Ferrari

Active years: 1950-present

History
The only team in Formula One today to have been present at the first World Championship Grand Prix in 1950. To many, Ferrari and Formula 1 are inseparable.

The first decade and a half of the world championship saw a string of Ferrari championships won by the likes of Alberto Ascari, Juan Manuel Fangio, Phil Hill and John Surtees.

Ferrari struggled from the mid-sixties to the mid-seventies, before the new partnership of Niki Lauda and Mauro Forghieri delivered more titles in 1975 and 1977. There would have been another in 1976 but for Lauda’s horror crash at the Nürburgring – and surely more had he and team founder Enzo Ferrari not fallen out.

Enzo died in 1988, nine years since the team’s last drivers’ title and five years since its last constructors’ championship. Throughout much of the 1980s and 1990s they looked like a spent force - although Alain Prost came close to winning the title for them in 1990.

It was only when Jean Todt recruited a swathe of staff from outside Italy – including Michael Schumacher – that the team began to taste championship success again. It began the 21st century with an unprecedented five consecutive championship doubles, and even after Schumacher’s departure the team claimed another double in 2007.

Headquarters
Maranello, Italy

Major team personnel
Team principal: Stefano Domenicali
Technical director: Aldo Costa
Engine and electronics director: Gilles Simon
Operations director: Mario Almondo
Chief designer: Nikolas Tombazis
Head of vehicle performance and research and design: Marco Fainello
Head of aerodynamics: John Iley
Team manager: Luca Baldisseri