Top 5 Worst Performing Scuderia Ferrari drivers

Top 5 Worst Performing Scuderia Ferrari drivers
By: Brian Cotnoir

          Well this one has been a long time coming.  I’ve talked about Present F1 teams and Former F1 teams, and now it’s time to tackle the biggest and best team in Formula 1 history.  They have always been there since the first F1 season way back in 1950 and they will be here for many more years to come.  As of the posting of this article the team has won 16 Constructors Championships 15 Drivers Championships, so it should come to no one’s surprise that they are also the winningest team in F1 history too.   Ferrari has 236 wins (as of the 2019 Belgian Grand Prix) and they may never relinquish that lead.  Their closest competitor on the list is McLaren who has 182 Grand Prix wins; 54 behind Ferrari.  Scuderia Ferrari is a lot like McLaren and Benetton; even their Worst drivers are still really good; in fact most of the drivers I’m here to talk about are race winners.  That’s why I was resisting writing this article for so long, but now it’s time here are the 5 worst performing Scuderia Ferrari drivers

5.) Jean Alesi, 5 Seasons, 1 win 121 Points Scored, Average Points finish of 5th place

Despite only having one career win in F1, Jean Alesi is one of the best Formula 1 drivers of the 1990’s, in my opinion.  He drove for Scuderia Ferrari when the Formula 1 was being dominated by the likes of Williams, McLaren, and Benetton.   The fact that he was competing for podium finishes each and every race really speaks volumes of what a great driver he was.  Alesi would get his only win in Formula 1 in his final season driving for Ferrari at the 1995 Canadian Grand Prix.   Alesi would be let go by Ferrari the following season so they could sign two- time defending World Drivers Champion, Michael Schumacher, and Alesi would go on to take Schumacher’s old ride at Benetton.


4.)  Lorenzo Bandini, 6 Seasons (4 part-time), 1 Win, 58 Points Scored 
Average Points finish of 7th place

I feel kind of bad including Lorenzo Bandini on this list.  Bandini only ran two full-time for Ferarri in 1964 & 1965.  The rest of his time driving for Ferrari he’d only run part-time.  He won his only F1 race at the 1964 Austrian Grand Prix, and unfortunately would die after a horrible accident that caused him to suffer 3rd degree burns over 70% of his body at the 1967 Monaco Grand Prix.


3.)  Luigi Musso, 3 Seasons, 1 Win*, 32 points scored, Average points finish of 7th place

Luigi Musso drove for Scuderia Ferrari during the crazy 1950’s.   His only win for the team was a shared win with Juan Manuel Fangio at the 1956 Argentine Grand Prix (back then teammates could share a car and the points would be divided and the win would be shared between teammates).   Musso would also tragically die from injuries he suffered in a wreck at the 1958 French Grand Prix.


2.)  Stefan Johansson, 2 Seasons, 49 Points Scored, 0 Wins; 6 Podiums, Average Points Finish of 6th place

This is one of the most confusing driver appointments in Formula 1 history.  So despite having abysmal results with Tyrrell and couple other back marker teams, Swedish driver Stefan Johansson somehow landed a ride with Scuderia Ferrari for the 1985 Season.  He had back-to-back 2nd place finishes in 1985, and in 1986 he scored four 3rd place finishes.  Johansson would never win with Ferrari (or any F1 team for that matter and he would leave Ferrari to go drive for McLaren in 1987, where he was paired up with defending World Champion, Alain Prost.  


1.)  Chris Amon, 2.5 Seasons, 34 Points Scored, 0 Wins; 6 Podiums, Average Points Finish of 9th place

I feel most F1 & Ferrari fans will agree with me on this one.  Poor Chris Amon, he drove for Ferrari during one of their worst periods.  His teammate Lorenzo Bandini died in a wreck in his first race with the team, but he still managed to finish in 3rd place.  After a good first season with the team in which he finished 3rd place four times, he’d only ever score two more podium finishes at Ferrari.   After a disastrous start to the 1969 season, where he had to retire from 5-of-the-first-6 Races, he was let go from Ferrari.  The closest Amon came to winning for Ferrari was a 2nd place finish at the 1968 British Grand Prix, where he’d be beaten by Swiss driver Joe Siffert.

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