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 TEAM PROFILE
GALLERY FERRARI 

Ferrari

Full Team Name: Scuderia Ferrari
Base: Maranello - Italy
Team Principal: Stefano Domenicali
Technical Chief: Aldo Costa
Drivers: F Alonso
 F Massa
Test Drivers: A Bianchi

Chassis: 150 ° Italy
Engine: Ferrari
Tyres: Pirelli
First Season: 1950
World Championships: 16
Highest Race Finish: 1 (x216)
Pole Positions: 205
Fastest Laps: 227


 2011
Slow start to season, trailing McLaren and Red Bull and struggling to adapt as Quickly to new Pirelli tires. Form steadily improves and some spectacular drives from Alonso, including victory at Silverstone, keep him in title hunt at year's Midway Point.
2010
Strong start with Bahrain win, but soon playing catch-up to Red Bull & McLaren. Mid-season revival Brings title boost, but Hockenheim team orders overshadow success. Miss out on constructors 'glory and Alonso was beaten to drivers' title, despite starting the final race as favorite
2009
Never in title contention due to Rivals 'superior progress, Massa's life-threatening accident (and stand-ins' dearth of pace), and lack of development as They opt to focus early on 2010. More competitive mid-year, with Spa win for Raikkonen, who's dropped for Alonso for 2010.
2008
Eight wins power help Them to Their 16th constructors' title, beating McLaren by 21 points. Felipe Massa misses out on drivers' championship by a single point to Lewis Hamilton, despite winning more races.
2007
Win intense battle with McLaren, on track and in court. Kimi Raikkonen takes drivers' title after late-season surge in form. Also wrap up constructors' championship after McLaren found guilty of benefitting from possession of confidential Ferrari data.
2006
Initially play second fiddle to Renault, but Michael Schumacher leads fightback with seven Victories in his final Formula One season. Team move ahead of Renault with just three rounds to go, but rare reliability issues see Them beaten to title by just five points
2005
Struggle with new regulations, in particular Those requiring tires to last through qualifying and race. Seven podiums, including one victory at Indianapolis, where Michelin withdrawal leaves six-car field. Finish third in constructors' standings.
2004
Lose just three times in 18 races to take the constructors' crown for the sixth year in a row. An incredible 13 Victories for Michael Schumacher sees him take championship number seven
2003
A much Tougher season, but still ultimately unbeatable. A record fifth successive constructors 'title, with Michael Schumacher the first man to take six drivers' crowns.
2000 - 2002
Ferrari enter a period of total Domination, Winning Both drivers 'and constructors' titles three years in a row.
1999
Michael Schumacher misses six rounds after breaking leg at Silverstone. Team take constructors 'championship in the last race but Eddie Irvine just falls short of drivers' title.
1983
Their Ferrari wins eighth constructors' championship.
1979
Jody Scheckter wins the drivers 'championship - Will it be the team's last drivers' title for 21 years.
1975 - 1977
Niki Lauda takes the 1975 drivers' championship and comes back from his horrific accident in 1976, going on to grab a second title for the team in 1977.
1964
John Surtees, a former world motorcycle champion, takes the drivers' crown. He Remains the only man to Achieve the feat on two wheels and four.
1961
Phil Hill leads Ferrari to the double of Both drivers 'and constructors' championships.
1958
Mike Hawthorn Becomes the third Ferrari driver to win the drivers' championship.
1956
Juan Manuel Fangio wins his fourth drivers' championship with the Scuderia.
1952
Alberto Ascari wins first of two back-to-back drivers' championships in a Ferrari.
1951
Jose Froilan Gonzalez records Ferrari's first victory at the British Grand Prix.