Charles Leclerc took victory at the British Grand Prix last weekend, reaching the milestone of 250 Grand Prix championship victories for Ferrari in Formula 1.
A total of 41 drivers over 75 years have contributed to Ferrari’s winning record, and some giants of the sport have delivered supreme and memorable performances. But how to reduce it to just a handful? We had some discussions and came up with a top 10 iconic icons. ferrari F1 victories over the years…
Victory #1 – González takes them off the mark
Great Britain 1951
Charles Leclerc’s Victory at the British Grand Prix at Silverstone came just a week before the 75th anniversary of Ferrari’s first World Championship success.
Ferrari’s rivals Alfa Romeo swept the 1950 season, but Ferrari faded and its 375 machine was a more competitive prospect until 1951.
At Silverstone, José Froilán González took pole position and fought for victory against the Alfa Romeos, having to stop only once to refuel, which helped the Argentine to open up a considerable margin.
González crossed the line almost a minute ahead of the rest, achieving his first victory and setting the ball rolling for team owner Enzo and the Scuderia.
Victory No. 50: a first for Lauda
Spain 1974
Niki Lauda The bravery of securing a seat in Formula 1 eventually led to his surprise move to Ferrari, although he joined during a competitive low, leading to a winless 1973 for the team.
Lauda took pole position for the Spanish Grand Prix at Jarama in 1974, but dropped positions in a wet/dry race before regaining the lead after pitting for slick tyres. He stayed out front until the race reached its time limit and took his first victory, the first for Ferrari in two years, marking the team’s half century.
Lauda achieved 15 victories in red between 1974 and 1977, meaning he remains the second-winningest driver in Ferrari history.
Victory #81 – Villeneuve on the defensive
Spain 1981
Formula 1 had overtaken Jarama as the championship entered the 1980s, but its final race in 1981 provided the backdrop for one of the Gilles VilleneuveThe best performances of
Ferrari’s poorly handling 126-CK should not have been in contention at the front in a tight and tricky Jarama, yet Villeneuve qualified the car in seventh position, moved up to third at the start and then took second place from Carlos Reutemann.
an error for Alan Jones He gave Villeneuve the lead, but he had four drivers behind him, with apparently faster machinery. The Canadian expertly used the Ferrari’s slightly better grunt to stay ahead on the Jarama’s only featured straight.
Villeneuve remained ahead after 80 laps of competition to beat Jacques Laffite by just two-tenths of a second, with the top five at the flag separated by just 1.2 seconds.
#94 – Berger breaks McLaren’s streak
Italy 1988
McLaren had dominated the 1988 Formula 1 season with its iconic MP4/4, leaving the rest of the grid to pick up the pieces.
That year’s event at Monza was the first to take place in Italy since the death a few weeks earlier of Ferrari founder Enzo Ferrari, and the red machines blocked the second row of the grid.
However, McLaren maintained their usual dominant positions at the front and held those places at the start of the race. But Alain ProstThe car suffered a misfire and eventually had to retire.
Ayrton Sena He then led, but was thrown into the gravel with just two laps remaining when an attempt to lap Williams substitute Jean-Louis Schlesser went wrong.
Suddenly, Gerhard Berger and Michele Alboreto found themselves 1-2, and the duo completed the remaining lap and a half in those positions to send the tifosi wild on an emotional day at Monza.
Victory #95 – Mansell’s surprise
Brazil 1989
The load lasts Nigel Mansell looked for new pastures after losing the championship with williams and was hired by Ferrari for 1989.
Ferrari’s 640, with its new semi-automatic gearbox, had been unreliable in testing and, coupled with McLaren’s dominance in the previous campaign, expectations were low.
Mansell qualified sixth for the first race, held at the Brazilian Jacarepaguá circuit, but he did not get into trouble not only finishing the race but also winning it. Mansell, never one to shy away from drama, also managed to cut his hands on the winner’s trophy.
The Brit, however, was right about reliability, as he failed to finish the next four Grands Prix. He only won twice more with Ferrari and returned to Williams in 1991.
Victory #105 – Alesi finally
Canada 1995
Jean Alesi made an instant impact in Formula 1, but joined Ferrari just as the team entered a competitive crisis, overshadowed by McLaren, Williams and Benetton during the first half of the 1990s.
Alesi had scored 15 podiums from 1990 to the early rounds of 1995, which included retiring from the lead at Ferrari’s home ground in 1994, along with other missed opportunities and setbacks.
But finally in Montreal, in 1995, on the occasion of his 31st birthday, it was Alesi who had his moment in the sun. He inherited the lead from an ailing Michael Schumacher and finally took his big win, before having to go back to the reigning champion after running out of fuel after the finish.
It turned out to be Alesi’s only Grand Prix victory; He scored another 16 podiums in the second half of his career, but never climbed to the top step again.
Victory #106 – Schumacher supreme in the deluge
Barcelona 1996
Ferrari hired the current two-time champion Michael Schumacher return the championship to Maranello and installed it as the focal point of his project. However, its 1996 car, the F310, was an ungainly and uncomfortable machine, notable for the high sides of its cabin.
Williams dominated the season, but Schumacher was presented with an opportunity in the Monaco avalanche, but uncharacteristically slid into the wall on the first lap. At the next event in Barcelona there was similar weather and Schumacher flew.
After a late breakaway, he took the lead and simply pulled away from his rivals, sometimes by several seconds per lap. In a Grand Prix in which there were only six finishers, many of whom failed due to the conditions, only two of Schumacher’s rivals were on the lead lap and the margin of victory was 45 seconds.
Victory #134 – Schumacher’s title at last
Japan 2000
Michael Schumacher won 72 Grands Prix with Ferrari, comfortably making him the Scuderia’s most decorated driver and collectively making them the second most successful driver-team partnership in history.
Pick a race between 2000 and 2004 and there is a nearly six in 10 chance that Schumacher was the victor. Perhaps the most celebrated and memorable was Schumacher’s triumph in Japan in 2000. After the controversy of 1997, the near-failure of 1998 and the interruption of 1999, the title was up for grabs once again in 2000.
Schumacher and his rival Mika Häkkinen They dueled on the iconic track in qualifying, lowering the benchmark with each lap, and continued the fight in the race. Schumacher extended his second stint and emerged from pit lane in the lead, turning it into a victory that sealed his third world title, the first for Ferrari and the first for a Ferrari driver in 21 years.
Such was the relentlessness of Schumacher and Hakkinen that they were separated by just two seconds, but finished a minute ahead of the rest.
Victory #237 – Leclerc takes Monza
Italy 2019
Leclerc was denied a victory in just his second start for Ferrari in Bahrain by a cylinder failure, and the team was largely overshadowed in 2019 by the performance and greater effectiveness of Mercedes.
He took a first win in Belgium, but the celebrations naturally fell silent following the tragic death of Anthoine Hubert in the secondary Formula 2 race the day before.
Formula 1 traveled straight to Italy, where Ferrari was a more competitive proposition and Leclerc narrowly took pole position, before fending off advances from Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas.
The Monegasque crossed the finish line just eight tenths of a second behind Bottas with a cacophonous noise as the Tifosi celebrated their first home victory since fernando alonsoThe equally excellent triumph of Nine Years Before.
Victory #249: Hamilton’s first in red
Barcelona 2026
The marriage between Formula 1’s most successful driver and its most successful team marked one of the biggest driver changes in history, but 2025 was something of a failure.
The Ferrari was not competitive, while Lewis Hamilton He took time to adjust to the new surroundings, and at times grimly questioned his own ability.
The following year’s SF-26 was a more competitive proposition, albeit a step behind Mercedes’ W17, but after consecutive second places in Canada and Monaco, Hamilton went one step further in Barcelona.
He and Ferrari committed to a three-stop strategy on the high-energy circuit and were prepared to battle for the lead with the Mercedes drivers who made two stops, only for a well-timed Virtual Safety Car phase to pave their way to victory. Hamilton had already won 105 times, and Ferrari 248 before, but it was a very deserved and celebrated first victory together.