Ferrari F1 Team Stats & History

2026 Ferrari F1 drivers

Charles Leclerc

16P5167 ptscontracted

Drivers' Titles	0
Grand Prix Entries	187
Grand Prix Starts	185
Total Points	1951.00
Avg. Points per GP	10.43
Grand Prix Wins	9 (4,8%)
Wins from pole	5 (2,7%)
Pole Positions	27 (14,4%)
Front Row Starts	46 (24,6%)
Avg. GP Grid	6.2
GP Podiums	54 (28,9%)
GP Fastest Laps	13 (7,0%)
GP Points Finish	148 (79,1%)
Avg. GP Position	5.5
Hat-tricks	2 (1,1%)
GP DNFs	26 (13,9%)
Total GP Laps	10.097
Sprint Starts	29
Sprint Wins	0
Sprint Podiums	9 (31,0%)
Sprint Points	112

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Lewis Hamilton

44P3191 ptscontracted

Drivers' Titles	17
Grand Prix Entries	394
Grand Prix Starts	2394
Total Points	15289.50
Avg. Points per GP	13.43
Grand Prix Wins	1106 (26,9%)
Wins from pole	162 (15,7%)
Pole Positions	1105 (26,6%)
Front Row Starts	1177 (44,9%)
Avg. GP Grid	4.7
GP Podiums	1207 (52,5%)
GP Fastest Laps	269 (17,5%)
GP Points Finish	1346 (87,8%)
Avg. GP Position	3.9
Hat-tricks	219 (4,8%)
GP DNFs	35 (8,9%)
Total GP Laps	22.403
Sprint Starts	29
Sprint Wins	1 (3,4%)
Sprint Podiums	8 (27,6%)
Sprint Points	83

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2026 Leclerc VS Hamilton Comparison

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All Time Scuderia Ferrari F1 Drivers List

Driver	GP	1st	2nd	3rd	Pod	Pole	Laps	FL	PTS
Michael Schumacher	180	72	32	12	116	58	10251	53	1066
Charles Leclerc	164	9	18	27	54	26	9038	13	1796
Kimi Räikkönen	151	10	13	29	52	7	8197	23	1080
Felipe Massa	139	11	12	13	36	15	7924	14	789
Sebastian Vettel	118	14	21	20	55	12	6613	14	1400
Rubens Barrichello	102	9	24	22	55	11	5686	15	412
Gerhard Berger	96	5	8	11	24	7	4301	9	182
Fernando Alonso	96	11	18	15	44	4	5456	8	1190
Carlos Sainz	88	4	6	15	25	6	4916	3	897.5
Michele Alboreto	80	3	9	7	19	2	3576	4	138.5
Jean Alesi	79	1	6	9	16	1	3638	2	121
Clay Regazzoni	73	4	11	8	23	4	3836	13	169
Gilles Villeneuve	66	6	5	2	13	2	3216	8	107
Eddie Irvine	65	4	6	13	23	0	3251	1	156
Niki Lauda	58	15	12	5	32	23	3132	12	242.5
Jacky Ickx	55	6	4	6	16	11	2716	11	121
Lewis Hamilton	38	1	2	2	5	0	2107	2	347
Mike Hawthorn	37	3	9	4	16	4	2088	6	113.64
Lorenzo Bandini	35	1	2	5	8	1	1993	2	56
Carlos Reutemann	34	5	2	6	13	2	1901	2	90
René Arnoux	32	3	4	4	11	4	1627	4	79
Stefan Johansson	31	0	2	4	6	0	1444	0	49
Phil Hill	31	3	5	8	16	6	1690	6	96
Nigel Mansell	31	3	5	3	11	3	1533	6	75
John Surtees	30	4	5	4	13	4	1406	6	88
Alberto Ascari	30	13	4	0	17	13	1630	10	139
Alain Prost	30	5	5	4	14	0	1539	3	107
Jody Scheckter	28	3	3	0	6	1	1559	0	62
Chris Amon	27	0	1	5	6	3	1466	0	34
Didier Pironi	25	2	2	2	6	1	1257	3	48
Wolfgang von Trips	25	2	2	2	6	1	1336	0	56
Peter Collins	24	3	3	3	9	0	1047	0	47
Patrick Tambay	22	2	3	3	8	4	1093	1	65
Nino Farina	22	1	9	3	13	3	1167	0	75.33
Luigi Villoresi	21	0	2	6	8	0	1115	1	43
Maurice Trintignant	19	1	2	2	5	0	1082	0	33.33
José-Froilán González	17	2	6	3	11	3	980	3	56.64
Luigi Musso	15	1	4	0	5	0	736	1	32
Eugenio Castellotti	15	0	1	1	2	0	637	0	13.5
Louis Rosier	15	0	0	0	0	0	486	0	0
Ivan Capelli	14	0	0	0	0	0	513	0	3
Piero Taruffi	13	1	2	1	4	0	613	1	32
Mario Andretti	12	1	0	1	2	1	518	1	20
Arturo Merzario	11	0	0	0	0	0	594	0	7
Willy Mairesse	10	0	0	1	1	0	345	0	7
Richie Ginther	10	0	2	2	4	0	552	2	24
Juan-Manuel Fangio	10	3	2	0	5	6	458	4	33
Olivier Gendebien	8	0	0	0	0	0	336	0	8
Peter Whitehead	7	0	0	1	1	0	335	0	4
Tony Brooks	7	2	1	1	4	2	351	1	27
Rudi Fischer	7	0	1	1	2	0	287	0	10
Ludovico Scarfiotti	7	1	0	0	1	0	345	1	11
Pedro Rodríguez	7	0	0	0	0	0	526	0	6
Alfonso de Portago	6	0	1	0	1	0	330	0	4
Mike Parkes	6	0	2	0	2	1	224	0	14
Giancarlo Baghetti	6	1	0	0	1	0	294	0	14
Cliff Allison	6	0	1	0	1	0	248	0	8
Mika Salo	6	0	1	1	2	0	331	0	10
Umberto Maglioli	6	0	0	2	2	0	439	0	3.33
Robert Manzon	5	0	0	1	1	0	114	0	4
Jacques Swaters	5	0	0	0	0	0	92	0	0
Ricardo Rodríguez	5	0	0	0	0	0	196	0	4
Giancarlo Fisichella	5	0	0	0	0	0	292	0	0
Peter Hirt	4	0	0	0	0	0	142	0	0
Ignazio Giunti	4	0	0	0	0	0	136	0	3
Dan Gurney	4	0	1	1	2	0	212	0	13
Nicola Larini	4	0	1	0	1	0	189	0	6
Jean Behra	3	0	0	0	0	0	129	0	2
Paul Frère	3	0	1	0	1	0	158	0	9
Piero Carini	3	0	0	0	0	0	43	0	0
André Simon	2	0	0	0	0	0	130	0	0
Luca Badoer	2	0	0	0	0	0	100	0	0
Raymond Sommer	2	0	0	0	0	0	116	0	3
Reg Parnell	2	0	0	0	0	0	98	0	3
Charles de Tornaco	2	0	0	0	0	0	52	0	0
Derek Bell	2	0	0	0	0	0	18	0	0
Rudolf Schoeller	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
Nino Vaccarella	1	0	0	0	0	0	58	0	0
Kurt Adolff	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
Gianni Morbidelli	1	0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0.5
Cesare Perdisa	1	0	0	0	0	0	98	0	0
Jonathan Williams	1	0	0	0	0	0	63	0	0
Franco Comotti	1	0	0	0	0	0	63	0	0
André Pilette	1	0	0	0	0	0	33	0	0
Bob Bondurant	1	0	0	0	0	0	106	0	0
Nanni Galli	1	0	0	0	0	0	37	0	0
Andrea de Adamich	1	0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0
Johnny Claes	1	0	0	0	0	0	88	0	0
Max de Terra	1	0	0	0	0	0	51	0	0
Roy Salvadori	1	0	0	0	0	0	82	0	0
Alessandro de Tomaso	1	0	0	0	0	0	91	0	0
Giorgio Scarlatti	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oliver Bearman	1	0	0	0	0	0	50	0	6
Roger Laurent	1	0	0	0	0	0	16	0	0
Harry Schell	1	0	0	0	0	0	68	0	0
Chico Landi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dorino Serafini	1	0	1	0	1	0	80	0	3

Scuderia Ferrari F1 Team Key Members

Scuderia Ferrari History

Enzo Ferrari

The grandest and most historical name in Formula 1, Scuderia Ferrari have been a part of the sport since its inception in 1950.

The Italian team are unparalleled and have won 15 drivers' championships and 16 constructors’ titles, while they also hold the records for most wins, most points, most podiums and most one-two finishes.

Any young driver aspires to drive for the Ferrari F1 team. Their history, their grandeur and their success have given them a mystical status within the sport, and drivers such as Fangio, Lauda, Prost and Schumacher have added to their global appeal and reputation.

The team is named after their founder, Enzo Ferrari, while 'Scuderia' is an Italian term for a stable kept for racing horses, hence the teams nickname ‘the prancing horse’.

Ferrari's first F1 car the 125S

Ferrari’s illustrious history started in the sport's embryonic years, as Alberto Ascari won the 1952 Formula 1 championship. He remains the last Italian world champion. In 1953 he defended his title, before his premature death in 1955.

The legendary Juan Manuel Fangio signed for Ferrari after Ascari's death and he won the 1956 F1 world championship, his fourth and the team's third.

In 1958, both Ferrari drivers Luigi Musso and Peter Collins died in accidents. However, Brit Mike Hawthorn went on to win his sole world championship in 1958.

The sixties brought further championships for Phil Hill and John Surtees, but the team entered decline as British teams Lotus and Tyrell started to dominate the sport.

Phil Hill driving the 156 F1 car in Germany (1961)

In the 1960s, the sport was notorious for death and heavy crashes. Ferrari suffered casualties, such as Wolfgang von Trips and Lorenzo Bandini, while Mike Parkes suffered a career-ending injury in a near-fatal crash.

Ferrari were out of sync at the top until the mid-70’s when they signed Austrian Niki Lauda. Lauda's work ethic and professionalism took them back to the top as he held off James Hunt’s McLaren to win the title in 1975.

However, Lauda suffered a near-fatal accident in 1976 which left him with severe burns, but he bravely returned to the sport and won his second title in 1977.

The Ferrari F1 team were at the top of the sport in the seventies, and the enigmatic Giles Villeneuve, along with his team-mate, Jody Scheckter, looked set to lead the team into a promising future, after Scheckter won the 1979 title.

Jean Alesi Ferrari Brazil (1994)

However, British manufacturers Williams and McLaren dominated the decade with driving talent such as Ayrton Senna, Nigel Mansell, Alain Prost and Nelson Piquet.

Ferrari signed Prost after his fall out with Senna in 1990 but they were denied the title due to the Brazilian’s suspiciously unfair antics. That was as close as the team got for years, and in 1996, 17 years since their last title, they signed the hottest driver on the grid, Michael Schumacher.

The double world champion was tasked with returning the glory days to the Italian team. In 1997 he was close but his underhand tactics saw him lose to Jacques Villeneuve’s (Gilles son) Williams.

In 1998, Schumacher narrowly lost to his great rival Mika Hakkinen at McLaren, while in 1999 a broken leg denied him the opportunity. Eddie Irvine, Schumacher’s team-mate, came close but eventually succumbed to Hakkinen.

Michael Schumacher & Rubens Barrichello F2004 Bahrain F1 GP (2004)

However, all of the team's near misses proved to be the calm before the storm, as Ferrari came back with a vengeance.

The Ferrari F1 team and the incredible Schumacher won five titles in a row between 2000-2004, in unbeatable cars. They reached out to a new generation of fans and created history that is unlikely to ever be repeated.

Since the Schumacher days, Ferrari have been regularly competing at the top, although they have lost ground to Red Bull and Mercedes in recent years.

Kimi Raikkonen won the 2007 title, Felipe Massa almost won in 2008 and Fernando Alonso went close in 2010 and 2012.

The Ferrari F1 team continues to have the largest fan base in the sport, helped in large part by their famed ‘tifosi’, an army of loyal Italian fans. When Ferrari races, the whole nation supports them. The tifosi are unrivalled when F1 arrives in Monza for the Italian Grand Prix.

Felipe Massa, Ferrari F138 at Monaco (2013)

In 2013, Ferrari had to battle with the upcoming Mercedes team for 2nd place behind the dominating Red Bull with Sebastian Vettel in it. They lost the battle and had to settle for 3rd, but they did win 2 races.

The 2014 F1 season was even worse than 2013 for Ferrari. The new technical regulations were giving the engineers a hard time, and the Italian team had to settle for 4th place in the constructors' championship and didn't win a single race that season. The last time that had happened was back in 1993!

In 2015, Sebastian Vettel went to Ferrari to live his dream by becoming F1 champ in a Ferrari as his idol Michael Schumacher did.

Sebastian Vettel wins his first grand prix for Ferrari in Malaysia (2015)

He replaced Fernando Alonso, who started his adventure with McLaren. He did win the first race for Ferrari after 35! grand prix without a single win at Malaysia, but couldn't do any better magic.

Brilliant engineer James Allison, who came from Lotus in 2015 to show his technical skills did built a better car for 2016. Unfortunately, his wife died in 2016, and he decided to move back to Britain to work for Mercedes in 2017. 2016 was again a season without any grand prix win for Ferrari; both world champion drivers did score 10 podiums with it. The SF16-H wasn't slow. but could not beat the Red Bull RB12 and the very dominant Mercedes W07.

In 2017, the season started very well for the Italian Formula 1 team. Sebastian Vettel won the first race and scored 5 race wins. Together with Kimi Raikkonen, he scored 19 podiums. The team made an immense progression over the winter. Reliability was better than ever before. Driver errors which caused stupid collisions in Spain, Azerbaijan and Singapore and a spark plug failure in Japan cost the team from Maranello the drivers' and constructors' title.

2018 started out very promising again. Winter testing looked very promising with great reliability and speed. Vettel broke the lap record of Catalunya, and with a bit of luck and great race strategy, he won the first race in Melbourne. The wasn't able to keep up their good performance the whole year, and Sebastian Vettel lost momentum in his home race when he lost control while leading the race. This was the turning point for the championship and the German drivers' career at Ferrari.

Charles Leclerc replaced Raikkonen as Vettel's replacement at the Scuderia for the 2019 season, and many saw Ferrari as the team to beat after winter testing. However, things did not go according to plan, and it was Mercedes dominating with Lewis Hamilton at the front.

In the second race, the 2019 Bahrain Grand Prix, Leclerc grabbed Pole Position and would've taken his maiden win before an engine issue left him just third in the event.

Race winner Charles Leclerc, Ferrari celebrates on the podium with the champagne during the Italian GP at Autodromo Nazionale Monza on September 08, 2019. (Photo by Steven Tee / LAT Images)

After a tough first half of the season without wins, Ferrari had a strong start to the second half, with Leclerc winning the 2019 Belgian and Italian Grands Prix consecutively from Pole Position. Then, Vettel won the 2019 Singapore Grand Prix in what was his last victory for the team.

Vettel departed Ferrari at the end of the 2020 season, and Carlos Sainz was announced as his replacement. The 2020 campaign saw Ferrari sixth in the championship with two podiums for Leclerc and one for Vettel.

The 2021 Formula 1 season saw an improvement from the previous year, as Leclerc and Sainz put the team in third place in the World Constructors' Championship with 323.5 points. Sainz finished fifth in the WDC with 164.5 points and Leclerc seventh with 159.

Sainz scored four podiums in his first year with Ferrari, while Leclerc had only one podium after coming close to winning the 2021 British Grand Prix, but ultimately finishing second.

In the new era of Formula 1, starting in 2022 with the return of 'Ground Effect' to the series, Ferrari got off to a great start, with Leclerc winning the season-opening 2022 Bahrain Grand Prix and putting himself as a title contender in the early stages of the campaign.

Charles Leclerc

After a strong start, Ferrari's title charge in 2022 faded as the team often failed to be as efficient as Red Bull, although the Austrian team clearly had the dominant car in the field. Ferrari also contributed to Red Bull's easy run to the title with several mistakes and mechanical issues.

The team finished second in both the World Constructors' and Drivers' championships in 2022. Ferrari won four races in 2022, with Leclerc (second in the standings) winning at Bahrain, Australia, and Austria and Carlos Sainz (fifth) winning the 2022 British GP.

Ferrari scored 554 points in 2022, its best tally since 2018, but still saw the Drivers' title end with four rounds to spare in the calendar.

On 29 November 2022, Ferrari announced that former Team Principal (since 2019) Mattia Binotto had resigned from his position. Fred Vasseur, Alfa Romeo's TP since the 2017 campaign, took the Team Principal job at the Scuderia, with the information coming out on December 13, 2022.

Vasseur also served as Renault Team Principal in 2016.

Ferrari struggled to start the 2023 F1 season with the speed of the early 2022 rounds, but Charles Leclerc managed to score podiums at Azerbaijan and Austria, which was the 800th podium in the Scuderia's history (the highest tally in Formula 1 history).

Leclerc also started in Pole Position for the 2023 Azerbaijan Grand Prix, the only non-Red Bull Pole Position of the 2023 F1 season in the first 10 events of the calendar.

Leclerc was in Pole Position again in the 2023 Belgian Grand Prix as Max Verstappen received a penalty for exceeding parts. He finished third in the race.

MARINA BAY STREET CIRCUIT, SINGAPORE - SEPTEMBER 17: Carlos Sainz, Ferrari SF-23, leads Charles Leclerc, Ferrari SF-23 during the 2023 Singapore GP.

Carlos Sainz gave Ferrari its 23rd Pole Position in the Italian Grand Prix (all-time record) and the team's second straight at their home Grand Prix. However, Red Bull won the race with a 1-2 and Sainz settled for a solid P3.

Sainz again qualified on Pole Position in the following race in Singapore, as Red Bull struggled. Sainz controlled the race at the front and managed to keep his competitors behind, even though it seemed they had better tyres at the end.

The win was Sainz's second in his F1 career and the 243rd for Ferrari (all-time record).

Ferrari struggled in Japan and Qatar but returned to the podium in Austin (with Sainz) and Mexico (Leclerc). Leclerc had started in Pole Position in Austin and Mexico and repeated the feat in Las Vegas.

In Las Vegas, Leclerc showed up as the fastest driver on race day, but strategy calls left him in second place, behind the Red Bull of Verstappen.

Leclerc closed out the season with another P2 in Abu Dhabi, but Ferrari fell short of second place in the World Constructors' Championship.

(Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images)

Leclerc was fifth in the championship with 206 points, while Sainz finished seventh with 200. The Monegasque driver achieved six podiums and five Pole Positions.

On the other side, Sainz won a race, started in Pole Position twice, and added two other podiums to his stat sheet.

Lewis Hamilton's arrival in 2025

On 1 February 2024, Ferrari announced that seven-time Formula 1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton was joining the team for the 2025 season, after one final campaign with Mercedes in 2024.

Hamilton's arrival left Grand Prix-winner Carlos Sainz without a seat for 2025, thus ending his four-year run with the Scuderia.

The year went badly for the team, as Ferrari failed to win a single race for the first time in a season since 2021. While Leclerc scored seven podiums, Hamilton struggled, without achieving a Grand Prix podium the whole year.

The British driver did win a Sprint race in China, but the results for the team were not great.

HAMILTON Lewis (gbr), Scuderia Ferrari SF-26, portrait podium during the Formula 1 Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix 2026, 7th round of the 2026 Formula One World Championship from June 12 to 14, 2026 on the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, in Montmelo, Spain - Photo Florent Gooden / DPPI

New Era in 2026 F1 Season

Ferrari started F1's revolutionary era of batteries and without the Venturi tunnels with renewed hope. Leclerc got off to a good start, leading early in Australia before finishing third behind the dominant Mercedes of George Russell and Kimi Antonelli.

Hamilton had finished fourth in Australia and showed speed and good balance with the car. In the second race of the year, the British driver achieved his first Ferrari podium, finishing third behind the Mercedes duo.

Leclerc also finished on the podium in Japan, before Hamilton had a hot run with consecutive second places in Canada and Monaco. Coming off those two P2 results, Hamilton arrived in Barcelona, one of his strongest tracks, and won the race from second on the grid, reaching his 106th win and his first for Ferrari.

Two races later, Leclerc won the 2026 British Grand Prix, his first win since the 2024 United States Grand Prix.

Ferrari ended the first half of 2026 with Hamilton in second place among drivers with 169 points, with Leclerc in fourth (138 points). In the Constructors' Championship, the team ranked second, 72 points behind Mercedes

Official Scuderia Ferrari Website: https://www.ferrari.com

Scuderia Ferrari F1 Results

Ferrari F1 Team Championship Positions

16× Constructors' Championships1961–2008

Sixteen constructors' titles in 48 seasons, and 47 years between the first and the last.

• 11st all-time for championships

• 196140 pts8 clear of Lotus-Climaxsealed at 1961 British F1 GP
• 196445 pts3 clear of BRMsealed at 1964 Mexican F1 GP
• 197572.5 pts18.5 clear of Brabham-Fordsealed at 1975 Italian F1 GP
• 197683 pts9 clear of McLaren-Fordsealed at 1976 United States F1 GP
• 197795 pts33 clear of Lotus-Fordsealed at 1977 Italian F1 GP
• 1979113 pts38 clear of Williams-Fordsealed at 1979 Italian F1 GP
• 198274 pts5 clear of McLarensealed at 1982 Caesars Palace F1 GP
• 198389 pts10 clear of Renaultsealed at 1983 South African F1 GP
• 1999128 pts4 clear of McLarensealed at 1999 Japanese F1 GP
• 2000170 pts18 clear of McLarensealed at 2000 Malaysian F1 GP
• 2001179 pts77 clear of McLarensealed at 2001 Hungarian F1 GP
• 2002221 pts129 clear of Williamssealed at 2002 Hungarian F1 GP
• 2003158 pts14 clear of Williamssealed at 2003 Japanese F1 GP
• 2004262 pts143 clear of BARsealed at 2004 Hungarian F1 GP
• 2007204 pts103 clear of BMW Saubersealed at 2007 Belgian F1 GP
• 2008172 pts21 clear of McLarensealed at 2008 Brazilian F1 GP

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