Ferrari vs Lotus

Lore & Background

The team was founded by Enzo Ferrari in 1929, initially to race cars produced by Alfa Romeo. By 1947, Ferrari had begun building its own cars. The team is known for its passionate support base, the tifosi. The Italian Grand Prix at Monza is regarded as the team's home race. As a constructor, Ferrari has a record 16 Constructors' Championships. The team also holds the record for the most Drivers' Championships with 15, won by nine different drivers including Alberto Ascari, Juan Manuel Fangio, Mike Hawthorn, Phil Hill, John Surtees, Niki Lauda, Jody Scheckter, Michael Schumacher, and Kimi Räikkönen. Schumacher is the team's most successful driver, winning five consecutive drivers' titles and 72 Grands Prix for the team.

In Their Own Story

On the tarmac, the contrast was visceral: the scarlet Ferrari, a beast of mechanical passion with its V12 screaming defiance, versus the emerald Lotus, a low-slung wedge of aerodynamic precision. Mechanics worked in silence around machines that embodied opposing worlds—the heavy, powerful Italian challenger against the lightweight, efficient British contender. It was not just a race for the checkered flag; it was a war of philosophies written in tire smoke and speed, where every lap tested whether tradition or science would dictate the winner.

Reader's Guide

The team's drivers for the 2025 season are Charles Leclerc and seven-time Formula One World Champion Lewis Hamilton. Ferrari produces engines for its own Formula One cars and has supplied engines to other teams including Minardi, Sauber, Red Bull Racing, and Haas. For the 2026 season, Ferrari supplies the Haas F1 Team and Cadillac.

Did You Know?

• The prancing horse blazon first appeared at the 1932 Spa 24 Hours on a two-car team of Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Spiders.
• Ferrari's most recent Drivers' Championship was won by Kimi Räikkönen.
• The 2020 Tuscan Grand Prix marked Ferrari's 1000th Grand Prix in Formula One.
• Ferrari is the only team to have competed in every Formula One season since the world championship began in 1950.