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Ever since the Championship started in the year 1950, Scuderia Ferrari has been the most dominating Constructors up until now. Ever since their first entry in the Monaco Grand Prix in 1950, they have broken a lot of records.
With Charles Leclerc bound to be racing for the Italian giants next season, Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel are the two drivers in the current season. Apart from veterans like Kimi and Vettel, many famous drivers have been part of this elite team so far like, Nikki Lauda, Juan Manuel Fangio, Filipe Massa, and Michael Schumacher.
They are not only the team with the most number of Constructor's Championships (16), but they also hold the record for the most number of Drivers' Championship (15) as well. They also hold the record for the most number of podium finishes. Here are the top 5:
#5 Sebastian Vettel (2015 - present)
The 4-time World Champion joined Ferrari in the year 2015, after a successful stint with Red Bull. He became the youngest World Champion in 2010, with Red Bull and then went onto win 3 consecutive Championships, thus making him the youngest double, triple, and quadruple Champion.
Due to a lot of reliability issues in 2014, Vettel agreed to join Ferrari, and partner Kimi Raikkonen, one year before his contract expired. He also became the first defending World Champion to fail to win a race in the following season since Jacques Villeneuve in 1998.
Since then, Vettel has managed to grab 13 Grand Prix wins, and 43 podium finishes, but is yet to win a World Championship. His first win for Ferrari came in his 3rd race in Malaysia, and his last one came it the Belgian Grand Prix in 2018.
#4 Fernando Alonso (2010-14)
Fernando Alonso was the youngest double world champion before Sebastian Vettel broke his record in 2011. He won the Championships in 2005 and 2006, with Renault, ending Michael Schumacher's 5-year Championship streak.
After a brief stint with McLaren and a return to Renault, Alonso signed for Ferrari in 2010, to partner up Felipe Massa. He managed to win 11 Grands Prix with the Italian giants and achieved 44 podium finishes.
Alonso won his first race for Ferrari in Bahrain in 2010 and won his last race in his hometown, Spain, in 2013. He had a very disappointing season in 2014, where he finished 6th in the Drivers' Championship table, but well ahead of his then-teammate, Kimi Raikkonen.
The Spaniard returned to McLaren in 2015, and continues to race for them, but will be retiring from the sport at the end of the season.
#3 Kimi Raikkonen (2007-10)
Kimi Raikkonen recently created history by winning the US Grand Prix, at the age of 39. He has 21 Grand Prix wins to his name, 10 of which came for Ferrari. He has managed to achieve 50 podium finishes for them.
'The Iceman' started his Formula 1 career with Sauber, and joined McLaren in the year 2002. He raced for them till 2006, before joining Ferrari in 2007. The Finn won his first and only World Championship the very year he joined Ferrari.
After 2 more seasons, Raikkonen retired in 2010, only to make a return in 2012 for Lotus. He rejoined Ferrari in 2014 to partner up Fernando Alonso for a year, and then Sebastian Vettel for the following years.
The current oldest Formula 1 driver is set to return to boyhood team Sauber next season, with swapping position with Charles Leclerc, who will be partnering Sebastian Vettel.
#2 Rubens Barrichello (2000-05)
Although Barrichello has the least number of wins for Ferrari (9) on this list, he has the 2nd most number of podium finishes (55). Barrichello was completely overshadowed during his time with Ferrari, being partnered with Michael Schumacher from 2000-2005.
The Brazillian started his career with Jordan in 1993, before racing for Stewart from 1997-1999. Barrichello was considered one of the best-wet race drivers, during the time, and won his first Grand Prix at Hockenheimring in 2000.
His most successful season was the 2002 season, where he managed to win 4 Grands Prix and finished 2nd in the Championship table. His teammate, on the other hand, had won the Championship until 2004.
His worst season came in 2005, which was his last season for the team. He finished 8th in the Championship table, and could only achieve 2 podium finishes.
After the horrendous season, Barrichello signed for Honda, and raced for them for 2 years, before finishing his 18-year-long career with Williams in 2011.
#1 Michael Schumacher (1999-2006)
Arguably one of the Formula 1 race drivers ever, Schumacher is not only a legend for Ferrari but, the most successful F1 drivers of all time. The 7-time World Champion broke all sorts of records when he won the Drivers' Championship 5 times in a row.
Then 2-time World Champion Schumacher joined Ferrari in 1996 from Benetton and won his first Championship 4 years later in 2000. In his first year, he managed to win 3 races. He managed to win 72 Grands Prix with the Italian giants and managed a podium finish 116 times.
Schumacher's last win came in China in 2006, when Alonso had retained the Championship for the second consecutive season. He retired in 2006 but, stayed with Ferrari as an adviser in 2007, and continued testing for Ferrari in 2008. He came out of retirement in 2008 and joined Mercedes, and raced for them till 2012.
