The History of Formula One Racing and other racing information

1950 - 1951 - 1952 - 1953 - 1954 - 1955 - 1956 - 1957 - 1958 - 1959
1960 - 1961 - 1962 - 1963 - 1964 - 1965 - 1966 - 1967 - 1968 - 1969
1970 - 1971 - 1972 - 1973 - 1974 - 1975 - 1976 - 1977 - 1978 - 1979
1980 - 1981 - 1982 - 1983 - 1984 - 1985 - 1986 - 1987 - 1988 - 1989
1990 - 1991 - 1992 - 1993 - 1994 - 1995 - 1996 - 1997 - 1998 - 1999
2000 - 2001 - 2002 - 2003

The most famous Formula One Team, without a doubt in anyone's imagination, is Team Ferrari.

1950

-Ferrari factory drivers: Alberto Ascari, Luigi Villoresi, Raymond Sommer, Dorino Serafini, Clemente Biondetti, Peter Whitehead. Wins for Ferrari=0.

The first World Championship for Drivers under the jurisdiction of the FIA (Federation Internationale de l'Automobile) is contested in 1950. The World Championship uses cars running to the stipulations laid out in the "Formula One" approved by the FIA in 1947: a maximum capacity of 4,500 cc for unsupercharged engines or 1,500 cc for supercharged engines. First race of the World Championship is the British Grand Prix, on the Silverstone circuit - a former millitary airfield. Giuseppe Farina in an Alfa Romeo wins the race. The Indianapolis 500 is included as round in the FIA World Championship. Ferrari enters a 375 F1 car, now called the 375 Indy. First rear-engined car in a World Championship event makes its appearance at the Grand Prix of Monaco: a Cooper-JAP driven by Harry Schell. Giuseppe Farina is the first World Champion.

1951

- Ferrari factory drivers: Alberto Ascari, Rudi Fischer, Luigi Villoresi, Piero Taruffi, Froilan Gonzalez, Reg Parnell, Peter Whitehead. Wins for Ferrari=3.

Scuderia Ferrari, with Argentinian driver Froilan Gonzalez at the wheel, achieve its first victory in a World Championship event, winning the R.A.C. British Grand Prix at Silverstone. Juan Manuel Fangio, driving an Alfa Romeo, wins the World Championship of 1951. BRM makes its World Championship debut as a constructor. Alfa Romeo withdraws from F1 at the end of the season.

1952

- Ferrari factory drivers: Alberto Ascari, Giuseppi Farina, Piero Taruffi, Luigi Villoresi, Andre Simon, Rudi Fischer, Rudolf Schroeller, Peter Hirt, Piero Carini, Gianfranco Comotti, Roger Laurent, Baron Charles de Tornaco, Louis Rosier, Hanz Stuck, Roy Salvadori, Peter Whitehead. Wins for Ferrari=7.

Lack of support for Formula One by race organizers leads to World Championship being run using Formula 2 cars; Formula 2 stipulated a maximum capacity of 2,000 cc unsupercharged. Alberto Ascari, driving an 375 F1 Ferrari, participates in the Indianapolis 500. All rounds in the World Championship, save for the Indianapolis 500, are won by Scuderia Ferrari. Alberto Ascari, driving the 375 Ferrari, is World Champion. After the end of the Second World War, Mercedes-Benz starts to race again and tells the world of its return in sports car racing. Karl Kling wins Mexico's Pan American Race.

1953

-Ferrari factory drivers: Alberto Ascari, Giuseppi Farina, Luigi Villoressi, Mike Hawthorn, Umberto Magioli, Piero Carini, Peter Hirt, Kurt Addolf, Max de Terra. Wins for Ferrari=7.

First South American round in the World Championship, the Grand Prix of Argentina, is held on the Buenos Aires circuit. The event is so popular, more spectators than the venue could hold show up. Argentine racers who had little or no money, began making their own Formula 2 cars called the Libre cars. Some were homemade cars. Maserati, with Juan Manuel Fangio driving, wins its first World Championship event in the final race of the season at Monza. Formula 2 ends abruptly. Alberto Ascari retains the World Championship with Ferrari.

1954

-Ferrari factory drivers: Mike Hawthorn, Froilan Gonzalez, Maurice Trintignant, Giuseppi Farina, Piero Taruffi, Umberto Magioli, Alberto Ascari, Robert Manzon, Jacques Swaters, Reg Parnell. Wins for Ferrari=2.

New Formula for Grand Prix cars begins: maximum capacity of 2,500cc for unsupercharged engines and 750cc for supercharged engines. The Maserati 250F makes its Grand Prix debut at the Argentinian Grand Prix. Juan Manuel Fangio wins the first race run to the new formula, the Argentinian Grand Prix. Mercedes-Benz re-enters racing, winning its first event back, the French Grand Prix at Reims. Froilan Gonzalez, driving a Ferrari, defeats Mercedes-Benz at the British Grand Prix. Mercedes-Benz makes its mark upon its return with a one-two punch from victories by Juan Manuel Fangio and Karl Kling in the French Grand Prix. Fangio follows up the win with three more first places to clinch the World Champion's title. Lancia re-enters Grand Prix racing at the Spanish Grand Prix. Juan Manuel Fangio, driving for both Maserati and Mercedes-Benz, wins the World Championship.

1955

- Ferrari factory drivers: Mike Hawthorn, Maurice Trintignant, Giuseppi Farina, Eugenio Castellotti, Piero Taruffi, Froilan Gonzalez, Paul Frere, Umberto Magioli, Johnny Claes. Wins for Ferrari=1.

Alberto Ascari becomes the first driver to plunge into the harbor at Monte Carlo during an event while driving his Lancia. However, days after his crash at Monaco, Ascari is killed when a tyre deflates on the Ferrari sports car he is driving at Monza. As a result of Ascari's death, and increasing financial problems, Lancia withdraws from Grand Prix racing. Fiat buys the assets of the Lancia Grand Prix team and presents it to Scuderia Ferrari, along with a stipend to support the team. Mercedes-Benz sports car, driven by Frenchman Pierre Levegh, crashes into a grandstand area in front of the pits at Le Mans, killing 81 spectators and injuring hundreds more, it was Mercedes last race season for decades, they withdraw from racing at the end of the season. As a result of the Le Mans accident, the Grands Prix of France, Switzerland and Germany are cancelled, along with many other races; Switzerland bans circuit racing as a result. Stirling Moss wins his first World Championship event, the British Grand Prix at Aintree, while driving a Mercedes-Benz. Juan Manuel Fangio wins his third World Championship.

1956

-Ferrari factory drivers: Juan Manuel Fangio, Peter Collins, Eugenio Castellotti, Luigi Musso, Alfonso de Portago, Olivier Gendebien, Paul Frere, Andre Piletti, Wolfgang von Trips, Giorgio Scarlatti. Wins for Ferrari=5.

Ferrari use cars received from Lancia as the basis of their team, the formidable D50s. During the Italian Grand Prix, Peter Collins gives his car to Juan Manuel Fangio, forfeiting any opportunity of winning the Championship. Stirling Moss, driving a specially built offset Maserati 250F, wins the Italian Grand Prix. Ferrari experience tyre troubles for most the season with its the Engelbert tyres. Their failure at Monza leads to some spectacular crashes. Juan Manuel Fangio wins his fourth World Championship while driving for Ferrari. Seizure of Suez Canal in late 1956 results in fuel shortages in Britain and France, and racing is curtailed into the next year.

1957

- Ferrari factory drivers: Mike Hawthorn, Luigi Musso, Peter Collins, Maurice Trintignant, Wolfgang von Trips, Eugenio Castellotti, Cesare Perdisa, Froilan Gonzalez, Alfonso de Portago, Alessandro de Tomaso. Wins for Ferrari=0.

Maserati produces a revised 250F and Juan Manuel Fangio returns to the team. Fangio has what he describes as his greatest drive during the German Grand Prix. Juan Manuel Fangio wins his fifth World Championship.

1958

- Ferrari factory drivers: Mike Hawthorn, Peter Collins, Luigi Musso, Wolfgang von Trips, Olivier Gendebien, Phil Hill. Ferrari finished 2nd overall with 40 points. Wins for Ferrari=2. World Champion Constructor: Vanwall

The Grand Prix formula, now extended to the end of 1960, now stipulates the use of AvGas in the place of alcohol fuels and reduces the length of Championship events from 500 km or three hours to 300 km or two hours. Juan Manuel Fangio, at the wheel of a Maserati, runs his final World Championship event, the French Grand Prix at Reims. Luigi Musso is killed during the French Grand Prix when his Ferrari crashes. Peter Collins was killed in the Grand Prix at the Nurburgring when his Ferrari crashes and hits a tree. Dark days ahead for Ferrari. Mike Hawthorn wins the World Championship by a margin of one point over Stirling Moss. Vanwall wins the first Manufacturers' Championship, but withdraws from Grand Prix racing. World Champion Mike Hawthorn retires from racing.

1959

-Ferrari factory drivers: Phil Hill, Wolfgang von Trips, Tony Brooks, Cliff Allison, Dan Gurney, Jean Behra, Olivier Gendebien. Ferrari finished 2nd overall with 32 points. Wins for Ferrari=2. World Champion Constructor: Cooper

Mike Hawthorn dies in a road accident. Rear-engined Grand Prix cars begin to replace the front-engined cars on the starting grids. Jack Brabham wins his first Championship event, the Grand Prix of Monaco. Bruce McLaren becomes the youngest driver to win a Championship event when he triumphs at the United States Grand Prix at Sebring. Jack Brabham wins his first World Championship. Cooper-Climax wins the Manufacturers' Championship.

1960

- Ferrari factory drivers: Phil Hill, Wolfgang von Trips, Richie Ginther, Willy Mairesse, Cliff Allison, Froilan Gonzalez. Ferrari finished 3rd overall with 26 points. Wins for Ferrari=1. World Champion Constructor: Cooper

Stirling Moss scores first ever win for Lotus when he wins the Monaco Grand Prix driving Rob Walker's Lotus 18. Jim Clark makes Formula One debut driving works Lotus at the Dutch Grand Prix. Tragic Belgian Grand Prix cost the lives of two promising young British drivers, Chris Bristow and Alan Stacey. Stirling Moss breaks both legs in practice accident. Italian Grand Prix is held on the Monza banked track, British teams boycott the race on safety grounds. Ferrari score hollow victory - the last ever front engined Formula One win. Jack Brabham successfully defends his world drivers' title driving a Cooper-Climax.

1961

- Ferrari factory drivers: Phil Hill, Wolfgang von Trips, Richie Ginther, Willy Mairesse, Olivier Gendebien, Ricardo Rodriguez, Giancarlo Baghetti. Ferrari finished 1st overall with 40 points. Wins for Ferrari=5. World Champion Constructor: Ferrari

Start of 1.5-litre engine formula. Stirling Moss wins an epic Monaco Grand Prix driving outdated Lotus 18. Ferrari dominate season with the classic "sharknosed" rear engined car, the 156 F1. Giancarlo Baghetti wins the French race for Ferrari at Reims, the only driver to win a Grand Prix on debut to this day. Wolfgang von Trips and twelve spectators are killed at the title deciding Italian Grand Prix. Phil Hill becomes the first ever American world champion in his Ferrari.

1962

- Ferrari factory drivers: Phil Hill, Ricardo Rodriguez, Giancarlo Baghetti, Lorenzo Bandini, Willy Mairesse. Ferrari finished 5th overall with 18 points. Wins for Ferrari=0. World Champion Constructor: BRM

Stirling Moss suffers career-ending crash at pre-season Goodwood meeting driving Rob Walker's Lotus. Lotus introduce ground-breaking new model, the 25, with a monocoque chassis making the standard space frame designs obsolete overnight. Jim Clark scores first ever win at Belgian Grand Prix. Porsche score maiden Formula One win when Dan Gurney takes French Grand Prix at Rouen. Jack Brabham enters German Grand Prix with a car of his own construction. Graham Hill wins world title driving for BRM.

1963

- Ferrari factory drivers: John Surtees, Lorenzo Bandini, Willy Mairesse, Luigi Scarfiotti. Ferrari finished 4th overall with 26 points. Wins for Ferrari=1. World Champion Constructor: Lotus

Porsche withdraws from Grand Prix racing. Graham Hill wins the first of his five Monaco victories. John Surtees scores his first ever championship victory for Ferrari when he wins the German Grand Prix at the Nurburgring. Jim Clark totally dominates the season scoring seven wins to secure his first world drivers' championship.

1964

- Ferrari factory drivers: John Surtees, Lorenzo Bandini, Luigi Scarfiotti, Pedro Rodriguez. Ferrari finished 1st overall with 45 points. Wins for Ferrari=3. World Champion Constructor: Ferrari

Jim Clark wins the first ever Grand Prix to be held at Brands Hatch. Honda's RA271 makes low key debut at the German Grand Prix with inexperienced American Ronnie Bucknum at the wheel. He is running in eleventh place when he crashes out four laps from the end. Jochen Rindt makes Grand Prix debut driving Rob Walker's Brabham-BRM in the inaugural Austrian Grand Prix held at the Zeltweg airfield circuit. Lorenzo Bandini wins to score his sole Formula One victory with Ferrari. John Surtees secures the drivers' title and so becomes the first (and only) man ever to win world titles on both two and four wheels.

1965

- Ferrari factory drivers: John Surtees, Lorenzo Bandini, Luigi Scarfiotti, Pedro Rodriguez, Nino Vaccarella, Bob Bondurant. Ferrari finished 4th overall with 26 points. Wins for Ferrari=0. World Champion Constructor: Lotus

Jackie Stewart makes Grand Prix debut for the BRM team. He finishes sixth in his first race (South Africa). Team Lotus miss the Monaco Grand Prix to concentrate on the Indianapolis 500. Jim Clark wins and scores first ever rear engined victory at the Brickyard. Richie Ginther wins the Mexican Grand Prix to give Honda its first ever Formula One victory. It is also tyre supplier Goodyear's first ever win. Jim Clark and Team Lotus are totally dominant all year and Clark secures his second (and last) world drivers' crown.

1966

- Ferrari factory drivers: John Surtees, Lorenzo Bandini, Mike Parkes, Luigi Scarfiotti, Giancarlo Baghetti. Ferrari finished 2nd overall with 31 points. Wins for Ferrari=2. World Champion Constructor: Brabham

Start of the 3-litre engine formula. BRM produce their H16 engine. Jackie Stewart is trapped in his car after crashing out of the rain-affected Belgian Grand Prix. Jackie begins a movement in the sport for driver’s safety. Jack Brabham wins the French Grand Prix at Reims to become the first driver to score a race win in a car bearing his own name. He would go on to secure his third world drivers' title. Bruce McLaren forms his own team. The first McLaren is powered by a Ford engine and is not successful. Dan Gurney joins the growing band of driver-constructors forming his All American Racers team which produces the Eagle Formula One car in blue with a white stripe.

1967

- Ferrari factory drivers: Lorenzo Bandini, Chris Amon, Mike Parkes, Luigi Scarfiotti, Jonathan Williams. Ferrari finished 4th overall with 20 points. Wins for Ferrari=0. World Champion Constructor: Brabham

Italian Lorenzo Bandini dies of the injuries he received after crashing whilst leading the Monaco Grand Prix in his Ferrari. The ground-breaking Lotus 49 wins on debut at the Dutch Grand Prix with Jim Clark at the wheel. Honda scores their first ever 3-litre formula win at the Italian Grand Prix. John Surtees is at the wheel. First ever Canadian Grand Prix is held at Mosport park. Brabhams finish first and second. New Zealander Denny Hulme wins world drivers' crown in a Brabham.

1968

- Ferrari factory drivers: Chris Amon, Jacky Ickx, Derek Bell, Andrea de Adamich. Ferrari finished 4th overall with 32 points. Wins for Ferrari=1. World Champion Constructor: Lotus

Sponsorship makes its first appearance in Formula One. It is the end of the era of national racing colours. Ford-financed Cosworth-built Double Four Valve (DFV) engine is now available to all privateers. Ferrari is the first to use wings in aerodynamics in their F1 cars. Jim Clark is killed in a Formula Two race at Hockenheim in Germany. McLaren scores its first ever Formula One win at the Belgian Grand Prix with team founder Bruce McLaren in the cockpit. Jackie Stewart leaves BRM to join Ken Tyrrell. This partnership would win three drivers' titles over the next six years. Graham Hill in a Lotus wins his second drivers' title.

1969

- Ferrari factory drivers: Chris Amon, Pedro Rodriguez, Ernesto Brambilla. Ferrari finished 5th overall with 7 points. Wins for Ferrari=0. World Champion Constructor: Matra

The DFV powered teams dominate. The Cooper-Maserati and Eagle-Weslake teams withdraw from Formula One. Four Wheel drive is tried by Matra, Lotus and McLaren, but it is not a success. Jackie Stewart wins his first drivers' title.

1970

- Ferrari factory drivers: Jacky Ickx, Ignazio Giunti, Clay Regazzoni. Ferrari finished 2nd overall with 52 points. Wins for Ferrari=4. World Champion Constructor: Lotus

Jack Brabham wins the South African Grand Prix. By the end of the season, he would retire from F1. Jackie Stewart wins first Grand Prix for March at Jarama, Spain. The wedge-shaped Lotus 72 in its beautiful red/white/gold Gold Leaf livery, with side-mounted radiators, makes its debut. Jochen Rindt drives the car to its first victory at the Dutch GP. Pedro Rodriguez wins the last Belgian Grand Prix at the original Spa-Francorchamps for BRM. This is also Dunlop's last victory. Piers Courage burns to death in Williams/de Tomaso at the Dutch Grand Prix. Bruce McLaren is killed at Goodwood while testing a Can-Am car. Jochen Rindt wins German Grand Prix at Hockenheim while Armco barriers are installed at the Nurburgring. Jacky Ickx wins the first Austrian Grand Prix at the Osterreichring. Tyrrell makes its F1 debut at Mont Tremblant, Canada. Jochen Rindt is killed during qualifying for the Italian Grand Prix. He later becomes the first posthumous Formula One Champion. Emerson Fittipaldi scores his first victory, at the US Grand Prix.

1971

- Ferrari factory drivers: Jacky Ickx, Clay Regazzoni, Mario Andretti. Ferrari finished 3rd overall with 33 points. Wins for Ferrari=2. World Champion Constructor: Tyrrell

Mario Andretti scores his maiden victory, winning the South African Grand Prix for Ferrari. The Belgian and Mexican Grands Prix are dropped from the calendar due to safety problems. Jackie Stewart scores the first Grand Prix victory for Tyrrell at Jarama. Pedro Rodriguez is killed in sports car race. Niki Lauda makes low key debut in privately owned March at the Austrian Grand Prix. Peter Gethin wins Italian Grand Prix by 0.01s from Ronnie Peterson - the narrowest winning margin to this day. Fittipaldi races gas-turbine Lotus 56B "in disguise" as World Wide Racing. Jackie Stewart wins the World Championship for the second time.

1972

- Ferrari factory drivers: Jacky Ickx, Clay Regazzoni, Mario Andretti, Arturo Merzario, Giovanni Galli. Ferrari finished 4th overall with 33 points. Wins for Ferrari=1. World Champion Constructor: Lotus

Bernie Ecclestone takes over Brabham. Team Lotus run for the first time in the black livery of John Player Specials - or JPS, as the cars would soon come to be called. Fittipaldi wins the Italian Grand Prix to become the youngest ever Formula One Champion, at 25. This win is also Firestone's last victory.

1973

- Ferrari factory drivers: Jacky Ickx, Arturo Merzario. Ferrari finished 6th overall with 12 points. Wins for Ferrari=0. World Champion Constructor: Lotus

Shadow make its Grand Prix debut. McLaren introduce their classic M23 design that would race in various forms for the next six seasons. The Ford Cossie DFV engine wins every Grand Prix of the season. Local hero Emerson Fittipaldi wins at Interlagos in the return of the Brazilian Grand Prix. At the South African Grand Prix, Mike Hailwood saves Clay Regazzoni's life by pulling him from his burning BRM. Hailwood is later awarded for this the George Medal for valour. The pace car is used for first time in Formula One during the Canadian Grand Prix.

1974

- Ferrari factory drivers: Niki Lauda, Clay Regazzoni. Ferrari finished 2nd overall with 65 points. Wins for Ferrari=3. World Champion Constructor: McLaren

Niki Lauda joins Ferrari. Emerson Fittipaldi wins the championship for the second time with McLaren. Denny Hulme retires from Formula One.

1975

- Ferrari factory drivers: Niki Lauda, Clay Regazzoni. Ferrari finished 1st overall with 72.5 points. Wins for Ferrari=6. World Champion Constructor: Ferrari

The Brazilian Grand Prix is Graham Hill's 176th and last race. Later that year, he and Tony Brise, together with other team members, are killed when a plane Hill is piloting crashes whilst attempting to land in fog. James Hunt scores the first and only win for Hesketh, at the Dutch Grand Prix. Mark Donohue dies from head injuries sustained during practice at the Austrian Grand Prix, where Vittorio Brambilla crashes after winning. Niki Lauda wins his first championship, with Ferrari.

1976

- Ferrari factory drivers: Niki Lauda, Clay Regazzoni, Carlos Reutemann. Ferrari finished 1st overall with 83 points. Wins for Ferrari=5. World Champion Constructor: Ferrari

Ligier enters Formula One. Clay Regazzoni wins the first US-West Grand Prix at Long Beach. Tyrrell introduces a 6-wheel car. Niki Lauda is severely burned in a fiery accident at the Nurburgring. Amazingly, he returns to race at the Italian Grand Prix just weeks after his crash. John Watson wins the first and only win for Penske. Under appalling conditions, Mario Andretti wins the first Japanese Grand Prix. James Hunt is the world champion, driving for McLaren.

1977

- Ferrari factory drivers: Niki Lauda, Carlos Reutemann, Gilles Villeneuve. Ferrari finished 1st overall with 95 points. Wins for Ferrari=4. World Champion Constructor: Ferrari

The Lotus 78 Ground-Effects car is introduced. Jody Scheckter wins at Argentina in the first Grand Prix of the Wolf-Ford. The South African Grand Prix is the last race for the BRM team. Jody Scheckter scores the 100th Grand Prix victory for the Ford DFV engine, at Monaco. Renault's RS01, the first turbo powered car, makes its debut at the British Grand Prix. Niki Lauda scores Goodyear's 100th Grand Prix victory at Hockenheim, the new home of the German Grand Prix. Spectators are killed when Gilles Villenueve's Ferrari crashes during the Japanese Grand Prix. Niki Lauda is the world champion for the second time. March withdraws from Formula One.

1978

- Ferrari factory drivers: Gilles Villeneuve, Carlos Reutemann. Ferrari finished 2nd overall with 58 points. Wins for Ferrari=5. World Champion Constructor: Lotus

The Japanese Grand Prix is dropped from the calendar due to safety reasons. Michelin enters Formula One. Ferrari's Carlos Reutemann will score its first victory at the Brazilian Grand Prix. Arrows enter Formula One and nearly wins the South African Grand Prix, where Riccardo Patrese led most of the race, but retired due to mechanical failure. Williams team introduces their first own car, the FW06. Following the Italian Grand Prix, a new safety measure is introduced to F1: medical cars follow Formula One cars on the formation lap of every Grand Prix, in order to improve reaction time in case of a first lap accident. However, on its debut at Watkins Glen, the medical car hits the curb and lifts off in the air. Renault enters a turbo-charged all-French car at Kyalami. Niki Lauda wins the last Swedish Grand Prix with the controversial Brabham BT46B "Fan Car". Gilles Villeneuve grabs his first Grand Prix victory as the Canadian Grand Prix moves to Montreal. Mario Andretti is the world champion for Lotus, after winning six Grands Prix in that season. Team Surtees leaves F1.

1979

- Ferrari factory drivers: Gilles Villeneuve, Jody Scheckter. Ferrari finished 1st overall with 113 points. Wins for Ferrari=6. World Champion Constructor: Ferrari

Jody Scheckter wins the last drivers' world champion for Ferrari until 2000. Jackie Ickx and Wolf team retire from Formula One.

1980

- Ferrari factory drivers: Gilles Villeneuve, Jody Scheckter. Ferrari finished 10th overall with 8 points. Wins for Ferrari=0. World Champion Constructor: Williams

The battle to control Grand Prix racing erupts between the Formula One Constructors Association (FOCA) and the Federation Internationale Sportive Automobile (FISA). Its eventual resolution by an agreement known as the Concorde Agreement saw Bernie Ecclestone and FOCA win control of the commercial aspects of Formula One, a situation that continues to this day. Alain Prost has his first race in a McLaren at Argentina. Reserve Lotus driver, Nigel Mansell, makes his Grand Prix debut at the Osterreichring, Austria. Imola hosts its first Grand Prix, temporarily replacing Monza as 1980 Italian Grand Prix venue while Monza is upgraded. Australia's Alan Jones wins the world championship, a first for Williams.

1981

- Ferrari factory drivers: Gilles Villeneuve, Didier Pironi. Ferrari finished 5th overall with 34 points. Wins for Ferrari=2. World Champion Constructor: Williams

Ron Dennis takes over McLaren, and the team debuts a carbon fibre chassis designed by John Barnard. Brazilian Nelson Piquet wins his first world championship for Brabham, with Constructors title to Williams. By 1981 Ferrari was now firmly in the turbo camp but even the talents of Gilles Villeneuve couldn't carry the ill-handling car to the championship. McLaren was now under the control of Ron Dennis and with John Watson driving a John Barnard designed McLaren MP4 it became the first carbon-fibre chassis car to win a championship race at the British Grand Prix. The title came down to the final race in Las Vegas and Piquet with a fifth place finish secured enough points to become World Champion. Turbo powered cars continued to make progress and when the year was over they had won seven of the 16 races on that years calendar.

1982

- Ferrari factory drivers: Gilles Villeneuve, Didier Pironi, Patrick Tambay, Mario Andretti. Ferrari finished 1st overall with 74 points. Wins for Ferrari=3. World Champion Constructor: Ferrari

Niki Lauda returns from retirement to join McLaren. After the introduction of the Super License for Formula One drivers, the drivers protest the restrictions of new license by going on strike before the South African Grand Prix. BMW debut their turbo engine in the Brabham. Canadian Gilles Villeneuve is killed during qualifying for the Belgian Grand Prix at Zolder, after he lost control of his Ferrari due to contact with the March of Jochen Mass. Keke Rosberg wins Williams' second drivers title, Ferrari the constructors. Colin Chapman, Lotus founder and Formula One's most innovative designer, dies of a heart attack. Rules changes for 1982 banning the use of movable skirts forced teams to reduce ground clearances to around 25mm in conjunction with an almost total lack of suspension movement. The drivers were now experiencing cornering forces up to 4gs at some circuits. Double World Champion Niki Lauda was lured from retirement by a barrel full of Marlboro cigarette money to join John Watson at McLaren. Alan Jones went the opposite direction and quit Formula 1 opening a seat at Williams for Finn Keke Rosberg. The third rival for the title of the previous year, Carlos Reutemann also retired, this time after the first two races.

1983

- Ferrari factory drivers: Patrick Tambay, Rene Arnoux. Ferrari finished 1st overall with 89 points. Wins for Ferrari=4. World Champion Constructor: Ferrari

Spirit debut the new Honda turbo engine at the British Grand Prix. The first race is held at the reborn Spa-Francorchamps. Michele Alboreto's Tyrrell wins the 155th and last win for the Cosworth DFR/DFY engine at the United States Grand Prix at Detroit. Nelson Piquet wins Brabham's last and BMW's only world championship. Ferrari retain the constructors championship for the last time until 1999.

1984

- Ferrari factory drivers: Michele Alboreto, Rene Arnoux. Ferrari finished 2nd overall with 57.5 points. Wins for Ferrari=1. World Champion Constructor: McLaren

Ayrton Senna makes his F1 debut at Jacarepagua, Brazil. Alain Prost wins Monaco after race was cancelled early. First race composed entirely of turbo charged cars is held at the Osterreichring for the Austrian Grand Prix. Tyrrell is disqualified for the entire 1984 season after allegations of infringements with water tanks, ballast and undertray. Formula One returns to Portugal for the first time since 1960 at the Estoril circuit. Niki Lauda wins his third world title by half a point from McLaren teammate Alain Prost.

1985

- Ferrari factory drivers: Michele Alboreto, Rene Arnoux, Stefan Johansson. Ferrari finished 2nd overall with 82 points. Wins for Ferrari=2. World Champion Constructor: McLaren

Minardi make their Formula One debut. In only his 16th Formula One race, Ayrton Senna wins the Portuguese Grand Prix at Estoril. Nigel Mansell wins his first race, the European Grand Prix at Brands Hatch. Renault and Alfa Romeo retire from Formula One as teams. Their engines continue in use for another year. Benetton commence involvement with the Toleman team, first as sponsor (it was sponsor before to Alfa Romeo and to Tyrrell). But, in no time, the Clothing giant would purchase Toleman and enter the 1986 championship as 'Benetton Grand Prix'. Triple world champion Niki Lauda retires from Formula One. Alain Prost becomes the first Frenchman to win the Drivers' Championship.

1986

- Ferrari factory drivers: Michele Alboreto, Stefan Johansson. Ferrari finished 4th overall with 37 points. Wins for Ferrari=0. World Champion Constructor: Williams

Ayrton Senna beats Nigel Mansell by the smallest margin in the digital timing era, at the Spanish Grand Prix at Jerez (0.014 seconds). Gerhard Berger takes his and Benetton's first win in Formula One at the Mexican Grand Prix. It is also BMW's last Grand Prix win. Alan Jones and Keke Rosberg retire from Formula One. Alain Prost wins the Australian Grand Prix and becomes the first back to back World Champion since Jack Brabham in 1960. Williams wins the constructors title.

1987

- Ferrari factory drivers: Michele Alboreto, Gerhard Berger. Ferrari finished 4th overall with 53 points. Wins for Ferrari=2. World Champion Constructor: Williams

Lotus and Williams experiment with active ride suspension, while Honda extends its engine supply to Lotus. Alain Prost breaks Jackie Stewart's record for most Grand Prix wins (28) after winning the Portuguese Grand Prix. Formula One returns to Japan for the first time since 1977 for the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka. The FIA announce change to engine regulations with turbos to have pop-off valves for the 1988 season, to reduce power, then to be banned in 1989 in favour of 3.5 litre naturally aspirated engines with a limit of 12 cylinders. Nelson Piquet wins his third world championship for Williams. Jonathan Palmer wins the Jim Clark Cup for naturally aspirated engined cars.

1988

- Ferrari factory drivers: Michele Alboreto, Gerhard Berger. Ferrari finished 2nd overall with 65 points. Wins for Ferrari=1. World Champion Constructor: McLaren

Benetton and Williams lead the change to non-turbo engined cars. Mansell gets seriously ill and misses some races. Gerhard Berger takes an emotional win in the Italian Grand Prix at Monza - the only non-McLaren win of the season - shortly after Enzo Ferrari died, at the age of 90. Ayrton Senna wins his first world championship.

1989

- Ferrari factory drivers: Nigel Mansell, Gerhard Berger. Ferrari finished 3rd overall with 59 points. Wins for Ferrari=3. World Champion Constructor: McLaren

Renault return to Formula One as engine suppliers to Williams. Formula One reaches a peak in involvement, with 39 cars competing for most of the season. Former Ferrari and Honda driver Mercedes-Benz wins the World Sports Prototype Constructors' Championship; the C9 finishes first and second in the Le Mans 24-hour race. Richie Ginther dies of a heart attack, at the age of 59. Alain Prost wins his third world championship after a controversial collision with his teammate Senna in Japan ensures Prost's title.

1990

- Ferrari factory drivers: Nigel Mansell, Alain Prost. Ferrari finished 2nd overall with 110 points. Wins for Ferrari=6. World Champion Constructor: McLaren

Ayrton Senna's super licence is initially refused after the crash in Japan the previous year. Rookie Jean Alesi leads half the race in Phoenix in a Tyrrell. Alain Prost wins Mexican Grand Prix from 13th on the grid. Nigel Mansell announces retirement after his car fails at the British Grand Prix while leading. Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost clash again in Japan, Senna the controversial champion as both are out of the race after the first corner. For the second year in succession, Mercedes-Benz wins the Constructors' and Drivers' titles in the World Sports Prototype Championship. The 500th Formula One Grand Prix is held in Adelaide.

1991

- Ferrari factory drivers: Jean Alesi, Alain Prost, Gianni Morbidelli. Ferrari finished 3rd overall with 55.5 points. Wins for Ferrari=0. World Champion Constructor: McLaren

Nigel Mansell un-retires and returns to Williams. Mika Hakkinen makes his Formula One debut at Phoenix. Ayrton Senna starts season with four wins in a row. Michael Schumacher makes his Formula One debut at Spa in a Jordan, where he qualifies an impressive 7th only to retire right at the start of the race. Nigel Mansell is disqualified in Portugal after a wheel change problem in the pits. The Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide is stopped after 14 laps due to torrential rain - making it the shortest race in F1 history. Alain Prost is dropped by Ferrari after criticising the team. Mercedes-Benz reveal C291 sports car, it is the first step in the German giant's return to top level motor racing. The Schumacher/Wendlinger junior driver team takes victory with the C 291 in Japan; Mercedes-Benz announces its withdrawal from the World Sports Prototype Championship. Triple World Champion Nelson Piquet retires.

1992

- Ferrari factory drivers: Jean Alesi, Ivan Capelli, Nicola Larini. Ferrari finished 4th overall with 21 points. Wins for Ferrari=0. World Champion Constructor: Williams

Williams re-introduce active suspension. The car is often in a race of its own. Nigel Mansell wins first five races in a row. For the first time in Formula One, the safety car is used at the British GP as a means of allowing the race to continue at a reduced pace in the event of a serious accident. Ayrton Senna wins in Hungary, but Nigel is crowned champion giving Renault its first title. The Hungarian Grand Prix sees the last appearance of the Brabham team. Michael Schumacher scores his first win at Spa in variable weather conditions. Giovanna Amati becomes the first women to appear on the entry list for a Formula One Grand Prix. Honda withdraws from Formula One.

1993

- Ferrari factory drivers: Jean Alesi, Gerhard Berger. Ferrari finished 4th overall with 28 points. Wins for Ferrari=0. World Champion Constructor: Williams

FISA is abolished. All motor sport activities now come directly under the FIA, where Max Mosley is elected to the presidency unchallenged. Alain Prost returns to Formula One with Williams, where he is joined by Williams test driver Damon Hill, son of Graham. Ayrton Senna wins European Grand Prix at Donington by more than a minute despite changing conditions. Ayrton Senna punches debutante Eddie Irvine in Japan after disagreement. McLaren pass Ferrari in Grand Prix wins. Alain Prost retires as champion, with the most wins, fastest laps, points and second only to Fangio with 4 championships.

1994

- Ferrari factory drivers: Jean Alesi, Gerhard Berger, Nicola Larini. Ferrari finished 3rd overall with 71 points. Wins for Ferrari=1. World Champion Constructor: Williams

Ayrton Senna joins the Williams team and is considered the safest bet for the championship. Refueling returns, while traction control and active suspension are banned. The blackest weekend of the decade at Imola sees Rubens Barrichello crash in Friday practice at Imola, lightly injured; Simtek's Roland Ratzenberger is killed in the Saturday practice, after crashing at Villeneuve corner; JJ Lehto and Pedro Lamy crash, sending debris into the crowd and injuring eight people; and, less than two laps after the restart, Ayrton Senna is killed after going off at Tamburello. Damon Hill wins emotional Spanish GP for Williams, while Michael Schumacher finishes second after spending more than half the race stuck in fifth gear. Michael Schumacher overlaps Damon Hill twice during the formation lap of the British GP, then ignores a black flag and eventually receives a two race ban. Gerhard Berger breaks long Ferrari victory drought in Germany. Michael Schumacher wins in Belgium only to be disqualified for an undersize plank which is found to be too worn. Schumacher is the first German world champion. Al Unser Jr. wins the Indianapolis 500 in a Penske car powered by a Mercedes-Benz pushrod engine. On 28 October 1994 Mercedes-Benz and McLaren announce the signing of the contract covering their long-term partnership in Formula One. The agreement takes effect from 1995.

1995

- Ferrari factory drivers: Jean Alesi, Gerhard Berger. Ferrari finished 3rd overall with 73 points. Wins for Ferrari=1. World Champion Constructor: Benetton

Michael Schumacher wins from David Coulthard in Brazil, but both are disqualified due to 'illegal' fuel. Appeal sees both reinstated but the teams lose the points. Nigel Mansell ends his Formula One season with McLaren after "giving up" during the Spanish GP. Emotional Jean Alesi wins Canadian Grand Prix - his first and only GP win. Damon Hill and Michael Schumacher collide again at the British Grand Prix fighting for the lead, allowing Johnny Herbert to take his first GP win. Michael Schumacher wins his second title, with Benetton clinching their first and only constructors' title.

1996

- Ferrari factory drivers: Michael Schumacher, Eddie Irvine. Ferrari finished 2nd overall with 70 points. Wins for Ferrari=3. World Champion Constructor: Williams

Michael Schumacher joins Ferrari. Michael Schumacher scores dominant first win in recalcitrant Ferrari in Spanish rain. Renault and Elf announce departure from Formula One at the end of 1997. Damon Hill wins World Championship in Suzuka and becomes the first son of a World Champion to grab the title himself.

1997

- Ferrari factory drivers: Michael Schumacher, Eddie Irvine. Ferrari finished 2nd overall. World Champion Constructor: Williams

Ferrari’s 50th Anniversary. The Michael Schumacher-Ross Brawn-Rory Byrne combination is reunited when Brawn and Byrne joins Ferrari as technical director and chief designer. Bridgestone enters Formula One supplying just under half the teams. Jacques Villeneuve is banned from Japanese Grand Prix after several yellow-flag infringements, while Michael Schumacher wins to set up a showdown in Jerez. Michael Schumacher is disqualified from the 1997 championship, but retains his wins and points. Williams and McLaren are cleared of allegations that they colluded the results of the Jerez GP. Goodyear announce they are leaving F1 after 1998. Driving the new silver design West McLaren Mercedes, David Coulthard wins the Australian and Italian Grand Prix races to take third place in the Drivers' table.

1998

- Ferrari factory drivers: Michael Schumacher, Eddie Irvine. Ferrari finished 2nd overall. World Champion Constructor: McLaren

Dr Ferdinand 'Ferry' Porsche dies. FIA introduce new rules mandating narrower track and grooved tires. David Coulthard lets Mika Hakkinen win in Australia, later revealing the two had a prior agreement that whoever reaches the first corner first would win the race. Michael Schumacher wins in rain-soaked Britain, despite crossing the finish line in pitlane taking a stop-go penalty. Schumacher also wins in Hungary after running almost at qualifying speed for 25 laps. Mika Hakkinen wins his first championship in the final race of the year at Suzuka. Indianapolis Motor Speedway announces the construction of a road course within its famous 2.5 Mile Oval track. The Inaugural race is scheduled for September 2000.

1999

- Ferrari factory drivers: Michael Schumacher, Eddie Irvine, Mika Salo. Ferrari finished 1st overall with 80 points. Wins for Ferrari=6. World Champion Constructor: Ferrari

Eddie Irvine scores his first win at Australia. Michael Schumacher breaks his leg in a first lap accident at the British Grand Prix. He would miss the next seven races, leaving Eddie Irvine to mount the Ferrari title challenge, with Mika Salo as Schumacher's replacement. Michael Schumacher returns from injury with pole in Malaysia, and hands win to Irvine. But Ferrari is disqualified for illegal barge boards, however is reinstated after a controversial appeal. Mika Hakkinen clinches his second successive title. Ferrari win constructors' title, their first in 16 years. Mika Hakkinen retains his Formula One World Championship crown with five Grand Prix victories. West McLaren Mercedes finishes as runner-up in the Constructors' championship. David Coulthard wins two Grand Prix and finishes the season fourth in the Drivers' standings.

2000

- Ferrari factory drivers: Michael Schumacher, Rubens Barrichello. Ferrari finished 1st overall with 100 points. Wins for Ferrari=10. World Champion Constructor: Ferrari

2001

-Ferrari factory drivers: Michael Schumacher, Rubens Barrichello. Ferrari finished 1st overall. World Champion Constructor: Ferrari

2002

-Ferrari factory drivers: Michael Schumacher, Rubens Barrichello. Ferrari finished 1st overall. World Champion Constructor: Ferrari