Ferrari F1

The Ferrari F1 team....

Team Principal Stefano Domenicali

Technical Director Aldo Costa

Formed 1948

Championships Won 15

Chassis F2008

Engine Ferrari

Tyres Bridgestone

Drivers Felipe Massa | Kimi Raikkonen

Ferrari first competed in F1 in 1948 (the team's first F1 car was the Tipo 125 F1), making it the oldest and arguably the most successful team left in the championship. The team's numerous and ardent Italian fans are known as tifosi, though the team also has a vibrant international following.

The Ferrari F1 team's current drivers are Felipe Massa and Kimi Räikkönen, who has signed on to Ferrari for a three-year contract after the retirement of Michael Schumacher following the 2006 season, and its test drivers are Luca Badoer and Marc Gené. Ferrari and Räikkönen are the reigning Constructors' and Drivers' title holders respectively, after the conclusion of the 2007 season.

On the 12th November 2007 Ferrari President Luca Cordero di Montezemolo announced team's new structure, with Jean Todt moving up to his senior role as CEO of the company, Stefano Domenicali will be taking over as team principal as Ross Brawn declined a return following his sabbatical, who subsequently on the same day was announced as the new Team Principal of Honda F1, Aldo Costa as technical director and Mario Almondo as Operations Director.

On 6th January, Scuderia Ferrari launched the Ferrari F2008.

Ferrari F1

On the 2008 Season first race the 2008 Australian Grand Prix qualifying Kimi Räikkönen suffered a fuel pressure problem which forced him to stop on the entrance of pit lane, giving no chance to engineers to repair the car. He started in 16th place on the grid. Massa qualified in 4th place, behind Lewis Hamilton, who took the Pole position with Robert Kubica and Heikki Kovalainen in 2nd and third respectively. On the race Felipe Massa spun and grazed the wall in the first corner, forcing him to pit for a new front wing. Kimi Räikkönen elevated himself from fifteenth to seventh.

Later on, in the twenty-fifth lap, Felipe Massa collided with Red Bull Racing's David Coulthard, putting the Scotsman out of the race and forcing Massa to pit again. He retired several laps later with engine failure. Räikkönen also suffered the same fate retiring on the 54th lap. He finished 9th overall after completing 90% of the race but he got 1 point after Rubens Barrichello was disqualified for ignoring a red light at the pit exit.

It was Ferrari's worst performance in a season-opening race since they drew a blank in the 1992 South African Grand Prix at Kyalami with France's Jean Alesi and Italian Ivan Capelli. One notable point is that every Ferrari-engined car in the Grand Prix( including Scuderia Toro Rosso's and Force India's cars) either crashed out on the first corner, or retired before the end of the race with engine problems. This may suggest that there is a problem with the current engine in those cars.

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