Editing Ferrari (section)

== Motorsport ==
{{Main|Scuderia Ferrari}}
{{For|a complete list of Ferrari racing cars|List of Ferrari competition cars}}
Since the company's beginnings, Ferrari has been involved in motorsport. Through its [[Factory-backed|works team]], [[Scuderia Ferrari]], it has competed in a range of categories including [[Formula One]] and [[sports car racing]], though the company has also worked in partnership with other teams.

=== Grand Prix and Formula One racing ===
{{Further|Grand Prix racing history of Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari Grand Prix results}}
[[File:Michael Schumacher Ferrari 2004.jpg|thumb|A [[Ferrari F2004]] Formula One car, driven by [[Michael Schumacher]]. Schumacher is one of the most decorated drivers in F1 history.]]

Scuderia Ferrari has been continuously active since the very beginning of Formula One, and is one of its most illustrious teams: since 1952 it has fielded fifteen [[List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions|champion drivers]], won sixteen [[List of Formula One World Constructors' Champions|Constructors' Championships]], and accumulated more race victories, 1–2 finishes, podiums, pole positions, fastest laps and points than any other team in F1 history.<ref name=F1Wins>{{cite web |title=Ferrari Year by Year - F1 Grand Prix Wins and Highlights |website=Formula One |date=2023 |url=https://www.formula1.com/en/teams/Ferrari/Year_by_Year.html |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-date=7 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207015738/https://www.formula1.com/en/teams/Ferrari/Year_by_Year.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=Miles>{{cite web |author-last=Miles |author-first=Ben |title=The nine most successful F1 teams of all time |website=Goodwood |date=24 April 2020 |url=https://www.goodwood.com/grr/race/historic/2020/4/the-nine-most-successful-f1-teams-of-all-time/ |access-date=16 May 2023 |archive-date=16 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230516135255/https://www.goodwood.com/grr/race/historic/2020/4/the-nine-most-successful-f1-teams-of-all-time/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The earliest Ferrari entity, [[Scuderia Ferrari]], was created in 1929—ten years before the founding of Ferrari proper—as a [[Grand Prix racing]] team. It was affiliated with automaker [[Alfa Romeo]], for whom Enzo had worked in the 1920s. Alfa Romeo supplied racing cars to Ferrari, which the team then tuned and adjusted to their desired specifications. Scuderia Ferrari was highly successful in the 1930s: between 1929 and 1937 the team fielded such top drivers as [[Antonio Ascari]], [[Giuseppe Campari]], and [[Tazio Nuvolari]], and won 144 out of its 225 races.<ref name=Aversa /><ref name=LudvigsenDec2021 />

Ferrari returned to Grand Prix racing in 1947, which was at that point metamorphosing into modern-day Formula One. The team's first homebuilt Grand Prix car, the [[Ferrari 125 F1|125 F1]], was first raced at the [[1948 Italian Grand Prix]], where its encouraging performance convinced Enzo to continue the company's costly Grand Prix racing programme.<ref name=Acerbi2006>{{cite book |title=Ferrari: A Complete Guide to All Models |last=Acerbi |first=Leonardo |year=2006 |publisher=Motorbooks |isbn=9780760325506 }}</ref>{{rp|9}} Ferrari's first victory in an F1 series was at the [[1951 British Grand Prix]], heralding its strong performance during the 1950s and early 1960s: between 1952 and 1964, the team took home six [[List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions|World Drivers' Championships]] and one [[List of Formula One World Constructors' Champions|Constructors' Championship]]. Notable Ferrari drivers from this era include [[Alberto Ascari]], [[Juan Manuel Fangio]], [[Phil Hill]], and [[John Surtees]].<ref name=F1Wins />

Ferrari's initial fortunes ran dry after 1964, and its began to receive its titles in isolated sprees.<ref name=Miles /> Ferrari first started to slip in the late 1960s, when it was outclassed by British teams using the inexpensive, well-engineered [[Cosworth DFV]] engine.<ref name=MacKenzie>{{cite web |last=MacKenzie |first=Angus |title=What if Ford had bought Ferrari? |website=MotorTrend |date=16 June 2008 |url=https://www.motortrend.com/features/what-if-ford-had-bought-ferrari-1895/ |access-date=17 May 2023 |archive-date=17 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230517121913/https://www.motortrend.com/features/what-if-ford-had-bought-ferrari-1895/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=Gerould>{{cite web |last=Gerould |first=Bryan |title=Ford in Formula 1: The highs and lows |website=Hagerty Media |date=7 February 2023 |url=https://www.hagerty.co.uk/articles/motorsport/ford-in-formula-one-the-highs-and-lows/ |access-date=2 June 2023 |archive-date=2 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602162040/https://www.hagerty.co.uk/articles/motorsport/ford-in-formula-one-the-highs-and-lows/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The team's performance improved markedly in the mid-1970s thanks to [[Niki Lauda]], whose skill behind the wheel granted Ferrari a drivers' title in 1975 and 1977; similar success was accomplished in following years by the likes of [[Jody Scheckter]] and [[Gilles Villeneuve]].<ref name=Miles /><ref>{{cite web |title=Niki Lauda |website=Formula 1 |url=https://www.formula1.com/en/drivers/hall-of-fame/Niki_Lauda.html |access-date=31 May 2023 |archive-date=8 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181008061309/https://www.formula1.com/en/drivers/hall-of-fame/Niki_Lauda.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The team also won the Constructors' Championship in 1982 and 1983.<ref name=F1Wins /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1982/team.html |title=1982 Constructor Standings |work=www.formula1.com |access-date=9 December 2016 |publisher=Formula One World Championship Limited |archive-date=21 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180221171102/https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1982/team.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Following another drought in the 1980s and 1990s, Ferrari saw a long winning streak in the 2000s, largely through the work of [[Michael Schumacher]]. After signing onto the team in 1996, Schumacher gave Ferrari five consecutive drivers' titles between 2000 and 2004; this was accompanied by six consecutive constructors' titles, beginning in 1999. Ferrari was especially dominant in the [[2004 Formula One season|2004 season]], where it lost only three races.<ref name=F1Wins /> After Schumacher's departure, Ferrari won one more drivers' title—given in 2007 to [[Kimi Räikkönen]]—and two constructors' titles in 2007 and 2008. These are the team's most recent titles to date; as of late, Ferrari has struggled to outdo recently ascendant teams such as [[Red Bull Racing|Red Bull]] and [[Mercedes-Benz in Formula One|Mercedes-Benz]].<ref name=F1Wins /><ref name=Miles />

==== Ferrari Driver Academy ====
{{Main|Ferrari Driver Academy}}
Ferrari's junior driver programme is the [[Ferrari Driver Academy]]. Begun in 2009, the initiative follows the team's successful grooming of [[Felipe Massa]] between 2003 and 2006. Drivers who are accepted into the Academy learn the rules and history of formula racing as they compete, with Ferrari's support, in feeder classes such as [[Formula Three]] and [[Formula 4]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Ferrari Driver Academy: the Mission |website=Ferrari |date=24 March 2020 |url=https://www.ferrari.com/en-EN/fda/mission |access-date=19 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Ferrari Driver Academy applications open for Asia Pacific selection program |website=Federation Internationale de l'Automobile |date=18 May 2023 |url=https://www.fia.com/news/ferrari-driver-academy-applications-open-asia-pacific-selection-program |access-date=19 July 2023 }}</ref><ref name=FDAF1>{{cite web |title=The Ferrari Driver Academy – F1's golden ticket to the top? |website=Formula 1 |date=24 January 2019 |url=https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.the-ferrari-driver-academy-f1%27s-golden-ticket-to-the-top.5474CVH0xo2DA1e5sBGznc.html |access-date=19 July 2023 |archive-date=12 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230812212659/https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.the-ferrari-driver-academy-f1%27s-golden-ticket-to-the-top.5474CVH0xo2DA1e5sBGznc.html |url-status=live }}</ref> As of 2019, 5 out of 18 programme inductees had graduated and become F1 drivers: one of these drivers, [[Charles Leclerc]], came to race for Scuderia Ferrari, while the other four signed to other teams. Non-graduate drivers have participated in racing development, filled consultant roles, or left the Academy to continue racing in lower-tier formulae.<ref name=FDAF1 />

=== Sports car racing ===
[[File:1973-05-27 Jacky Ickx, Ferrari 312P.jpg|thumb|A [[Ferrari 312 PB|312 P]], driven by [[Jacky Ickx]], during Ferrari's final year in the [[World Sportscar Championship]]]]
Aside from [[Auto Avio Costruzioni 815|an abortive effort]] in 1940, Ferrari began racing sports cars in 1947, when the [[Ferrari 125 S|125 S]] won six out of the ten races it participated in.<ref name=Ludvigsen2010 /> Ferrari continued to see similar luck in the years to follow: by 1957, just ten years after beginning to compete, Ferrari had won three [[World Sportscar Championship]]s, seven victories in the [[Mille Miglia]], and two victories at the [[24 Hours of Le Mans]], among many other races.<ref name=Havelock /> These races were ideal environments for the development and promotion of Ferrari's earlier road cars, which were broadly similar to their racing counterparts.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sportscar Champions: Ferrari History |website=Official Ferrari website |date=11 June 2019 |url=https://www.ferrari.com/en-EN/history/moments/1953/sportscar-champions/more |access-date=27 October 2023 |archive-date=27 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027201117/https://www.ferrari.com/en-EN/history/moments/1953/sportscar-champions/more |url-status=live }}</ref>

This luck continued into the first half of the 1960s, when Ferrari won the WSC's 2000GT class three consecutive times and finished first at Le Mans for six consecutive years.<ref>{{cite book |last=Jenkinson |first=Denis |title=The Automobile Year Book of Sports Car Racing, 1982 |date=1982 |page=222 |publisher=MBI Distribution Services/Quayside Distribution |isbn=9782880011291 }}</ref><ref name=Fearnley>{{cite web |last=Fearnley |first=Paul |title=The race Ferrari doesn't need |website=Motor Sport Magazine |date=June 2015 |url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/june-2015/102/race-ferrari-doesnt-need/ |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-date=15 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230515230649/https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/june-2015/102/race-ferrari-doesnt-need/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Its winning streak at Le Mans was broken [[History of Ferrari#Racing rivalry|by Ford]] in 1966,<ref name=Fearnley /> and though Ferrari would win two more WSC titles—one [[1967 World Sportscar Championship|in 1967]] and another [[1972 World Sportscar Championship season|in 1972]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Legendary Finish: Ferrari History |website=Official Ferrari website |date=11 June 2019 |url=https://www.ferrari.com/en-EN/history/moments/1967/legendary-finish/more |access-date=27 October 2023 |archive-date=27 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027205654/https://www.ferrari.com/en-EN/history/moments/1967/legendary-finish/more |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=1972 World Championship of Makes |website=Motorsport Database - Motor Sport Magazine |date=27 March 2023 |url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/championships/1972-world-championship-of-makes/ |access-date=27 October 2023 |archive-date=27 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027205654/https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/championships/1972-world-championship-of-makes/ |url-status=live }}</ref>—poor revenue allocation, combined with languishing performance in Formula One, led the company to cease competing in sports car events in 1973.<ref name=MaranParker />{{rp|621}} From that point onward, Ferrari would help prepare sports racing cars for privateer teams, but would not race them itself.<ref name=Pritchard>{{cite web |last=Pritchard |first=Robb |title=The Rally Years |website=Forza Magazine |date=31 May 2018 |url=https://www.forza-mag.com/issues/167/articles/the-rally-years |access-date=1 July 2023 |archive-date=27 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230727011244/https://www.forza-mag.com/issues/167/articles/the-rally-years |url-status=live }}</ref>

Since 1993 Ferrari has supported the [[Ferrari Challenge]], a [[one-design racing|one-make]] championship based around the company's road lineup. The championship is currently divided into two continental series (Europe and North America) and three regional series (the UK, Japan, and [[Australasia]]).<ref>{{cite web |title=Corse Clienti Ferrari Challenge |url=https://www.ferrari.com/en-EN/corse-clienti/ferrari-challenge |access-date=14 May 2025}}</ref>

[[File:2023 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps Ferrari AF Corse Ferrari 499P No.51 (DSC09249).jpg|thumb|[[Ferrari 499P]] No. 51 at the [[2023 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps]]]]

In 2023, Ferrari reentered prototype sports car racing. For the [[2023 FIA World Endurance Championship]], Ferrari, in partnership with [[AF Corse]], fielded two [[Ferrari 499P|499P]] sports prototypes. To commemorate the company's return to the discipline, one of the cars was numbered "50", referencing the fifty years that had elapsed since a works Ferrari competed in an endurance race.<ref name="AFCLMH">{{Cite web |title=Ferrari and AF Corse team together for LMH programme |url=https://www.ferrari.com/en-EN/competizioni-gt/articles/ferrari-and-af-corse-team-together-for-lmh-programme |access-date=15 August 2022 |website=www.ferrari.com |language=en |archive-date=1 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221101154946/https://www.ferrari.com/en-EN/competizioni-gt/articles/ferrari-and-af-corse-team-together-for-lmh-programme |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Ferrari499PUnveil">{{Cite web |url=https://sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/ferrari-reveals-499p-for-prototype-racing-return/ |title=Ferrari Reveals 499P for Prototype Racing Return |date=29 October 2022 |website=sportscar365.com |last=Lloyd |first=Daniel |publisher=John Dagys Media |access-date=29 October 2022 }}</ref> The 499P finished first at the [[2023 24 Hours of Le Mans]], ending [[Toyota Gazoo Racing]]'s five-year winning streak there and becoming the first Ferrari in 58 years to win the race.<ref name=DeMattia>{{cite web |last=DeMattia |first=Nico |title=2023 Le Mans 24: Ferrari Takes Historic Win, America Steals the Show |website=The Drive |date=11 June 2023 |url=https://www.thedrive.com/news/2023-le-mans-24-ferrari-takes-historic-win-america-steals-the-show |access-date=11 June 2023 }}</ref> Ferrari repeated this feat at the [[2024 24 Hours of Le Mans]], marking its first consecutive victory at the race since 1965.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ferrari si conferma a Le Mans: la 499P vince la 24 Ore 2024 |language=it |url=https://www.ferrari.com/it-IT/hypercar/articles/fia-wec-24-ore-le-mans-2024-hypercar-report-gara |website=Ferrari.com |access-date=30 June 2024 |archive-date=18 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240618024547/https://www.ferrari.com/it-IT/hypercar/articles/fia-wec-24-ore-le-mans-2024-hypercar-report-gara |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Richards |first=Giles |date=16 June 2024 |title=Ferrari win back-to-back Le Mans 24 Hours after intense battle with Toyota |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/jun/16/ferrari-win-back-to-back-le-mans-24-hours-after-intense-battle |access-date=17 June 2024 |work=The Guardian }}</ref>

=== Other disciplines ===
From 1932 to 1935 Scuderia Ferrari operated a [[motorcycle racing]] division, which was conceived as a way to scout and train future Grand Prix drivers. Instead of Italian motorcycles, the team used British ones manufactured by [[Norton Motorcycle Company|Norton]] and [[Rudge-Whitworth|Rudge]]. Though Ferrari was successful on two wheels, winning three national titles and 44 overall victories, it was eventually pushed out of the discipline both by the obsolescence of pushrod motorcycle engines and broader economic troubles stemming from the [[Great Depression]].<ref>{{cite web |author-last=Branch |author-first=Ben |title=Scuderia Ferrari Rudge 500 TT |website=Silodrome |date=16 January 2017 |url=https://silodrome.com/scuderia-ferrari-motorcycle-rudge-500-tt/ |access-date=23 November 2023 |archive-date=23 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231123182206/https://silodrome.com/scuderia-ferrari-motorcycle-rudge-500-tt/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author-last=D'Orléans |author-first=Paul |title=Scuderia Ferrari Motorcycles |website=The Vintagent |date=13 August 2017 |url=https://thevintagent.com/2017/08/13/scuderia-ferrari-motorcycles/ |access-date=23 November 2023 |archive-date=23 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231123182209/https://thevintagent.com/2017/08/13/scuderia-ferrari-motorcycles/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Ferrari formerly participated in a variety of non-F1 open-wheel series. As early as 1948, Ferrari had developed cars for [[Formula Two]] and [[Formula Libre]] events,<ref name=MuseoFangio>{{cite web |title=Ferrari 166 F2 - 1948 |website=Museo Fangio |url=https://www.museofangio.com/es/juan-manuel-fangio/autos/15/ |language=es |access-date=9 June 2023 |archive-date=11 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230611024111/https://www.museofangio.com/es/juan-manuel-fangio/autos/15/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and the company's F2 programme led directly to the creation of the [[Ferrari Dino engine|Dino engine]], which came to power various racing and road Ferraris.<ref name=Stone /> The final non-F1 formula in which Ferrari competed was the [[Tasman Series]], wherein [[Chris Amon]] won the 1969 championship in a [[Dino 246 Tasmania]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://magazine.ferrari.com/en/cars/2018/06/26/news/tasman_ferrari_dino_246_is_50-43132/ |title=Tasman Ferrari Dino 246 is 50 |website=Ferrari Magazine |access-date=2 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190902163548/https://magazine.ferrari.com/en/cars/2018/06/26/news/tasman_ferrari_dino_246_is_50-43132/ |archive-date=2 September 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

At least two [[water speed record]] boats have utilized Ferrari powertrains, both of them 800kg-class [[Hydroplane (boat)|hydroplane]]s from the early 1950s. Neither boat was built by or affiliated with Ferrari, though one of them, ''[[Arno XI]]'', had its engine order approved directly by Enzo Ferrari. ''Arno XI'' still holds the top speed record for an 800kg hydroplane.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://newatlas.com/ferrari-racing-boat-auction/21546/ |title=World record-winning Ferrari racing boat to go on the auction block this spring |publisher=New Atlas |date=21 February 2012 |access-date=25 May 2012 |archive-date=27 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027210841/https://newatlas.com/ferrari-racing-boat-auction/21546/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Guétat |first=Gérald |title=Heart Transplant |website=Forza Magazine |date=28 August 2014 |url=https://www.forza-mag.com/issues/137/articles/heart-transplant |access-date=2 June 2023 |archive-date=2 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602134235/https://www.forza-mag.com/issues/137/articles/heart-transplant |url-status=live }}</ref>

Since 2019, Scuderia Ferrari has participated in [[sim racing]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Zuchowski |first=Matt |title=Reality Check |website=Forza Magazine |url=https://www.forza-mag.com/issues/213/articles/reality-check |date=7 March 2024 |access-date=27 October 2024 |archive-date=26 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241226133546/https://www.forza-mag.com/issues/213/articles/reality-check |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Race cars for other teams ===
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Throughout its history, Ferrari has supplied racing cars to other entrants, aside from its own works [[Scuderia Ferrari]] team. In the 1950s and 1960s, Ferrari supplied Formula One cars to a number of private entrants and other teams. One famous example was [[Tony Vandervell]]'s team, which raced the [[Thinwall Special]] modified Ferraris before building their own [[Vanwall]] cars. The [[North American Racing Team]]'s entries in the final three rounds of the 1969 season were the last occasions on which a team other than Scuderia Ferrari entered a World Championship Grand Prix with a Ferrari car.<ref>Hayhoe, David & Holland, David (2006). ''Grand Prix Data Book (4th edition)''. Haynes, Sparkford, UK. {{ISBN|978-1-84425-223-7 }}</ref>

Ferrari supplied cars complete with V8 engines for the [[A1 Grand Prix]] series, from the 2008–2009 season.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/11102007/4/ferrari-s-a1gp-deal.html |title=Ferrari's A1GP Deal |date=11 October 2007 |access-date=24 March 2008 |publisher=Yahoo Sport}}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic }}</ref> The [[A1GP Powered by Ferrari car|car]] was designed by Rory Byrne and is styled to resemble the 2004 Ferrari Formula one car. Ferrari currently runs a customer GT program for a racing version of its [[Ferrari 458|458]] and has done so for the 458's predecessors, dating back to the 355 in the late 1990s. Such private teams as the American [[Risi Competizione]] and Italian [[AF Corse]] teams have been very successful with Ferrari GT racers over the years. This car, made for endurance sportscar racing to compete against such racing versions of the [[Audi R8]], [[McLaren MP4-12C]], and [[BMW Z4 (E89)]] has proven to be successful, but not as successful as its predecessor, the [[Ferrari F430|F430]]. The [[Ferrari Challenge]] is a one-make racing series for the [[Ferrari 458]]. The [[Ferrari FXX|FXX]] is not road legal and is therefore only used for track events.