Ferrari is an Italian luxury sports car manufacturer and Formula 1 constructor founded by Enzo Ferrari in 1939, renowned for producing some of the world's most…
On 13 September 1939, Enzo Ferrari — frustrated after a bitter falling-out with Alfa Romeo over creative and commercial control — registered Auto Avio Costruzioni in Mod…
On 11 May 1947, the Ferrari 125 S completed its first test run on the roads around Maranello — a small town south of Modena where Enzo had relocated his factory. The car…
The inaugural Formula 1 World Championship began at Silverstone in May 1950, and Ferrari joined the grid at the third round in Switzerland. Running the Ferrari 125 F1 an…
With Alfa Romeo's withdrawal from the sport, Ferrari entered 1952 with Alberto Ascari at the wheel of the 500 F2, contesting a championship run entirely to Formula 2 reg…
In 1962, Ferrari unveiled the 250 GTO — a road-homologated Grand Touring car built to compete in the FIA GT World Championship. Designed by Giotto Bizzarrini with a 3.0-…
By the late 1960s, Ferrari faced an acute financial crisis: racing costs were escalating, a failed merger attempt with Ford in 1963 had left the company exposed, and lab…
The 1984 Formula 1 season became a watershed moment not for Ferrari's triumph but for its humiliation by a rival: McLaren's TAG-Porsche turbo dominated, with Niki Lauda…
In January 1996, Michael Schumacher — a two-time World Champion with Benetton — signed for Scuderia Ferrari in a move that shocked Formula 1. Schumacher brought not only…
At the 2000 Japanese Grand Prix, Michael Schumacher clinched the Drivers' World Championship for Ferrari — the team's first since Jody Scheckter in 1979. What followed w…
On 21 October 2015, Ferrari N.V. listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker RACE, separating from Fiat Chrysler Automobiles in a landmark IPO priced at $52 p…
The 2022 Formula 1 season introduced new ground-effect aerodynamic regulations, and Ferrari arrived with the F1-75 — arguably the fastest car on the grid at the season's…
In February 2024, Ferrari announced that seven-time World Champion Lewis Hamilton would join Scuderia Ferrari from Mercedes-AMG Petronas in 2025, replacing Carlos Sainz…
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