# The 21 Greatest Ferrari Formula 1 Drivers of All Time

> World champions, near-misses and drivers the Tifosi never stopped loving all wore the red suit. Maranello's honour roll is longer than most teams' entire history.

*By YPB Team · Published October 31, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/the-21-greatest-ferrari-formula-1-drivers-of-all-time*

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1. **Niki Lauda** — score 1000/1000
   Won the 1975 and 1977 titles for Ferrari, returning from his near-fatal 1976 Nürburgring crash.
2. **Felipe Massa** — score 999/1000
   Brazilian who won 11 races for Ferrari and lost the 2008 title by one point.
3. **Rubens Barrichello** — score 953/1000
   Schumacher's teammate for six seasons and a nine-time race winner for Ferrari.
4. **Didier Pironi** — score 812/1000
   Led the 1982 championship for Ferrari until a career-ending crash at Hockenheim.
5. **Michael Schumacher** — score 771/1000
   Won five consecutive world titles with Ferrari from 2000 to 2004 and 72 races for the team.
6. **Phil Hill** — score 750/1000
   America's first world champion, crowned with Ferrari's 'sharknose' in 1961.
7. **Fernando Alonso** — score 680/1000
   Won 11 races for Ferrari and came within points of the title in 2010 and 2012.
8. **Alberto Ascari** — score 680/1000
   Ferrari's first world champion, winning back-to-back titles in 1952 and 1953.
9. **Nigel Mansell** — score 600/1000
   Won on his Ferrari debut in Brazil in 1989 and was nicknamed Il Leone by the fans.
10. **Michele Alboreto** — score 600/1000
   Italian who finished runner-up for Ferrari in 1985.
11. **Carlos Sainz** — score 600/1000
   Won four races for Ferrari, including Singapore 2023, the only race Red Bull lost that year.
12. **Alain Prost** — score 507/1000
   Won five races in 1990 and fought Ayrton Senna for the title in Ferrari red.
13. **Gilles Villeneuve** — score 400/1000
   Fearless Canadian whose six wins and car-control made him a Tifosi legend.
14. **Jody Scheckter** — score 400/1000
   South African who won the 1979 world title for Ferrari.
15. **Sebastian Vettel** — score 400/1000
   Four-time champion who won 14 races in six seasons with the Scuderia.
16. **Jacky Ickx** — score 273/1000
   Belgian who won six Grands Prix for Ferrari and finished runner-up in 1970.
17. **Charles Leclerc** — score 273/1000
   Monaco-born driver who became the team's leading pole-sitter of the modern era.
18. **Lewis Hamilton** — score 273/1000
   Seven-time champion who made a headline move to Ferrari in 2025.
19. **Kimi Räikkönen** — score 273/1000
   Ferrari's most recent drivers' champion, taking the 2007 title in his first season.
20. **Juan Manuel Fangio** — score 273/1000
   Took the fourth of his five titles with Ferrari in 1956.
21. **Gerhard Berger** — score 0/1000
   Austrian who won five races over two spells with Ferrari.

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