Ferrari has been chasing a world title since 2008 within the constructors’ championship and 2007 within the drivers’ championship, however stays essentially the most profitable workforce in Formulation 1. Winner of the British Grand Prix on Sunday, Charles Leclerc even allowed the Scuderia to succeed in a brand new symbolic milestone.
The Monegasque driver claimed Ferrari’s 250th victory in F1, on the circuit the place, 75 years earlier, the Prancing Horse had taken its first win. It was then the work of Jose Froilan Gonzalez, the Argentine successful on the wheel of a Ferrari 375.
Entered within the championship since its creation in 1950, Ferrari has put its title on the entry record for 1131 Grands Prix thus far. In different phrases, the workforce now led by Fred Vasseur has gained a couple of in 5 races (22.10%) over that interval.
Behind Ferrari, McLaren has 203 victories in Formulation 1 and Mercedes 138, with a formidable success fee of 39% for the German producer.
On the English circuit, the Maranello workforce’s second victory of the season after Lewis Hamilton’s in Barcelona, occurred below the eyes of huge boss John Elkann.
Jose Froilan Gonzalez, Ferrari 375
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“That is Ferrari’s 250th victory, and the primary occurred right here, at Silverstone”, the Ferrari president instructed Sky Italia. “It reveals how vital a day that is for our historical past and, above all, for the current and the long run.”
“Nice issues occur when everybody works collectively at Ferrari, from our great drivers like Charles, who drove a unbelievable race, or Lewis, to your complete workforce, each in Maranello and right here on the monitor.”
For Leclerc, it is a ninth victory in Formulation 1 and in Ferrari colours. The Monegasque joins Rubens Barrichello in eighth place among the many drivers with essentially the most wins for the Scuderia.
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He additionally has 27 pole positions (solely 15% of which have been transformed into wins), an space wherein solely Michael Schumacher has executed higher with 58 poles. Niki Lauda, Ferrari’s third most profitable driver in qualifying, has 23.
Nonetheless second within the constructors’ championship, Ferrari has taken 20 factors again from Mercedes due to its Silverstone outcome. Nonetheless, the Italian workforce nonetheless has a major deficit of 78 factors to the highest of the standings, whereas Hamilton and Leclerc are third and fourth within the drivers’ championship.
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