Engine:
Ferrari
Tyres: Bridgestone
Drivers: Michael Schumacher, Rubens Barrichello
Test Drivers: Luca Badoer, Luciano Burti
Team founded: 1929
Team principal: Luca di Montezemolo
General Manager: Jean Todt
Technical director: Ross Brawn
Chief Designer: Rory Bryne
Director of Engine Department: Paolo Martinelli
Innovation & Development: Giorgio Ascanelli
Aerodynamics Engineer: Nicolas Tombasis
Race Engineer (No1): Luca Baldisseri
Race Enginer (No2): Carlo Cantoni
Mechanics & Cars Co-ordinator: Nigel Stepney
Chief Mechanic (No1): Federico Bertazzo
Chief Mechanic (No2): Claudio Papaleo
Sponsorship Manager: Carlo Tazzoli
Press & PR Manager: Claudio Berro
Sporting Manager: Stefano Domenicali
Test
Team Manager: Luigi Mazzola
Team Manager: Ignazio Lunetta
Team base: Maranello, nr Modena, Italy
GRAND
PRIX RECORDS:
Grand Prix wins to end of 2003: 167
Grand Prix Entered to end of 2003: 686
Constructors' titles: 9 (61, 64, 75, 76, 77, 79,
82, 83, 99, 00, 01, 02, 03, 04)
Drivers' titles: 9 (52, 53, 56, 58, 61, 64, 75,
77, 79, 00, 01, 02, 03, 04)
Ferrari,
one of the longest-serving and winningest Formula 1 teams, is steeped
in tradition and exudes charisma. The only Grand Prix team to manufacture
its own engine, gearbox and chassis, its internal politics, fanned
by the close attentions of the Italian press, continue to amaze
and entertain the paddock. Quite simply the Grand Prix world would
be completely different without Ferrari.
Some
of the top names of the sport, including Alberto Ascari, Juan Manuel
Fangio, Mike Hawthorn, Phil Hill, John Surtees, Niki Lauda, Jody
Sheckter, Gerhard Berger, Nigel Mansell, Alain Prost and Gilles
Villeneuve have all been associated with the marque.
Team
founder Enzo Ferrari initially ran cars for Alfa Romeo, but, after
World War II, his racers bore the Ferrari name. First Grand Prix
success came in 1951, and the wins have been piling up ever since,
with the odd super-successful season punctuated by too many when
the red cars have not fulfilled their potential.
Nevertheless,
nine Drivers' titles and eight Constructors' crowns are an enduring
achievement, and Ferrari continues to be the best-supported marque
in the Grand Prix world. The team are still currently the sport’s
most succesful, with 113 wins to McLaren’s 107 and Williams’
103.
Enzo
Ferrari ruled the team until his death in 1988, and the latest man
to be charged by Ferrari's owner Fiat with regaining the glory days
is Luca di Montezemolo, a man who was credited with much of the
success enjoyed by Niki Lauda in the mid 1970s.
After
several lean years in the early 1990s, ex-Peugeot man Jean Todt
was hired to bring some order to the team. The lack of results continued,
but Todt steadily brought together the pieces that would transform
Ferrari back to a dominant force in motor racing. For 1996, the
team had the benefit of the world’s leading driver in Michael
Schumacher, but poor mid-season reliability meant they were unable
to challenge for the title. Brilliant driving by Schumacher at a
drenched Spanish Grand Prix, and victories on merit at Spa and Monza
meant that the team looked positively to 1997.
It
would turn out to be one of their most succesful seasons to date,
with Schumacher almost clinching the team’s first title since
Jody Schekter in 1979. Five inspired wins allied with numerous points
finishes had Schumacher leading the Drivers’ Championship
before the controversial collision with title-rival Jacques Villeneueve
at Jerez that left him in the gravel and ultimately excluded from
the championship. A new car from ex-Benetton duo Ross Brawn and
Rory Byrne has team management demanding a championship in 1999
and they got it as they fought long and hard and took it by 4 points
from Mclaren.
FERRARI
MILESTONES
1951: First Grand Prix win in Britain. Two further wins later in
year
1952: Alberto Ascari World Champion with six wins
1953: Ascari World Champion with five wins
1956: Juan Manuel Fangio World Champion with three wins
1958: 2nd in Constructors' Championship with 40 points
1959: 2nd in Constructors' Championship with 32 points
1960: 3rd in Constructors' Championship with 22 points
1961: 1st in Constructors' Championship with 40 points
1962: 5th in Constructors' Championship with 18 points
1963: 4th in Constructors' Championship with 26 points
1964: 1st in Constructors' Championship with 45 points
1965: 4th in Constructors' Championship with 26 points
1966: 2nd in Constructors' Championship with 31 points
1967: 4th in Constructors' Championship with 20 points
1968: 4th in Constructors' Championship with 32 points
1969: 5th in Constructors' Championship with 7 points
1970: 2nd in Constructors' Championship with 55 points
1971: 4th in Constructors' Championship with 33 points
1972: 4th in Constructors' Championship with 33 points
1973: 6th in Constructors' Championship with 12 points
1974: 2nd in Constructors' Championship with 65 points
1975: 1st in Constructors' Championship with 72.5 points
1976: 1st in Constructors' Championship with 83 points
1977: 1st in Constructors' Championship with 95 points
1978: 2nd in Constructors' Championship with 58 points
1979: 1st in Constructors' Championship with 113 points
1980: 10th in Constructors' Championship with 8 points
1981: 5th in Constructors' Championship with 34 points
1982: 1st in constructors' Championship with 74 points
1983: 1st in constructors' Championship with 89 points
1984: 2nd in constructors' Championship with 57.5 points
1985: 2nd in constructors' Championship with 82 points
1986: 4th in constructors' Championship with 37 points
1987: 4th in constructors' Championship with 53 points
1988: 2nd in constructors' Championship with 65 points
1989: 3rd in constructors' Championship with 59 points
1990: 2nd in constructors' Championship with 110 points
1991: 3rd in constructors' Championship with 55.5 points
1992: 4th in constructors' Championship with 21 points
1993: 4th in constructors' Championship with 28 points
1994: 3rd in constructors' Championship with 71 points
1995: 3rd in constructors' Championship with 73 points
1996: 2nd in constructors' Championship with 70 points
1997: 2nd in constructors' Championship with 102 points
1998: 2nd in constructors' Championship with 133 points
1999: 1st in constructors' Championship with 124 points
2000: 1st in constructors' Championship with 170 points
2001: 1st in constructors' Championship with 179 points
2002: 1st in constructors' Championship with 221 points
2003: 1st in constructors' Championship with 167 points
2004: 1st in constructors' Championship with 262 points |