver's title. another Ferrari driver, Musso, to outdo his rivals.

In 1959, Rossa won two Grand Prix with the British. Tony Brooks in France and Germany, but little can be done against very strong cooper. The same in 1960, when there was only one success - in Italy - thanks to the American Phil Hill.

First World Constructors Championship

The first constructors' world championship (1958 championship) for Ferrari arrives in 1961: thanks to Hill, who also becomes the World Pilot Champion with two successes in Belgium and Italy. In this Grand Prix, his German teammate died. Wolfgang von Trips, who also climbed to the top of the podium twice that season (Holland and Great Britain).

At the end of the season Giotto Bizzarrini, Carlo Chiti e Romolo Tavoni leave the Maranello team after a quarrel with Enzo Ferrari: the team suffered in 1962 (no victories and Hill's second place in Monte Carlo), but recovered the following year thanks to the success of the British. John Surtez in Germany

Iris and the decline of Surtees

In 1964 Ferrari wins the constructors and pilots world championship again with Surtees (winner in Germany and Italy). In addition, success Lorenzo Bandini in Austria.

This year begins a long post for the red team: a decade full of victories, but, unfortunately, poor world titles. In 1965, the best positions were taken by two second places Surtez (South Africa) and Bandini (Monte Carlo), and in 1966 Maranello's team returned to the top step of the podium with Surtez (Belgium) and Scarfiotti (Italy).

La Ferrari did not win in 1967 - four third places in Monte Carlo (Grand Prix in which Bandini loses his life), in Belgium, in Great Britain and in Germany with a New Zealander. Chris Amon - and in 1968 the success of the Belgian Jackie X in France. 1969 is another disappointing year, only partially saved by a third place in the Netherlands.

Seventies

Rossa returned to competitiveness in the early seventies and won three victories over X (Austria, Canada and Mexico) in 1970 and one victory in Italy against the Swiss. Clay Regazzoni... Next year american Mario Andretti (in South Africa) and X (in Holland) take home one win each, and the Belgian repeats himself in 1972 in Germany.

1973 is a bad year for Ferrari - two fourth places (Brazil and South Africa) with Arturo Merzario and one, in Argentina, with X, who for the first time in history did not climb the podium at least once in a season, but redemption came in 1974 with two victories of the Austrian Niki Lauda.

It was Lauda

In 1975 - after an eleven-year fast - Ferrari back to win the Constructors' World Championship and the Drivers' Championship with Lauda. The Austrian rider with five victories (Monte Carlo, Belgium, Sweden, France and USA) surpasses his teammate Regazzoni (first in Italy). The following year - the season featured in the movie Rush and marked by Laud's frightening crash at the Nürburgring - Cavallino won the Marche title again (thanks to Nika's five successes in Brazil, South Africa, Belgium, Monte Carlo and the UK, as well as the highest successes ). step of the podium received by Regazzoni at the US Western Grand Prix).

In 1977, Cavallino received a world double: Lauda repeats the title with three victories (South Africa, Germany, Holland) and an Argentinean. Carlos Reitemann prevails in Brazil. The following year, the South American racer achieved four victories (Brazil, US West, UK, US) and a Canadian pilot. Gilles Villeneuve rises to the highest step of the podium in the home Grand Prix.

Schecter arrives

South african Jodie Shekter debuts in Ferrari: wins three races (Belgium, Monte Carlo and Italy) and the World Drivers' Championship and allows Maranello's team to take home the constructors title thanks to three victories (South Africa, West USA and USA) by his colleague Villeneuve.

1980 is the worst year in the history of the Reds: a single-seat car based on the previous year's world champion is uncompetitive and cannot do better than fifth (twice with Villeneuve in Monte Carlo and in Canada and once with Scheckter in the GP Western USA).

Victories and dramas

La Ferrari he recovered in 1981 thanks to two successes by Villeneuve in Monte Carlo and in Spain, but in 1982 the team was shocked by the death of Gilles in Belgium. Teammate - French Didier Pironi - wins the San Marino and Dutch Grand Prix, but retires after a frightening accident in Germany. The World Drivers' Championship is slipping away, but the World Constructors' Championship is not: also thanks to the victory - precisely in the Teutonic Land - of the Transalpine Mountains. Patrick Tambey.

Next year he again wins the title of constructors with the French René Arnoux (three wins: Canada, Germany and Holland) and Tambay (first in San Marino).

Return of the Italian driver

Eleven years after Merzario, another Italian driver is called. Ferrari: Michelle Alboreto he made his debut with a win in Belgium and came close to the title the following year with two more victories in Canada and Germany.

In 1986 Rossa (Alboreto, 2nd place in Austria) did not win, but in 1987 and 1988 (the year of Alboreto's death). Enzo Ferrari) the only successes come from the Austrian Gerhard Berger: the first year prevails in Japan and Australia, and in the second - in Italy.

The age of technology

1989 is an important year for Ferrariwhich launches semi-automatic transmission with seven gears, controlled by the pilot through two blades. The car won three victories: two with the British. Nigel Mansell (Brazil and Hungary) and one with Berger in Portugal.

Arrival Alain Prost improves results, but not enough to win the title: the transalpine rider climbed to the top of the podium five times (Brazil, Mexico, France, Great Britain and Spain), only one success (in Portugal) for Mansell.

A bleak three-year period and a return to success

In 1991 Ferrari does not achieve a single victory (three second places for Prost in the USA, France and Spain) and cannot rise to the top step of the podium even in 1992 (two third places for the French). Jean Alesi in Spain and Canada) and in 1993 (2nd place for Alesi in Italy). La Rossa returns to victory in 1994 with Berger in Germany and repeats the following year in Canada with Alesi.

The era of Schumacher

Michael Schumacher he landed at Maranello in 1996 and, despite a slow car, he managed three victories (Spain, Belgium and Italy). The situation has been improving year by year: in 1997 there were five successes (Monte Carlo, Canada, France, Belgium and Japan) and in 1998 six (Argentina, Canada, France, Great Britain, Hungary and Italy).

La Ferrari he returned to win the Constructors' World Championship in 1999 when Schumacher - after two victories in San Marino and Monte Carlo - broke his right leg. British companion Eddie Irwin he even risks a pilot's title and has a lot of fun winning four wins (Australia, Austria, Germany and Malaysia).

In 2000 - after 21 years of starvation - Rossa also returned to win the World Drivers' Championship with Schumi (9 wins: Australia, Brazil, San Marino, Europe, Canada, Italy, USA, Japan and Malaysia) and repeat the constructors' victory. championship also thanks to the success of the Brazilian squire Rubens Barrichello in Germany. The next year the title doubles again, but this time all the credit goes to Michael and his eleven victories (Australia, Brazil, San Marino, Spain, Austria, Canada, UK, France, Germany, Belgium, Japan).

World championship streak Ferrari unabated: in 2003, six wins by Schumacher (San Marino, Spain, Austria, Canada, Italy and the United States) and two Barrichello (Great Britain and Japan), in 2004 the Brazilian racer again climbs twice to the top of the podium (Italy and China ), and Michael is even thirteen (Australia, Malaysia, Bahrain, San Marino, Spain, Europe, Canada, USA, France, Great Britain, Germany, Hungary, Japan).

In 2005, Ferrari's dominance ends: Schumacher wins only one US Grand Prix (in a race with six cars at the start). The situation improves the following year, with seven wins for Michael (San Marino, Europe, USA, France, Germany, Italy and China) and two wins for new Brazilian teammate Felipe Massa (Turkey and Brazil).

The last world championship

The last world championship among drivers Ferrari dates back to 2007 when Kimi Raikkonen wins the title on the first try with six successes (Australia, France, Great Britain, Belgium, China, Brazil). Maranello's team also won the constructors' championship thanks to Massa's three victories (Bahrain, Spain and Turkey).

In 2008, another world championship arrives in Marche (two Grand Prix won by Raikkonen), and Massa - six wins (Bahrain, Turkey, France, Europe, Belgium and Brazil) - almost lost the title.

Last years

2009 Season Ferrari very unfortunate: during the Hungarian Grand Prix qualifying, Massa is hit in the head by a spring lost to Barrichello's Brawn GP and is forced to miss the rest of the season, marked by Raikkonen's only win in Belgium.

The arrival of Fernando Alonso improves the situation, but does not have a title: the Spanish rider wins five victories in 2010 (Bahrain, Germany, Italy, Singapore, South Korea), one in 2011 (UK), three in 2012 (Malaysia, Europe and South Korea). Germany) and two – so far – in 2013 (China and Spain).