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74-414: Écurie Francorchamps raced in Formula One between 1952 and 1954, and campaigned Ferrari cars. They won one race. Écurie Francorchamps made their début at the 1952 Belgian Grand Prix with Charles de Tornaco as their driver. De Tornaco finished seventh at that event, retired from the 1952 Dutch Grand Prix , and failed to qualify for the 1952 Italian Grand Prix . Roger Laurent drove the team's Ferrari in

148-529: A Ferrari 296 GT3 run by Frikadelli Racing won the 24 Hours of Nürburgring . At the 2024 24 Hours of Le Mans , Ferrari achieved its eleventh victory, recording consecutive victories at Le Mans for the first time since 1965 with the No. 50 499P driven by Antonio Fuoco , Miguel Molina and Nicklas Nielsen . While the Ferrari No. 51 499P driven by Alessandro Pier Guidi , James Calado , and Antonio Giovinazzi , winner of

222-514: A Ferrari 512S . Hughes de Fierlandt and Alain de Cadenet retired in 1971 . In 1972 Derek Bell , Teddy Pilette and Richard Bond brought the Ferrari home in eighth position. The following year Richard Bond and Jean-Claude Andruet only could finish 20th. In 1974 Hughes de Fierlandt and Richard Bond retired from the race driving a Porsche 911 Carrera RSR. Jean-Claude Andruet , Teddy Pilette and Hughes de Fierlandt finished 12th in 1975 . In

296-876: A Jaguar D-Type . In 1956 Écurie Francorchamps prepared the Ferrari 250 GT Europa of Olivier Gendebien and Pierre Stasse who finished in third place of the Liège–Rome–Liège Rally . In 1957 they returned at Le Mans with Lucien Bianchi and Georges Harris finishing seventh in a Ferrari 500 TRC and winning the S2000 class. Écurie Francorchamps would keep returning in Ferraris every single time. Jean Blaton and Alain de Changy finished sixth in 1958 . In 1960 Léon Dernier and Pierre Noblet finished sixth overall and third in their GT category. Lucien Bianchi and Georges Berger didn't finish in 1961 . Pierre Dumay and Léon Dernier finished in

370-454: A Grand Prix World Championship had been discussed before the war; it took several years afterwards for the series to become active. Meanwhile, Ferrari rebuilt his works in Maranello and constructed the 12-cylinder, 1.5 L Tipo 125 , which competed at several non-championship Grands Prix. The car made its debut at the 1948 Italian Grand Prix with Raymond Sommer and achieved its first win at

444-404: A bigger level of media coverage to the sport. Ferrari was able to prevail in the 1964 and 1965 seasons both in the championship and at the 24 Hours of Le Mans but had to concede Ford the victory in the 1966 championship and Le Mans race, when the 7-litre GT40 had a dominant season. In 1967, the last where Ford and Ferrari could battle on the tarmac, saw Ferrari taking the championship but losing at

518-583: A factory effort Ferrari Competizioni GT, in partnership with racing teams, such as AF Corse , Kessel Racing , and Risi Competizione , among others. With factory support, these teams achieved great success in major international GT2 and GTE Pro/GTLM competitions. Starting from this same year, AF Corse won the GT2 manufacturers' title along with the team's title each year it was contested in the FIA GT Championship . It also took two drivers' titles in 2006 and 2008 in

592-485: A fine fourth place in 1963 also finishing second in their class. In the 1965 24 Hours of Le Mans Écurie Francorchamps finished in third place with Willy Mairesse and Jean Blaton at the wheel of a Ferrari 275 GTB, equalling their best result of 1955 and also winning their GT class. Pierre Noblet and Claude Dubois finished tenth in 1966 . Écurie Francorchamps would not return to Le Mans until 1970 where Hughes de Fierlandt and Alistair Walker finished in fifth place in

666-580: A team one and there was not a largely participated world manufacturer title for sportscars until the inception of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC). Ferrari cars were raced in a range of classes, such as GT racing by other entrants, but not by the factory Scuderia Ferrari team. In the 1990s, Ferrari returned to sports prototypes as a constructor with the Ferrari 333 SP with success, although Scuderia Ferrari itself never raced this car. From 2006, Ferrari returned to GT car racing with

740-463: A test track on the same site, the Fiorano Circuit built in 1972, which is used for testing road and race cars. The team is named after its founder Enzo Ferrari . Scuderia is Italian for a stable reserved for racing horses, and is also commonly applied to Italian motor racing teams. The prancing horse was the symbol used on Italian World War I ace Francesco Baracca 's fighter plane. It became

814-728: A two-year sponsorship agreement with the United States–based Haas Automation tool company, which transferred into a powertrain deal in 2016 when the Haas F1 Team entered the sport. On 14 April 2018, AMD announced a multi-year sponsorship with Scuderia Ferrari on the occasion of the Chinese Grand Prix held on the Shanghai Circuit. The AMD logo was visible on the nose of the Ferrari SF71H . In December 2021,

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888-474: Is the racing division of luxury Italian auto manufacturer Ferrari and the racing team that competes in Formula One racing. The team is also known by the nickname " The Prancing Horse " ( Italian : il Cavallino Rampante or simply il Cavallino ), in reference to their logo. It is the oldest surviving and most successful Formula One team , having competed in every world championship since 1950 . The team

962-420: Is the team's most successful driver. Joining the team in 1996 and driving for them until his first retirement in 2006 , he won five consecutive drivers' titles and 72 Grands Prix for the team. His titles came consecutively between 2000 and 2004 , and the team won consecutive constructors' titles between 1999 and 2004, marking the era as the most successful period in the team's history. The team's drivers for

1036-681: The 1952 German Grand Prix , where he finished sixth. In 1953 Swaters and de Tornaco both entered the 1953 Belgian Grand Prix but neither started the race. Swaters finished seventh in the 1953 German Grand Prix , and retired from the 1953 Swiss Grand Prix because he spun off during the first lap. In 1954 Swaters retired in Belgium because his engine failed. He finished eighth in Switzerland and failed to finish in Spain , when his engine failed again. The team's single victory came when owner Jacques Swaters won

1110-558: The 1961 Belgian Grand Prix when Belgian driver Olivier Gendebien privately entered a Ferrari car painted in the Belgian racing yellow colour , scoring 4th behind three other Ferrari cars painted in red as they were entered by the Scuderia Ferrari works team itself, and driven by US drivers Phil Hill and Richie Ginther as well as German Wolfgang von Trips . Ferrari won the 1964 World championship with John Surtees by competing

1184-550: The 1961 French Grand Prix , and one fastest lap (Baghetti at the 1961 Italian Grand Prix ). The 1966 Italian Grand Prix was the last time a Ferrari car was entered by a privateer team when Giancarlo Baghetti drove a private Ferrari car entered by the British Reg Parnell team. Jean-Claude Andruet Jean-Claude Andruet (born 13 August 1940 in Montreuil ) is a retired French professional rally driver who competed in

1258-404: The 1974 season) to become the title sponsor of Ferrari, resulting to the change of the official team's name to Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro from the beginning of the 1997 season until the 2011 European Grand Prix . Marlboro had already been Ferrari's minor sponsor since the 1984 season and increased to the team's major sponsorship in the 1993 season. Alongside Jordan Grand Prix , the team

1332-411: The 1978 24 Hours of Le Mans , Écurie Francorchamps' last Le Mans, Teddy Pilette , Jean Blaton and Raymond Touroul failed to finish at the wheel of a Ferrari 512BB . ( key ) (results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) Scuderia Ferrari Scuderia Ferrari ( Italian: [skudeˈriːa ferˈraːri] ), currently racing under Scuderia Ferrari HP ,

1406-496: The 1998 Belgian Grand Prix , team orders in Formula One were officially banned ahead of the 2003 season. On lap 49 of the 2010 German Grand Prix , Fernando Alonso went past Felipe Massa for the race lead, after Ferrari had informed Massa that Alonso was "faster than him". This communication has widely been interpreted as a team order from Ferrari. Alonso won the race, with Massa finishing second and Sebastian Vettel taking

1480-544: The 2008 Italian Grand Prix , as well as one Ferrari privateer win at the 1961 French Grand Prix . Nine drivers have won the Drivers' Championship while driving for Ferrari, winning a total of fifteen Drivers' Championships. Between 1950 and 1966 , numerous privateer teams entered Ferrari cars in World Championship events. Between them, these teams achieved five podium finishes, including Giancarlo Baghetti 's win at

1554-464: The 2021 season, the Mission Winnow sponsorship was dropped to promote new technologies. On 10 September 2009, Ferrari announced that it would be sponsored by Santander from 2010 on a five-year contract. The contract was subsequently extended to end in late 2017. After a four-year break, Santander and Ferrari renewed their partnership on 21 December 2021 with a multi-year contract. As part of

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1628-488: The 2024 season are Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz Jr. The latter will be replaced by the seven-time Formula One World Champion, Lewis Hamilton for the 2025 season and beyond. Scuderia Ferrari was founded by Enzo Ferrari in 1929 to enter amateur drivers in various races. Ferrari himself had raced in Costruzioni Meccaniche Nazionali and Alfa Romeo cars before that date. The idea came about on

1702-547: The Alfa Romeo Bimotore , the first car to wear a Ferrari badge on the radiator cowl. Ferrari managed numerous established drivers (notably Tazio Nuvolari , Giuseppe Campari , Achille Varzi , and Louis Chiron ) and several talented rookies (Mario Tadini, Guy Moll , Carlo Maria Pintacuda , and Antonio Brivio ) from his headquarters in Viale Trento e Trieste, Modena, Italy , until 1938, at which point Alfa Romeo made him

1776-458: The Fiat group (which had been the owners of the Ferrari company since 1969 ). Until the 1980s, the only other companies whose logos appeared on Ferrari's Formula One cars were technical partners, such as Magneti Marelli , Brembo , and Agip . At the end of the 1996 season, Philip Morris International through its brand Marlboro withdrew its sponsorship agreement with McLaren after 22 years (since

1850-563: The Formula 2 series in several years, as follows: From the late 1940s to the early 1970s, Ferrari competed in sports car racing with great success, winning the overall World Sportscar Championship (WSC) twelve times. Ferrari cars (including non-works entries) won the Mille Miglia eight times, the Targa Florio seven times, and the 24 Hours of Le Mans nine times. In this span of time, Ferrari

1924-584: The Sports Prototypes class, the team developed the Ferrari P series of cars. Up to the 1964 season, they faced little competition from major manufacturers, as only Porsche stayed in the series albeit with smaller engined cars that were able to be competitive only in selected races where engine power was less relevant and overall lightness was a premium, such as at the Targa Florio or at the Nurburgring. At

1998-461: The Targa Florio , the Mille Miglia , and the Carrera Panamericana . The team is also known for its passionate support base, known as the tifosi . The Italian Grand Prix at Monza is regarded as the team's home race. As a constructor in Formula One, Ferrari has a record 16 Constructors' Championships . Their most recent Constructors' Championship was won in 2008 . The team also holds

2072-558: The World Rally Championship . Andruet took three WRC event wins during his career; 1973 Monte Carlo Rally , 1974 Tour de Corse and 1977 San Remo Rally . The 1973 Monte Carlo was the first ever rally in the FIA World Rally Championship. His best placement in the overall drivers' championship was 13th in 1982. He won a total of five Le Mans 24 hours class wins and the 1977 Spa 24 hours. He also competed in

2146-514: The 1932 Spa 24 Hours in Belgium on a two-car team of Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Spiders, which finished first and second. In 1933, Alfa Romeo experienced economic difficulties and withdrew its team from racing. From then, the Scuderia Ferrari became the acting racing team of Alfa Romeo when the factory released to the Scuderia the up to date Monoposto Tipo B racers. In 1935, Enzo Ferrari and Luigi Bazzi built

2220-459: The 1968 season forced Ferrari out from the championship and in this way the Ferrari vs. Ford battle in endurance racing met its end. The 1970s was the last decade Ferrari entered as a works effort in sports car racing. After an uninspired performance in the 1973 season, Enzo Ferrari stopped all development of sports cars in prototype and grand touring (GT) racing at the end of the year to concentrate on Formula One. This choice paid off and Ferrari

2294-425: The 2021 season included Shell , Ray-Ban , United Parcel Service , Estrella Galicia , Weichai Group , Richard Mille , Mahle GmbH , Amazon Web Services , and Officine Meccaniche Rezzatesi. On 24 April 2024, the team announced a multi-year title partnership with HP Inc. , renaming the team (including E-sports and F1 Academy) as Scuderia Ferrari HP from the 2024 Miami Grand Prix onwards. Ferrari competed in

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2368-487: The 24 Hours of Le Mans race. This last race was really controversial as the race timing completely disappeared for some hours during nighttime before reappearing with altered results. This and other controversial aspects of the race were recounted by the late Mauro Forghieri , famously quoting a dialogue with Mr Finance, then in charge of organising the Le Mans race. A change of rules denying the participation to prototype cars for

2442-450: The 24 Hours of Le Mans, the 24 Hours of Daytona , and the 12 Hours of Sebring . The 499P was managed by AF Corse and this caused a restructuring of the GT activities of the successful Italian team. At the 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans , Ferrari achieved its first Le Mans victory since 1965 with the No. 51 499P driven by Alessandro Pier Guidi , James Calado , and Antonio Giovinazzi . In the same year,

2516-728: The American IndyCar series. This threat was used as a bargaining tool with the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), and Enzo Ferrari offered to cancel the IndyCar Project and commit to Formula One on the condition that the technical regulations were not changed to exclude V12 engines. The FIA agreed to this, and the IndyCar project was shelved, although a car, the Ferrari 637 , had already been constructed. In 2009, it had emerged that Ferrari had an FIA-sanctioned veto on

2590-912: The Carrera Panamericana in Mexico, the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France, the Mille Miglia in Italy, the 24 Hours of Spa in Belgium, the Nürburgring 1000 km in Germany, and the Sicilian Targa Florio. Ferrari launched a large range of sports racers over the next three years. This included the traditional compact Colombo V12 -powered Ferrari 250 MM ; the larger V12 Lampredi -powered 340 MM , 375 MM , 375 Plus , and 410 S ; and Jano -powered 290 MM , 315 S , and 335 S ;

2664-532: The European Union, and other major teams had withdrawn from relationships with tobacco companies (e.g. McLaren had ended its eight-year relationship with West ). In reporting the deal, F1 Racing magazine judged it to be a black day for the sport, putting non-tobacco funded teams at a disadvantage and discouraging other brands from entering a sport still associated with tobacco. The magazine estimated that between 2005 and 2011, Ferrari received $ 1 billion from

2738-581: The GT drivers' title, which had been awarded since the 2013 season, with Ferrari/AF Corse winning five out of nine editions (2013, 2014, 2017, 2021, and 2022). To this tally, AF Corse added four out of six LMGTE PRO team trophies. Several other trophies were won also in the LMGTE PRO/AM class in the WEC. Other victories were also achieved in international and national championships both in GT2/LmGTE and GT3 classes all over

2812-503: The NART team and at the 1966 Italian Grand Prix by the British privateer team Reg Parnell kept wearing the red colour, the 1964 Mexican Grand Prix was the last time Ferrari cars wore other than the traditional red colour in Formula One. The Ferrari Formula One team was resistant to the commercial sponsorship for many years and it was not until 1977 that the cars began to feature the logo of

2886-473: The agreement. The last time Ferrari ran explicit tobacco sponsorship on the car was at the 2007 Chinese Grand Prix , with barcodes and other subliminal markers used afterwards. On 8 July 2011, it was announced that the Marlboro section of its official team name had been removed from the 2011 British Grand Prix onwards, following complaints from sponsorship regulators. As a consequence, the official team's name

2960-430: The deal with Acer , Acer was allowed to sell Ferrari-badged laptops. On the other hand, semiconductor chip maker AMD , announced in early 2009 that it had decided to drop its sponsorship of the team and was waiting for its contract to expire after its former vice-president/sales executive (who was an avid fan of motorsports) had left the company. AMD returned to sponsor the team in 2018. On 3 July 2014, Ferrari announced

3034-567: The end of 1963, a conflict between Ferrari and Ford over the potential acquisition of the Italian manufacturer by the American giant carmaker gave way to the famous "Ford vs. Ferrari war", a sort of modern David vs. Goliath battle that changed international motorsport forever. Ford decided to enter endurance racing pouring unprecedented amounts of money in the development of a racing department in England with

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3108-586: The final place on the podium. Ferrari were fined the maximum penalty available to the stewards, $ 100,000, for breach of regulations and for "bringing the sport into disrepute" as per "Article 151c' of the International Sporting Code ". Ferrari said they would not contest the fine. The team were referred to the FIA World Motor Sport Council , where they upheld the stewards' view but did not take any further action. The ban on team orders

3182-465: The first 70 laps, Rubens Barrichello was instructed to let Ferrari teammate Michael Schumacher pass him, a move that proved to be unpopular among many Formula One fans and the FIA , the sport's governing body. Following this incident and others in which team orders were used, such as McLaren 's use of them at the 1997 European Grand Prix and at the 1998 Australian Grand Prix , and Jordan Grand Prix 's at

3256-572: The first true Ferrari cars. After Alberto Ascari and the Marchese Lotario Rangoni Machiavelli di Modena drove them in the 1940 Mille Miglia , World War II put a temporary end to racing and the 815s saw no more competition. Ferrari continued to manufacture machine tools (specifically oleodynamic grinding machines). In 1943, he moved his headquarters to Maranello , where it was bombed in November 1944 and February 1945. Rules for

3330-407: The four-cylinder 500, 625, 750, and 860 Monzas ; and the six-cylinder 376 S and 735 LM . With this potent line-up, Ferrari was able to claim six of the first seven WSC titles (1953, 1954, 1956, 1957, and 1958). In the first half of the 1960s, Ferrari continued to enjoy considerable success, including six overall wins in a row at the 24 Hours of Le Mans (from 1960 to 1965). With the introduction of

3404-418: The iconic Marlboro cigarette packet design. In 2019, Mission Winnow became the team's title sponsor, and the team originally entered the 2019 season as Scuderia Ferrari Mission Winnow. Mission Winnow was dropped from team name before the season opener, while the car's Mission Winnow logos were replaced by a special 90th anniversary logo, after Australian authorities had launched an investigation into whether

3478-633: The initiative introduced by Philip Morris contravened laws banning tobacco advertising. Mission Winnow was restored for the second race of the season, and was used until the Monaco Grand Prix. The Mission Winnow logos were again replaced by the 90th anniversary logos for the Canadian until the Russian Grand Prix. The Mission Winnow branding returned at the Japanese Grand Prix. At the end of

3552-789: The last two races (the United States Grand Prix and Mexican Grand Prix ) in Ferrari 158 cars painted white with blue lengthwise " Cunningham racing stripes " - the national colours of the teams licensed in the United States - as these were entered not by the Italian works team themselves but by the American NART team. This was done as a protest against the agreement between Ferrari and the Italian Racing Authorities regarding their planned mid-engined Ferrari race car. Since Ferrari cars entered in 1965 and 1969 seasons by

3626-418: The latter did not and instead passed Villeneuve. Villeneuve was angered by what he saw as a betrayal by his teammate and, at one point, had even refused to go onto the podium. This feud is often considered to have been a contributory factor to his fatal accident in qualifying at the next race, the 1982 Belgian Grand Prix . At the 2002 Austrian Grand Prix , after having started from pole position and leading

3700-453: The logo of Ferrari after the fallen ace's parents, close acquaintances of Enzo Ferrari, suggested that Ferrari use the symbol as the logo of the Scuderia , telling him it would "bring him good luck". Since its debut in 1950, Ferrari has become a byword for Formula One . For many, Ferrari and Formula One racing have become inseparable, being the only team to have competed in every season since

3774-478: The manager of the factory racing division, Alfa Corse . Alfa Romeo had bought the shares of the Scuderia Ferrari in 1937 and transferred, from 1 January 1938, the official racing activity to Alfa Corse whose new buildings were being erected next to the Alfa factory at Portello, Milan . The Viale Trento e Trieste facilities remained active to assist the racing customers. Enzo Ferrari disagreed with this policy change and

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3848-422: The men of the Scuderia and its founder. Ferrari scored international successes in sports car racing while still at the startup phase, taking wins in 1948 at the Mille Miglia and at the Targa Florio with the Ferrari 166 S and in 1949 at the Mille Miglia, at the12 Hours of Paris, at the 24 Hours of Spa , at the Targa Florio, and at the 24 Hours of Le Mans all in the same season. This remarkable streak of victories

3922-609: The minor Circuito di Garda with Giuseppe Farina . After the four-year condition expired, the road car company was called Ferrari S.p.A. , while the name SEFAC (Società Esercizio Fabbriche Automobili e Corse) was used for the racing department. The team was based in Modena from its pre-war founding until 1943, when Enzo Ferrari moved the team to a new factory in Maranello in 1943, and both Scuderia Ferrari and Ferrari's road car factory remain at Maranello to this day. The team owns and operates

3996-489: The new V6 turbo engines. Marussia, Cosworth's only team at the time, signed a multi-year deal with Ferrari, beginning in 2014. For the 2024 season , Ferrari supplies the Haas F1 Team and Sauber Motorsport . Ferrari did not enter the first-ever race of the championship, the 1950 British Grand Prix , due to a dispute with the organisers over "start money". In the 1960s, Ferrari withdrew from several races in strike actions. In 1987, Ferrari considered abandoning Formula One for

4070-498: The night of 16 November at a dinner in Bologna , where Ferrari solicited financial help from textile heirs Augusto and Alfredo Caniato and wealthy amateur racer Mario Tadini. He then gathered a team which at its peak included over forty drivers, most of whom raced in various Alfa Romeo 8C cars; Ferrari himself continued racing, with moderate success, until the birth of his first son Dino in 1932. The prancing horse blazon first appeared at

4144-465: The non-Championship Avusrennen in 1953. Écurie Francorchamps raced in sports car racing from the 1950s until the 1970s. Écurie Francorchamps first started in Le Mans in 1953 with a Jaguar C-Type finishing ninth; Charles de Tornaco and Roger Laurent were the drivers. In 1954 they finished fourth with Laurent and team owner Jacques Swaters as the drivers. Écurie Francorchamps had their best Le Mans finish in 1955 coming home in third place in

4218-495: The objective to beat Ferrari in this category of races. The Ford GT40 was born and developed in the years following that initiative. After a few years, Ford entered also the Formula One championship. No European manufacturer was able to compete with this level of investment at the time, and Ford engines dominated Formula One racing for over a decade. Moreover, the advent of the American carmaker brought along munificent sponsorships from American tobacco and oil companies, in addition to

4292-426: The previous edition, came in third place. As a constructor, Ferrari has achieved the following statistics: Ferrari has achieved unparalleled success in Formula One and holds many significant records including (all numbers are based on World Championship events only). Ferrari is the most successful Formula One engine manufacturer with 249 wins, having achieved a single non-Ferrari victory with Scuderia Toro Rosso at

4366-413: The record for the most Drivers' Championships with 15, won by nine different drivers including Alberto Ascari , Juan Manuel Fangio , Mike Hawthorn , Phil Hill , John Surtees , Niki Lauda , Jody Scheckter , Michael Schumacher , and Kimi Räikkönen . Räikkönen's title in 2007 is the most recent for the team. The 2020 Tuscan Grand Prix marked Ferrari's 1000th Grand Prix in Formula One. Schumacher

4440-417: The same car driven by Pier Guidi, Calado, and Côme Ledogar . A Ferrari 488 GT3 scored the overall win at the 2017 12 Hours of Bathurst and the 2021 24 Hours of Spa . In 2023, after a 50-year hiatus, Ferrari returned to the top class of endurance racing with its new Ferrari 499P , a Le Mans Hypercar prototype. Subsequently, they were able to compete for the world title and in prestigious events, such as

4514-525: The same series. Following the demise of the GT Championship and the creation of a new world championship series for endurance racing by the FIA, Ferrari/AF Corse continued to enjoy much success in GT racing. Of the ten GT manufacturers' championships contested from the introduction of the WEC championship in 2012, Ferrari won seven editions (2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2021, and 2022). Almost the same happened with

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4588-520: The team extended its 10-year partnership with Kaspersky Lab , which also became its esports team partner. This deal was terminated following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine . The official suppliers of Ferrari for the 2021 season included Pirelli , Puma , Radiobook, Experis-Veritaaq, SKF , Magneti Marelli , NGK , Brembo , Riedel Communications , VistaJet , and Iveco . Other suppliers included Alfa Romeo , Palantir Technologies , Bell Sports , and Sabelt . The companies sponsoring Ferrari for

4662-496: The technical regulations. Team orders have proven controversial at several points in Ferrari's history. At the 1982 San Marino Grand Prix , the two Ferraris were leading with Gilles Villeneuve ahead of Didier Pironi . The team showed the slow sign to its drivers, and, as per a pre-race agreement, the driver leading at that point was expected to take the win of the Grand Prix. Villeneuve slowed and expected that Pironi would follow;

4736-604: The time, become soon a product of excellence and famous, rich people started to desire and buy them. The streak of prestigious victories continued the following seasons with wins at the Carrera Panamericana in 1951, at the 1950 and 1951 Mille Miglia, and almost at the same time Ferrari started to win in Formula One at several international events. In 1953, with the creation of the WSC, Ferrari, along with other manufacturers like Aston Martin , Maserati , Mercedes-Benz , and Jaguar began to enter multiple factory-backed cars in races, such as

4810-520: The world championship began. Ferrari produces engines for its own Formula One cars and has supplied engines to other teams. Ferrari has previously supplied engines to Minardi (1991), Scuderia Italia (1992–1993), Sauber (1997–2005 with engines badged as Petronas , and 2010–2025), Prost (2001, badged Acer ), Red Bull Racing (2006), Spyker (2007), Scuderia Toro Rosso (2007–2013, 2016), Force India (2008), and Marussia (2014–2015). When regulations changed in 2014, Cosworth decided not to make

4884-485: The world. Among the victories in prestigious racing events are the two GT2 class wins scored at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2008 and 2009 by Risi Competizione and the four GTE Pro class wins scored by AF Corse at the same event: in 2012 and 2014 with the Ferrari 458 GT2 driven by Gianmaria Bruni , Giancarlo Fisichella , and Toni Vilander ; in 2019 with the Ferrari 488 GTE Ferrari 488 GTE driven by Alessandro Pier Guidi , James Calado , and Daniel Serra ; and in 2021 with

4958-414: Was able to contend the Formula One title already from the 1974 season and then went on to win several titles in the following years. After Ferrari withdrawal from the WSC, the series soon saw a decline in the level of competition and reduced almost to a one-contender show until the 1987 season, when several manufacturers entered the championship again. Since the 1985 season, the championship was declassed to

5032-458: Was achieved with the 2-litre Ferrari 166 MM against larger engined sports cars and already known marques. The 166MM in its famous barchetta form represented also a milestone in car design history and was soon copied abroad, ending up revisited in the lines of the Shelby Cobra of the early 1960s. Ferrari cars, being able to win at the first try at Le Mans and to triumph in all the major races of

5106-414: Was almost the only constructor able to support the participation in both the two most important categories of international car motor racing at the time, i.e. the Formula One and endurance racing championships. The fact that it did so, achieving remarkable success with few resources and coming from an impoverished post-World War II Italy, it is seen as a testament to the prowess, passion, and dedication to

5180-528: Was dismissed by Alfa in 1939. In October 1939, Enzo Ferrari left Alfa when the racing activity stopped and founded Auto Avio Costruzioni Ferrari, which also manufactured machine tools. The agreement with Alfa included the condition that he would not use the Ferrari name on cars for four years. In the winter of 1939–1940, Ferrari started work on a racecar of his own, the Tipo 815 (eight cylinders, 1.5 L displacement). The 815s, designed by Alberto Massimino , were thus

5254-478: Was founded by Enzo Ferrari in 1929, initially to race cars produced by Alfa Romeo . By 1947, Ferrari had begun building its own cars. Among its important achievements outside Formula One are winning the World Sportscar Championship , 24 Hours of Le Mans , 24 Hours of Spa , 24 Hours of Daytona , 12 Hours of Sebring , Bathurst 12 Hour , races for Grand tourer cars, and racing on road courses of

5328-459: Was required to run non-tobacco liveries in United States Grand Prix in the 2000s due to United States Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement requirements, as Phillip Morris was sponsoring Team Penske at the time; a clause in the settlement allowed each tobacco company to sponsor only one sporting entity. In September 2005, Ferrari signed an extension of the arrangement until 2011 at a time when advertising of tobacco sponsorship had become illegal in

5402-416: Was reverted to Scuderia Ferrari. At the 2018 Japanese Grand Prix , Ferrari added Philip Morris International's new Mission Winnow project logos to the car and team clothing. Although Mission Winnow is described as a non-tobacco brand "dedicated to science, technology and innovation", commentators such as The Guardian 's Richard Williams have noted that the logos incorporate elements whose shapes mimic

5476-699: Was subsequently lifted for the 2011 season. In keeping with their Italian roots, the Ferrari works team has always kept a red colour in the tradition of rosso corsa , the national racing colour of Italy , except for last two races in the 1964 season (the 1964 United States Grand Prix and 1964 Mexican Grand Prix ) when Enzo Ferrari let his cars be entered by the NART team in American national racing colours (white with blue lengthwise " Cunningham racing stripes ") to protest against Italian racing authorities. However, Ferrari cars entered by non-Italian privateer teams wore their respective national racing colours until

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