Ferrari

**Ferrari**

## Season Results

Complete results for Ferrari in Formula One (UniONE Results only).

### **2014 (UniONE CAREER S1)**

The first season in the V6 Hybrid era was a torrid one for Ferrari. Fernando Alonso would take the team's only victory of the season at his home race. Despite a few glimpses of pace, Ferrari would finish fourth in the Championship, with less than half the points on Championship winners, Mercedes.

### **2015 (UniONE CAREER S2)**

The Scuderia were much improved for 2015, with Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton dominating the early half of the Championship. Despite Mercedes' fight back Ferrari would take both Championships in the season finale at Brazil.

### **2016 (UniONE CAREER S3)**

Ferrari would drop significantly off the pace in 2016, only taking three wins throughout the season. Despite a late resurgence, Ferrari would finish fourth in the Constructor's for the second time in three years.

### **2017 (UniONE CAREER S4)**

Ferrari would prove to be one of the teams to beat in 2017. Jean-Eric Vergne and Sebastian Vettel would ensure that Ferrari would win the first six races of the season. Despite a drop off in pace between Hungary and Singapore, Ferrari lead the Constructor's Championship all season and seal the deal at the USA Grand Prix.

### **2018 (UniONE CAREER S5)**

Ferrari stated that they have focused their work over the winter on improving reliability, as Jean-Eric Vergne suffered multiple engine faults and failures during the second half of the 2017 season. As the main focus was improving Power Unit reliability, there was less time to focus on the chassis and aero of the SF71H. However, the Maranello looked to be able to match Williams and Red Bull on long run pace, and aimed to bring upgrades early on in the season.

After the opening six rounds, it was clear Ferrari had significant work to do if they were to retain the Championship titles for 2018. With a car that's been described as a shed, both Vettel and Vergne struggled for outright pace, with Vettel winning in China by result of managing to run a 1-stop strategy but not reaching Q3 for that race.

Jean-Eric Vergne would walk from the team following the French Grand Prix. A race that brought his second non finish in a row and third race in a row without points. This lead to Ferrari reserve Adrian Sutil being promoted to replace the Frenchman.

A change of driver would do nothing to improve Ferrari's season. After 17 rounds, Ferrari had less points in the Constructor's than Vergne had to secure the Driver's title in 2017 (192 points to the 223 Vergne scored in 19 races).

### **2019 (UniONE CAREER S6)**

The Scuderia look to move past a disastrous 2018 season which saw them claim only one race win and finish the season with as many points combined from all 3 drivers near enough as Jean-Eric Vergne scored on his own on his way to the 2017 Driver's title. Reliability looks to be an issue for Ferrari as Vettel was seen numerous times throughout the days of testing running in very low engine modes, and rarely troubling the top of the time sheets. It was much the same story on the other side of the garage, but on a whole the Scuderia look to have made progress as the team celebrate 90 years since being founded by Enzo Ferrari this season.

Despite small mechanical issues present in both cars throughout the opening race, Charles Leclerc would secure victory on his debut with the red team. Mechanical unreliability would once again strike at round 2, this time for Leclerc. His engine would fail from the race lead, as he was yet to make his second stop. Vettel finished in 8th to take his first points of the season. Ferrari would go three-for-three on mechanical failures, as Vettel retired from the Chinese Grand Prix. Vettel's wretched luck would continue at the Russian Grand Prix. Power unit problems would see him knocked out in Q1, and in the race a gear selection issue would see the 5-Time Champion finish the race in only 12th, after running as high at 5th.

Vettel would finally reach the podium at round 9, but only after Verstappen received a time penalty.

Vettel retired from the Belgian Grand Prix shortly after exiting the pits, as one of his wheels wasn't fitted correctly. The German choosing to park the car as the safest option before the wheel came off the car.

Ferrari managed so somewhat redeem themselves at their home Grand Prix. Leclerc managed a second place finish, with Vettel third. It was an all Ferrari powered podium, as Josh Tirowee won the race for Alfa Romeo. A disastrous race for the team at the Hungarian Grand Prix brought a pair of pointless finishes. For the second time in three races Vettel retired after his pitstop with a loose wheel.

Neither of the Ferraris would feature in the Monaco Grand Prix. Both cars were out in Q2, and finished the race in 12th and 13th.

Ferrari's miserable season was brought to an end early, with the final four races being cancelled. The team at least looked on target to beat their 2018 points tally, and bettered their position in the end standings.

### **2020 (Season 7)**

Ferrari look to be somewhat off the pace. After dominating both Championships in 2017, the Scuderia have been on a decline ever since. Charles Leclerc showed the 2019 car had winning potential, but it was plagued with reliability issues. Ferrari's 2020 challenger, despite working a lot more than it's predecessor, seems to be slow on a legitimate pace basis. The design philosophy Ferrari adopted in 2019 has proven to have little in terms of room to work with and develop. The team will be reliant of the engine power to drag the car up the order in the early round until they can get on top of the 2020 car.

Sebastian Vettel announced at the Japanese Grand Prix Thursday press conference that he would retire from F1 at the end of the race. The German put in the performance of a lifetime. Out in Q1, starting from 16th, the five-time champion showed form not seen since his Red Bull days to finish sixth, and hold off outgoing Champion, Mick Schumacher in the Williams. Vettel's points proved to be critical to keeping Ferrari in 7th ahead of McLaren.

### **2021 (Season 8)**

The red team's decent down the order looks set to continue in 2021. 2020 saw the team fail to reach the podium for the first time since since the 1980 season. Neither of the drivers managed to break into the top 10 come the end of any of the sessions on any of the days. To make matters worse for the team, the car seems fairly competent in the corners, suggesting it's more than one area the car is weak in. Ferrari may be the most famous name in F1, but they''ll need a miracle to even reach the points.

Ferrari had initially contemplated using last year's car for 2021, and bring a new car for 2022, but early private testing showed that the SF1000 would've been even slower than the B-Spec version the team have to work with now.

Charles Leclerc will look now to lead Ferrari into a new era of dominance. The Monegasque proved he was more than a match for five-time Champion Sebastian Vettel in their two years as teammates. With Vettel staying true to leaving Ferrari, this opened the door for Rio Haryanto to make the move of a lifetime to drive for the team in red. A podium finisher in his own right, Rio learned his seat at McLaren was going to be taken for 2021. Both drivers will have equal status and will have to remember to act on the best interests of Ferrari.

The opening race would show just how far Ferrari have fallen. Haryanto finished lead driver but only in 15th. The team's struggles continued in round 2, with neither driver finishing inside the top 15. Haryanro's first regular points finish came at Spain, round 6. The Indonesian finishing in 12th.

##### **Ferrari Engine Controversy**

Ahead of the Austrian Grand Prix, some technical regulations related to the engine were clarified. It was suspected that Ferrari had been burning oil as fuel in between the readings taken by the sensors. This would give a momentary but persistent power boost, and can attribute to the incredible straight line speeds shown. The FIA reached a private agreement with Ferrari, but it was clear from FP1 at the Red Bull Ring that the Scuderia, and customers Alfa Romeo were significantly slower through the speed trap.

Ferrari managed to secure a double points finish at the British Grand Prix. Making the most of the Safety Car, Rio Haryanto finished in 10th, with Charles Leclerc in 12th.

Despite the season being shortened to 12 races, Ferrari finished 10th and last, the team's lowest finishing since 1980.

### **2022 (Season 9)**

After a shambolic 2021 campaign saw Ferrari finish bottom of the Constructor's table for the first time in their history, radical change was needed. Making the most of the extra allotted wind tunnel time, Ferrari look to have developed a car to catapult themselves back into contention.

If not the car performances on track, the Tfosi at least have a driver lineup to be proud of. Charles Leclerc remains faithful to the Scuderia, but will have a new team mate to work with this year. The relationship with Rio Haryanto, although not bad, just wasn't gelling as either camp would've liked. Much like Kimi Raikkonen in 2009, Haryanto has been paid the remainder of his contract in return to not race in F1 again until 2024 at the earliest.

This opened a seat for Ferrari to bring in their 2021 reserve driver Carlos Sainz. The Spaniard was outed of the Red Bull programme at the end of 2018, despite showing decent pace up untll then. Following a year adapting to the Scuderia's way of life, Ferrari are confident Sainz will refind his 2015 and 2016 form.

After only three races, Ferrari had scored more points than in the entirety of 2021.

Ferrari made a stunning return to form at the Bahrain Grand Prix. Leclerc lined up second, with Sainz third. Leclerc stole the lead from Sergio Perez at the start, and never lost it. Leclerc took his, and Ferrari's, first win since the 2019 season opening Australian Grand Prix. Sainz had a difficult race and finished outside the points.

Leclerc took pole for round 5, Singapore. Holding the lead in the wet early on, Ferrari made a strategy error in the mixed conditions and the Monegasque finished fourth. Sainz had an equally compromised race en route to 11th.

Leclerc was on form again at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. The Monegasque took pole, and lead every lap of the race to bring himself into Title contention.

Charles Leclerc's slim Championship hopes were dashed on lap 6 of the British Grand Prix, when the Ferrari retired with an electrical fault.

Leclerc bounced back from further disappointment of his home race being cancelled with a drive of a true Champion in waiting at Spain. Charles Leclerc put a complete lap together to secure pole by 1.5 tenths over Tirowee. Leclerc held the lead from a fast charging Russell. Tirowee dropped to 3rd, narrowly holding off Fernando Alonso. Mercedes had their first real chance of winning a race on pace, and pitted Hamilton on lap 14. Leclerc, Russell and Zhou responded on the next lap. A lightning stop from Mercedes got the Brit out ahead of the Ferrari and into the net race lead. Tirowee pitted at the end of lap 16 and overcut Zhou to take back 3rd. Verstappen started in Hards, and pitted at the end of lap 19 for Mediums. Leclerc crushed Mercedes and Russell's hopes of a first win at the end of lap 27. The Brit had nothing left in his Hards, and a superior exit out of the final corner gave Leclerc the run he needed with DRS into turn 1.

### **2023 (Season 10)**

Ferrari appear to be in a state of flux. Their car philosophy proved to be race winning last season, but it appears their concept has a lower ceiling than the likes of Red Bull. Ferrari's times throughout Pre-Season were near identical to that of last year. The SF23 lacks rear downforce in an attempt to gain straight line speed, but this has caused high rates of tyre wear throughout testing.

Ferrari returned to winning ways in 2022, and that was more than enough to keep their star driver Charles Leclerc. The Monegasque took the fight to Alonso and Verstappen, and had a late season fight with Tirowee for third. If Ferrari can continue to move forward, Leclerc will be at the top more often than not.

Carlos Sainz retains his seat despite a disappointing debut season in red. The Spaniard bore the brunt of the teams bad luck and unsuccessful strategies. Unable to build momentum, Sainz often found himself in the lower end of the points. Sainz has a strong strategic mind, often knowing what other drivers are doing half a lap away. With a better rub of the green, Sainz's first win won't be far away.

Robert Shwartzman and Antonio Giovinazzi will share the test and reserve role throughout the season.

Las Vegas hosted the first of three Wildcard races, allocating 5 points for pole, and all 20 positions in the race. Carlos Sainz started the season on a new track in the best way possible, topping Practice 1 with a 1:37.093. His best time was set on Softs, whilst Verstappen in 2nd 0.3s off was on Mediums. Red Bull pulled clear of the pack in FP2, Verstappen top from Tirowee. Sainz was third, 0.6s off the Dutchman. Josh Tirowee started to drop back on the Las Vegas strop from lap 3, as his RB19 was suffering from ERS deployment problems. Both Ferraris, Schumacher, Vergne and Alonso demoted the Brit down the order. Pierre Gasly span on lap 13, blocking the track after the strip, and brought out the first Safety Car of the season. Verstappen lead from Hamilton, Alonso, Russell and Leclerc. Leclerc's race started well, but went downhill from there, as an electrical fault ends his race on lap 22/25. Sainz salvaged a 9th place finish.

There was Drama for Red Bull in Q3 for the Qatar Grand Prix, as an issue for Tirowee's DRS as he left the pits for the final run saw it stuck open. The Brit was fastest on the first runs, and that time would prove to be enough by 0.002s from Leclerc. The front row barely moved off the lights, as Verstappen and Schumacher rocketed through. Tyre wear was much higher than expected. Stroll and Piastri headed in for Hards on lap 11. Red Bull were confident with their tyre wear as Tirowee boxed for Mediums at the end of lap 12, and Verstappen on lap 13, the Dutchman retained the lead. Leclerc started on Mediums and ran until the end of lap 14, but still oped for Hards. Zhou was feeling the tyre on lap 23/29, and span into the final corner. Unsighted, the field behind barreled in and had to take evasive action. The Safety Car was deployed so Zhou could get back going. Verstappen lead from Leclerc, Schumacher and the Mercedes pair. Racing went back to green with a two lap sprint to the finish. Verstappen pulled a gap over Leclerc, but like Zhou, his Mediums had reached the cliff. Verstappen spun through turn 5. The pack came to a complete stop on the racing line. Leclerc inherited the lead and held off Schumacher for a fortunate win.

Leclerc took his 6th, and Ferrari's 236th, win at the Bahrain Grand Prix. A magic lap from Leclerc secured pole from the resurgent Alpine of Gasly by a tenth. Gasly challenged into turn 1, but Leclerc held the lead. Leclerc pit at the end of lap 14 and maintained the net lead. Alpine again got creative with their strategy, and ran Gasly until lap 16 to have a tyre offset to Leclerc. Gasly closed the gap to Leclerc but ran out of laps to pass the Monegasque. Leclerc took the win by less than two tenths to the Alpine.

Another magic lap from Leclerc secured pole for the British Grand Prix by half a tenth from Schumacher. Leclerc held on to first, with Sette Camara rocketing up to second. Sette Camara was pushing for glory and climbed all over the back of Leclerc's Ferrari, before making a move stick on lap 7. The Brazilian's glory was short lived, as on lap 8 the tyre wear kicked in early once again and the TRD123 was a sitting duck for Leclerc, Norris and Tirowee. Norris sent the home crown wild when he took the lead on lap 9, with Leclerc now facing his own tyre troubles. Norris and most of the grid pit at the end of lap 12. Most boxed for Hards, whilst McLaren were risking it all for a home win and opted for Mediums. Hamilton was also on charge and scythed past Verstappen and Leclerc to make an all-Brit top 3. Hamilton was also on charge and scythed past Verstappen and Leclerc to make an all-Brit top 3. Leclerc lost the final podium spot on the last lap to Verstappen.

Another disappointing race played out for Carlos Zainz at the Canadian Grand Prix. The red flag was out on lap 5, as the Spaniard's day ended early, and Liam Lawson collected the Ferrari in the process.

## Racing Record (UniONE CAREER Results Only)

Results in **bold**, indicate championships won.