Ferrari is the most famous, evocative and longstanding name, in Formula 1

Argentine Froilan Gonzalez help begin the legend at Silverstone in 1951 when he gave the team its first world championship grand prix win.

The Prancing Horse took its first world championship victory with Alberto Ascari in 1952 with the neat-little Ferrari 500. From there the team went from strength to strength, with Ascari taking the title again in 1953.

The masterful Juan-Manuel Fangio took his only title for the Scuderia in 1956 and the Britain's first-ever title winner Mika Hawthorn followed with victory in the world championship in 1958.

Ferrari were slower than most to react to Formula 1's mid-engined revolution but the team soon mastered the technology as Phil Hill triumphed in the shark-nosed 156 in 1961

John Surtees became the first driver to win the world title on both two and four wheels in 1964 although Ferrari then went into a slump in the late-Sixties and early-Seventies

It took the engineering brilliance of Mauro Forghieri to rescue the fortunes of the famous team.

Forghieri was the father of the T-series of cars which revitalised the team in the mid-Seventies. The combination of a team managed by Luca di Montezemolo and Niki Lauda's driving brought massive success to the team, with constructors' and drivers' championships following in 1975 and 1977. Lauda left to replaced by Jody Sheckter who took what stands as Ferrari's last world title in 1979.

The team found success in the turbo-era, taking constructors' titles in 1982 and 1983, although Ferrari legend Gilles Villeneuve was killed during practice for 1982 Belgium Grand Prix. The team went into one of its periodical fallow periods in the mid-Eighties as its chassis technology became outmoded.

Enzo Ferrari died in 1988, which signalled a strengthening in the Fiat groups stranglehold over the team. The John Barnard-designed 640 series of cars brought a brief renaissance in the hands of Gerhard Berger, Nigel Mansell and Alain Prost.

However, it's only in recent years that the team has become a consistent force again. With the return to the team of Luca di Montezemolo and the acquisition of Michael Schumacher and Ross Brawn, Ferrari has again been in the thick of the championship action, finishing runner-up in the drivers' title for the past three years.