Ferrari F1

Scuderia Ferrari is the name for the Gestione Sportiva, the division of the Ferrari automobile company concerned with racing. The racing team has competed in numerous classes of motorsport since its formation in 1929. Currently the team races in Formula One only, under the team name "Scuderia Ferrari". The Scuderia and Ferrari Corse Clienti also manage the racing activities of numerous Ferrari customers and private teams in other categories of motorsport.

Scuderia Ferrari is statistically the most successful F1 team in history (with a record of 15 drivers' championships and 16 constructors' championships won). It is also the oldest surviving team, having competed since 1948. The team is one of the most popular in motorsport, with a great number of supporters known as tifosi.

Ferrari are the reigning Formula One Constructors' title holders. The team's current drivers are Felipe Massa and Kimi Räikkönen, and its test drivers are Luca Badoer and Marc Gené. Michael Schumacher is a technical advisor to the team and was indicated to be a temporary driver while Felipe Massa recovered from an injury, however Schumacher later declined to drive due to worries in regards to a neck injury he received in a motorcycle accident. The seat was instead given to Badoer from the European Grand Prix. Badoer failed to impress in the European Grand Prix and the Belgian Grand Prix finishing last both times. Ferrari decided to give the seat to Giancarlo Fisichella for the remaining five Grands Prix after his strong apperance in the Belgian Grand Prix.

Originally founded by Enzo Ferrari in 1929 to enter amateur drivers in various races, in 1933 Scuderia Ferrari became the acting racing team of Alfa Romeo. In October 1939 Enzo Ferrari left Alfa when the racing activity stopped and immediately began work a racecar of his own, the Tipo 815 (eight cylinders, 1.5 L displacement). The 815s, designed by Alberto Massimino, were thus the first Ferrari cars. World War II put a temporary end to racing, and after the war, Ferrari constructed the 12-cylinder, 1.5 L Tipo 125, the first racing car to bear the Ferrari name. Ferrari entered the Formula One World Championship on its formation in 1950.