Lewis Hamilton has lastly performed it. On the thirty first time of asking, the seven-time world champion has taken his maiden victory for Ferrari.
A have a look at the historical past books exhibits solely three drivers have required much more time earlier than they first triumphed with the Scuderia.
Carlos Sainz gained at his thirty second try, yet another than Hamilton. Like his successor, Sainz went winless in his first marketing campaign at Ferrari in 2021, however a minimum of he did acquire 4 podium finishes. The Spaniard’s breakthrough got here on the 2022 British Grand Prix, however he would win simply three extra races over 4 years at Maranello.
Eddie Irvine needed to wait even longer, as he first gained with Ferrari in his fiftieth race for the crew. That’s regardless of a podium on debut, which turned out to be his solely top-three end within the 1996 season.
Throughout his first three campaigns as Michael Schumacher’s team-mate, Irvine achieved 14 podium finishes, however solely within the 1999 Australian Grand Prix did he lastly break his duck. Three extra victories would observe that 12 months, earlier than he was changed by Rubens Barrichello.
Jean Alesi, Ferrari 412T2, takes his first win
Picture by: Sutton Photographs
Nonetheless, Jean Alesi is unchallenged with regards to this statistic. The Frenchman joined Ferrari in 1991 as one of many greatest abilities of his era, however arrived amid tough occasions in Maranello. Alesi did carry out, however nonetheless wanted a whopping 68 grands prix to have fun his first success on the 1995 Canadian Grand Prix – coincidentally on his birthday.
This turned out to be his sole F1 win. Alesi finally left Ferrari after 5 years and switched to Benetton as Schumacher moved to Maranello.
Trying on the general image, most Ferrari drivers wanted fewer than 10 races to win. Many, like Kimi Raikkonen and Fernando Alonso, gained on debut.
In the meantime, the likes of Sebastian Vettel, Niki Lauda and Michael Schumacher required two, 4 and 7 grands prix respectively.
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