FERRARI
--- TEAM INFO ---
TEAM PRINCIPAL - Stefano Domenicali
TEAM COLOURS - Red
CAR - Ferrari F60
ENGINE SUPPLIER - Ferrari
TYRES - Bridgestone
TECHINCAL DIRECTOR(S) - Aldo Costa
MAJOR SPONSORS - FIAT, Alice, Shell
--- STATS ---
FIRST SEASON - 1950
GRANDS PRIX - 776
WORLD DRIVERS TITLES - 15
WORLD CONSTRUCTORS TITLES - 16
WINS - 209
POLE POSITIONS - 203
POINTS SCORED - 4,024.5
--- DRIVERS ---
3 - Felipe Massa (Brazil)
4 - Kimi Raikkonen (Finland)
TEST DRIVER - Luca Badoer (Italy)
Ferrari are back for 2009, and they're both angry and hungry for revenge, after an impressive start to 2008 when they won 4 of the first 5 races, they still managed to lose the drivers championship (albeit in dramatic circumstances) due to many self-inflicted faults, and when Ferrari get it wrong, they really do get it wrong. For example last season, they spent too much time trying to decide on which driver to favour in the battle for the drivers crown and their problems were compounded with baffling strategic decisions and pit lane calamities, this overshadowed the fact that Ferrari had on paper the best car on the grid.
Still though, Ferrari won the constructors title and Felipe Massa would have been world champion despite all this had Lewis Hamilton not overtaken Timo Glock on the very last corner of the very last lap at Interlagos. So this year, Ferrari want to put that right and bring the drivers championship back to Maranello for the 16th time. But again its difficult to see which driver Ferrari will favour in the challenge after Massa's valiant attempts last season and Kimi Raikkonen reportedly coming back a different person more hungrier than ever.
Despite some decent times being set during testing, they have had some setbacks, firstly their exhaust system had to be re-designed after the FIA had deemed it was illegal and they have been behind on development compared to the early starters like BMW Sauber and Williams so it may take time for them to be up winning races consistently.
2009 PREDICTION FOR FERRARI
DRIVERS CHAMPIONSHIP
Felipe Massa - 2nd
Kimi Raikkonen - 4th
CONSTRUCTORS CHAMPIONSHIP
1st
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