Ferrari has competed in every Formula 1 World Championship season since the series began in 1950. The Italian team is the championship’s only continuous entrant and remains one of its defining institutions.
Ferrari entered the inaugural 1950 season, although it skipped the first British Grand Prix because of a dispute over start money. Its first championship race was the Monaco Grand Prix later that year. That distinction explains why Ferrari can have competed in every season without having started every race in the first season.
The team’s long history includes titles with Alberto Ascari, Juan Manuel Fangio, John Surtees, Niki Lauda and Michael Schumacher. Ferrari’s continuity is also different from simply supplying engines: teams such as Mercedes, Williams and McLaren have missed seasons, changed ownership or entered the championship later, while Ferrari’s constructor presence has endured from the beginning.