Ferrari

There is something very special about a Ferrari car. When one drives down a road every body turns to look at it. The same is so true about the F1 Ferrari racing cars. I don’t think anybody could imagine F1 Grand Prix races without the Ferrari team, the scarlet red cars stir passionate feeling in Ferrari fans all over the world. If you look at any crowd at an F1 race meeting there will always be a sea of red hats and T-shirts with the famous Ferrari symbol – the Prancing Horse, on flags and banners everywhere. One thing that makes Ferrari special is that the whole car is a Ferrari ... more

In the 1950's Ferrari dominated Formula One. The old drivers like Fangio made the Scarlet colours of the Maranello outfit famous throughout the world. While their road cars continued to be market leaders in performance, their race cars have been less successful. In fact, before Michael Schumacher Won the 2000 Season championship, Ferrari had been waiting for 21 years for a title. No one had won it since Jody Scheckter in 1979 for the Italian giants. They had come close with Alain Prost 10 years earlier but the car had not done the work. The Driver had, just Like Michael Schumacher's early wins ... more

Yeah ok Ferrari are a great team, not my favourite, but yeah a good team none the less. My criticism goes to the lack of support for their number 2 drivers. Last year (1999) was a classic example of a team getting it wrong. Ok if he hadn't had his accident at Silverstone, Michael might have won his 3rd championship, i doubt it but he might've. If they hadn't backed Michael 99% of the time, from the start of the '99 season, Irvine may have been able to show just what he is capable of, and even might've become champ himself, despite his lack of support as the number 2. What's the saying? Never ... more

So, like the most of the rest of the Formula 1 watching population, I was more than pleased to see Michael Schumacher win the world title last season and end the last few years of Hakkinen's domination. However, one problem now may be where the team go. The most exciting thing about the s last few years has been the closing gap between Mclaren and Ferrari; when Ferrari won the team title in 1999 it put the teams (roughly) level. This year they won both and proved they were a more consistent team, if maybe not having better car. Schumacher's influence in this cannot be underestimated. As a ... more

Ferrari have the longest tradition in the sport of Formula One Motor Racing, being founded by Enzo Ferrari and having competed in every Grand Prix since 1950, when the official world championship started. Ferrari used to be a great team winning more titles than any other. Since the late 1970's though, they have struggled with reliability being their main problem. Nigel Mansell helped to turn things around in 1991, winning several races for them, and the title would have been won if it were a more reliable car. Now that Schumacher is on board, and Ferrari have finally overcome this reliability ... more