Formula 1’s most historic team is seeking its first win in over two years. And its most successful driver is still striving to become the first person ever to win eight world championships.
Here are the key statistics ahead of the 2022 F1 season.
Ferrari’s near 1,000 day wait for a win
When the five red lights go out and the first race of the new season begins in Bahrain on March 20th, 910 days will have passed since the last time a Ferrari won a race. Sebastian Vettel scored the team’s 240th win in the 2019 Singapore Grand Prix, but it’s been slim pickings ever since.
In the meantime, six other teams have won races. Mercedes and Red Bull have swept the majority, while McLaren, Alpine, AlphaTauri and Racing Point (now Aston Martin) have taken one each.
A long drought followed Ferrari’s 1990 Jerez winEven if Ferrari fail to win again this year, they won’t equal their last longest losing streak. The team went 1,400 days between Alain Prost’s victory in the 1990 Spanish Grand…