Team

Ferrari

Base

Maranello, Italy

Power unit

Ferrari

2026 standing

P2285 pts

Team principal

Frédéric Vasseur

Age

Nationality

French

In role since

2023

Est. net worth

~$3.5M est. (Mabumbe, March 2025); no Forbes or major financial outlet figure on record. Ferrari salary estimated at €6–8M/year by multiple fan/sports outlets.

Marital status

Married to Marie Laure (31 July 1999); four sons

Frédéric Jean Henri Vasseur was born on 28 May 1968 in Draveil, Île-de-France, France, and studied automotive engineering at ESTACA. He built his career as a team builder rather than a driver, founding the ASM Formula 3 team in 1996 and co-founding ART Grand Prix with Nicolas Todt in 2004, winning back-to-back GP2 titles with Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton. He served as team principal of Renault in 2016, then managed Sauber/Alfa Romeo from 2017 to 2022, before Ferrari appointed him as team principal and general manager in December 2022 to replace Mattia Binotto. He is Ferrari's fourth non-Italian team principal and has led the team to race victories at Singapore 2023 and multiple grands prix in 2024, while steering a significant development pivot toward the 2026 regulations.

Net worth figures are third-party estimates; treat as speculative.Sources: [1][2][3][4][5][6]

Answer

Scuderia Ferrari is the oldest and most decorated constructor in Formula 1 history. The 2026 driver lineup pairs Charles Leclerc, the Monégasque home-race favourite, with seven-time World Champion Lewis Hamilton in his second Ferrari season. Based in Maranello, Italy, Ferrari has won 16 Constructors' Championships and 15 Drivers' Championships across its F1 history.

2026 storyline

Ferrari enters Monaco GP 2026 with both drivers in the top four of the Drivers' Championship (Leclerc third at 59 points, Hamilton fourth at 56) but a clear gap to Mercedes' 1-2 of Antonelli (100) and Russell (80). The SF-26 car has been a step behind Mercedes on qualifying pace through the early rounds and the team's championship challenge requires either Mercedes development to stall or Ferrari to find a meaningful step in the European leg of the season.

The Hamilton-at-Ferrari storyline is one of the defining narratives of the season. After 12 seasons with Mercedes, Hamilton moved to Maranello for 2025 in pursuit of an eighth title that would put him alone at the top of F1's all-time list. His first season at Ferrari produced flashes of pace but no race wins. The 2026 season is the year where the Ferrari relationship needs to either deliver or be seen as a final-chapter compromise.

Background

Base: Maranello, Italy
Power unit: Ferrari (in-house)
Team principal: see team's official site for current leadership
Founded by Enzo Ferrari in 1929; competed in F1 since the championship's inception in 1950^[1]

Championship history

Ferrari holds the record for both Constructors' Championships (16) and Drivers' Championships won with the team (15). The most recent Constructors' title was 2008; the most recent Drivers' title was Kimi Räikkönen's 2007 championship. Ferrari has not won the Drivers' Championship since 2007, the longest title drought in the team's modern history^[1].

The post-2014 era has been particularly difficult. Mercedes' dominance during the V6 hybrid era left Ferrari in a perpetual second-or-third constructor position. The 2022 ground-effect regulation reset produced a closer field, but the championship has remained out of reach.

Driver lineup

Charles Leclerc: Monégasque, LEC, third in the championship at 59 points. Local hero for the Monaco Grand Prix. See /drivers/charles-leclerc.
Lewis Hamilton: British, HAM, fourth in the championship at 56 points. Seven-time World Champion in his second Ferrari season. See /drivers/lewis-hamilton.

What success looks like for Ferrari in 2026

A realistic 2026 outcome for Ferrari is a Constructors' Championship runner-up position behind Mercedes, with one or both drivers finishing top-3 in the Drivers' Championship. A title would require Mercedes development to stall and Ferrari to produce a clear step in chassis or power unit performance during the European season^[1].

2026 driver lineup

Lewis Hamilton

HAM · United KingdomP2159 pts

Charles Leclerc

LEC · MonacoP4126 pts

Sources