No other team goes back to the beginning of Formula One events in 1950. Current drivers Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa are the drivers that hope to return the team back to its former greatness. After the team had a poor start last year, Aldo Costa was replaced with Pat Fry as technical director and now hopes to have be more aggressive with the team car. Stefan Domenicali is the manager.
The Ferrari team might hope in 2012 to return to past accomplishments, which included more race victories, 216, and more Drivers’ (15) and Constructors’ (16) Championships, than any team ever. Massa and Alonso have driven for Ferrari including Schumacher and other greats, including Juan Manuel Fangi, Alberto Ascari, and Niki Lauda. World championships were won previously by team Ferrari by Juan Manuel Fangio, Alberto Ascari, Phil Hill, Mike Hawthorn, Niki Lauda, John Surtees, Jody Scheckter, Kimi Räikkönen, and Michael Schumacher.
While the team has had a glorious history, it did wait 21 years after a win by Jody Scheckter before returning to greatness. After Ross Brown, Jean Todt, Schumacher, and Roy Byrne, the team had win after win during their successful run. The Ferrari team also had wins in 2007 with Kimi Räikkönen, before coming just short in 2008 with Massa and in 2010 with Alonso. Team Ferrari has been widely criticized for not having innovative enough designs.
The Ferrari team was not able to consistently beat Mclaren or Red Bull last year. The team with the rich history hopes its new approach will bring new results this year. Despite their many successes in the past and the many records set by Michael Schumacher from 2000 and 2004, the team had only one victory during the 2011 season–at Silverstone. The team placed third in the championship and did not have even one pole position.
