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Ferrari’s Sporting Pedigree

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Ferrari have enjoyed more than six decades of Formula 1 success since the inaugural season in 1950. Their success in Formula 1 to date has been unrivaled and the team can boast a number of significant records including: most wins (season and all time), most fastest laps, most Grands Prix participated, and most pole positions, to name but a few. Scuderia Ferrari is the longest- standing team in Grand Prix racing and statistically they are the most successful, boasting 15 World Drivers’ Championship titles, 16 World Constructors’ Championship titles, and 221 Grand Prix victories. The majority of Scuderia Ferrari’s success arose from Formula 1 but

the team has successfully competed in various levels of motorsport since their formation in 1929. The Formula 1 World Championship was established in 1950 and the team made their racing debut with a supercharged 1.5L V12-engined 125 F1 at the Monaco Grand Prix after missing the first race of the championship due to a dispute over the start money paid to entrants. The Alfa Romeo team dominated the first season in 1950, but Ferrari broke their winning streak when José Froilán González achieved the team’s first victory in 1951 in the British Grand Prix. The following year Ferrari entered their 2L four-cylinder Tipo 500 and went on to win almost every race

 ABOVE:  At the British Grand Prix in 2001, Michael Schumacher drove two laps in the Ferrari 375 that Froilán González had driven at Silverstone in 1951 to claim Ferrari’s first F1 victory.

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