Ferrari 550 Maranello

Ferrari 550 Maranello

This Ferrari has an front V12 engine with an maximum speed of 323 km/h. Beautiful curves and nice a beautiful interior. It's not the best or most recent Ferrari but will give you a huge thrill. Why? Because it costs €70,000 if you search right, and maintenance average is lower than the 612. Biggest maintenance post is that the car eats tyres for breakfast.

Ferrari California

Ferrari California

Central front engine with maximum speed of 310 km/h. First Ferrari car with dual clutch and most recent Ferrari released. The California is the most aerodynamic Ferrari yet. It costs €140.000 and average maintenance costs are unknown.

Ferrari F430

Ferrari F430

Ferrari's new race car, replaced the 360 in 2005. It has a maximum speed of 317 km/h and is sold starting from €180.000. Remarkable is that it's the official car of the Ferrari race classes and the car is rumored to be replaced soon.

Ferrari 612 Scaglietti

A dream sports car that offers just about the perfect combination of speed, luxury and safety, Ferrari 612 Scaglietti is setting roads on fire. With a 2+2 seating arrangement, this large two door coupe was designed to replace the much smaller Ferrari 456M sports car. Its gleaming all-aluminum body stretches 4.9 meters and has ample space in the rear seats to accommodate adults.
It has an engine providing 533HP, a maximum speed of 315 km/h. It's biggest feature that sets it apart: it has four seats. It's still not a family car though, it will cost you €300,000 to purchase and if used as an everyday car about €10,000 per year to maintain.

The Ferrari 612 Scaglietti is the perfect vehicle in the Maranello sports car stable for the gentleman driver. The Gran Turismo is already a very noble means of travel as standard equipment, however particularly optically it can still stand some flashier details. Therefore a modification of the body stood at the top of the Hamann engineers' to-do list. But the refiners from Laupheim didn't neglect sound and handling either.

Ferrari Enzo

Ferrari Enzo (FXX)

A car is really good if Ferrari names it after its founder Enzo Ferrari. The Enzo FXX is a project still going, with the car getting updates still. The Enzo FXX is sold only when you're chosen by Ferrari and changes owner for about €1,300,0000. Maintenance is huge, about €40,000 per year. But everyone will look at you when you drive one, guaranteed. And when it's dark out... I dare you to take it out for a spin.

Formula One - Who Will Be the Ferrari Team of 2010?

2009 has been a disappointing season for Ferrari so far. Kimi Raikkonen's win at the Belgian Grand Prix aside, the team has not been competitive with most of the honors going to Brawn and Red Bull.

However, there has been great speculation about Ferrari's drivers for next season. Let's take a look at some of the candidates:

Fernando Alonso - There has been whispers of Alonso joining Ferrari ever since his unhappy spell at McLaren in 2007 and it's no surprise why. World champion in 2005 and 2006, Alonso will be itching to get back into contention for the championship race and Ferrari provides the perfect platform to do so.

Giancarlo Fisichella - Fisichella has been with Formula One since 1997, but has stayed away from the limelight for the most part. However, in one of the greatest surprises of 2009 so far, he took pole position in the Belgian GP, eventually finishing 2nd behind Kimi Raikkonen, Force India's best ever position. In sensational news, Fisichella has transferred to Ferrari and will take the place of Luca Badoer for the rest of the season, beginning with the Italian GP, his home race. There has been talk that Fisichella's contract extends beyond 2009, which makes his participation in 2010 very likely.

Felipe Massa - Massa came so close to winning the championship last season, losing out to Lewis Hamilton by a single point. Many fans, including myself, believed that 2009 would be Massa's year. However, a poor start by Ferrari soon made it clear that it was not to be. After the unfortunate accident at the Hungarian Grand Prix where Massa was seriously injured by a suspension spring from Rubens Barrichichello's Brawn while both vehicles were in full flight, Massa is expected to make a full recovery and it is unlikely that Ferrari will drop him for next season. The Brazilian should be able to make his fairy tale comeback in the Ferrari team next year.

Kimi Raikkonen - Before Massa's horrific injury, it was 50-50 if it would be Raikkonen or Massa giving up their seats, or maybe even both. But the Finn's position looks the most in threat now as Ferrari might feel honor bound to Massa to give him back his place upon his return. However, Raikkonen is a former world champion and his win in the Belgian GP shows that he's still a force to be reckoned with, if he can be sufficiently motivated.

Michael Schumacher - Schumacher is a Formula One legend who was scheduled to replace Massa for the rest of 2009. However, a neck injury put paid to that plan. There remains a possibility of Schumacher competing in 2010 as news of his return generated enormous publicity, something that Formula One needs right now to pull them through difficult times.

Ferrari continue to dominate F1

2004 would see Ferrari continue to dominate F1, after the tough battle in 2003 many expected Ferrari's winning run to come to an end at the hands of their Michelin shod rivals, but the F2004 was simply the class of the field as Ferrari went on the rampage once again similar to 2002 where nobody had an answer to their pace. Ferrari were so far ahead of the rest they stopped developing the chassis in the summer to work on the 2005 car, thus allowing their rivals some hope as they caught up with the champions towards the end of the season, but by then it was all done and dusted and the team sealed yet another double championship win, with 15 wins from 18 races.

2005 would see the FIA once again react to Ferrari domination and decided that one tyre would be used for the whole race. This played directly into the hands of Ferrari's rivals on Michelin tyre's who reaped the benefits of the French companies endurance experience. It was a dismal year for Ferrari with only 1 race win coming in the USA when the Michelin teams pulled out due to safety issues. The shining light was however Michael Schumacher who showed he had lost none of his skills when dealing with a lesser package and he drove the wheels of the car all season long.

In 2006 things somewhat returned to normal, tyre changes were once again allowed and Ferrari were back to fighting for the titles. It was Schumacher v Alonso in the Renault who battled to the last race for the title before Alonso eventually won out. In a season with constant twists and turns it was also sadly the final season in F1 for Michael Schumacher who announced he would be retiring from the sport. Schumacher took the title battle to the final race in Brazil but a problem in qualifying left him with little chance of securing the title, but he left Ferrari and his fans with a drive to remember and also left many wondering just why he was retiring.

Team Statistics & The Emblem

Team Statistics

Debut: Monaco 1950
Drivers' titles: 15
Constructors' titles: 16
Races Competed: 775
Wins: 209
Pole positions: 203

The Emblem

"The story of the prancing horse is simple and fascinating. The horse was painted on the fuselage of the fighter plane flown by Francesco Baracca, a heroic Italian pilot who died on Mount Montello: the Italian ace of aces of the First World War. In 1923, when I won the first Savio circuit, which was run in Ravenna, I met Count Enrico Baracca, the pilot's father, and subsequently his mother, Countess Paolina. One day she said to me, "Ferrari, why don't you put my son's prancing horse on your cars; it would bring you luck." I still have Baracca's photograph with the dedication by his parents, in which they entrusted the emblem to me. The horse was black and has remained so; I added the canary yellow background because it is the colour of Modena." - Enzo Ferrari

TheDreamTeam

2007 was all change for Ferrari, with the dream team heading on to pastures new it was up to the new guard to show they had the talents to take Ferrari onwards. And it was another close fought battle this time with old time rivals McLaren stepping up to the plate. Ferrari endured a difficult season at times with reliability issues but new driver Kimi Raikkonen kept himself in the title hunt (only just at times). And in a stunning and dramatic final race of the season in Brazil the Finish driver took the title by 1 point from Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso.

Ferrari would shuffle their management once again for 2008, with Stefano Domenicali leading the team on yet another title hunt. Ultimately the job was done as Ferrari secured their 16th Constructor's title with relative ease ahead of bitter rivals McLaren. However the season was not filled with perfection, with many mistakes littering the season, the pitstop traffic light system was ditched after it cost Felipe Massa a win in Singapore, split second decisions on the pit wall that always seemed to go right for Ferrari this year turned out to go wrong. However the title for the team was secured but with Felipe Massa missing out on the driver's title by 1 point it is surely with some regret that Ferrari look back on 2008. But the team will be ready to tackle the challenges of 2009.

Ferrari however took victory in the constructor's championship

1996 was a year for building for the future and in 1997 and 1998 Ferrari lost out on the title's only in the final race of the season. 97 will be remembered from the Jerez incident in which Michael Schumacher tangled with title rival Jacques Villeneuve handing the Williams driver the title. In 1998 it was Mika Hakkinen in the McLaren who took the title on the final day of the season after Schumacher's Ferrari stalled on the grid at Suzuka.

In 1999 a Schumacher driver's title looked on the cards until a leg breaking accident at Silverstone ruled him out of the title battle, it was left to Eddie Irvine to take the fight to Hakkinen and fight he did, the title again went to the final race of the season but not even the return of Michael Schumacher could prevent Hakkinen taking the crown once again, Ferrari however took victory in the constructor's championship.

Istituto Professionale per l'Industria e l'Artigianato

1963 saw Enzo build his his Istituto Professionale per l'Industria e l'Artigianato , this was a training school based in Maranello. The Fiorano test track was to follow in 1972. During 1947-1988 Enzo went on to lead Ferrari to win over 5,000 races all over the world, this also brought the Scuderia 25 world titles. Ferrari's first world championship grand prix win came in the 1950 British Grand Prix with Argentine Froilan Gonzalez at the wheel. Ferrari took its first world championship victory with Alberto Ascari in 1952

Enzo Ferrari died in Modena on August 14 1988. After the death of Enzo Ferrari, Scuderia Ferrari struggled to come to terms with the loss of its founder. The team was dragged down with internal politics marring the performances on the track. Despite a good run with Mansell and Prost the team soon became un-competitive. The turning point for Ferrari was the signing of the current world champion Michael Schumacher and Ross Brawn in 1996, since then the team has re-found it's racing history and are now back at the front of the grid.

Scuderia Ferrari were founded in Modeno in 1929

Scuderia Ferrari were founded in Modeno in 1929, the main purpose this company was to organize racing for its members. This was the beginning of a strong involvement in motor racing, this led to the creation of the official racing team and the Scuderia was to become a division of Alfa Romeo, Scuderia Ferrari took overall control of the racing team in 1933. 1940 saw the end of the Scuderia's connection with Alfa Romeo, the company then went on to establish itself as an independent organization to be called "Auto Avio Costruzioni Ferrari" the company worked for the national Aviation Company in Rome.

During World War II in 1943 the Ferrari workshop moved base from Modeno to Maranello and began to produce grinding machines for ball bearings. The workshop had to be rebuilt in 1946 after being bombed during the war, this was also the year that the company started to design and build the first Ferrari. In 1960 the business was turned into a joint stock company in which Fiat became a 50-50 partner in 1969.

Ferrari was born in Modena

On February the 18th 1898 Enzo Ferrari was born in Modena. After being forced to leave school after the death of his father, he went on to work in the Modeno Fire Brigades workshop as a turning instructor. After serving his country in World War I, in 1918 he started to work as a test driver in Turin. He soon moved to Milan to work for CMN (Costruzioni Meccaniche Nazionali) as a racing driver and a test driver. In 1919 he made his racing debut in the Parma - Berceto race, later that year he also entered the Taraga Florio race. 1920 saw Enzo move to the racing team Alfa Romeo, at this team he formed a strong relationship which lasted over 20 years, his career progressed from a test driver to a race driver to a sales assistant and he eventually he was to be the Director of the Alfa Racing Division until 1939.