Gonzalez and Ascari to Sainz and Leclerc – All of Ferrari's 16 wins at Silverstone

Charles Leclerc finally ended his win drought last weekend at the British Grand Prix, returning Ferrari to the top step at Silverstone once again.

The British venue has been something of a happy hunting ground over the decades for the Italian manufacturer, with Leclerc's victory the 16th time the Scuderia has come out on top at the former airfield.

F1.com takes a look at all the previous winners for Ferrari at Silverstone...

Jose Froilan Gonzalez – 1951

While the inaugural Formula 1 World Championship Grand Prix was held at Silverstone in 1950, it took until over a year later for Ferrari to register their first win in the sport.

Having taken pole position in his Ferrari 375, Jose Froilan Gonzalez would do battle with the Alfa Romeos of Juan Manuel Fangio and reigning World Champion Giuseppe Farina during the 90-lap race.

But with the Ferrari more fuel efficient and requiring one less pit stop than its Alfa Romeo opposition, Gonzalez took his, and Ferrari's, first F1 victory, 51 seconds clear of Argentinian compatriot Fangio.

Alberto Ascari – 1952

The 1952 season began a golden period for Ferrari and Alberto Ascari, as the Italian combination would dominate F1 over the next two years with the team's 500 machine.

Entering the 1952 British Grand Prix with two wins already to his name, Ascari lined up second between team mates Farina and Piero Taruffi for the fifth round of the season.

Ascari took the lead at the start and remained at the front of the field throughout the 85-lap race, beating Taruffi by more than a lap as Farina finished sixth after changing spark plugs during a pit stop.

Alberto Ascari – 1953

Having claimed the 1952 title with six consecutive wins to his name, Ascari returned to the Northamptonshire venue as the driver to beat once again the following year.

That run of wins had extended into 1953 after winning three races at the start of the season, with his tally finally broken at the previous round in France (not including the Indianapolis 500, which Ascari did not enter).

But Ascari was back to winning ways at Silverstone, taking pole position and claiming a lights-to-flag victory in the 90-lap race, one-minute clear of Fangio.

A further win before the end of the season gave Ascari back-to-back titles, which remains the last time an Italian claimed the Drivers' crown – something Kimi Antonelli hopes to change this season.

Jose Froilan Gonzalez – 1954

With Ascari having moved to Lancia for the 1954 season, Gonzalez moved back to Ferrari after two seasons with Maserati, where he was joined by future World Champion Mike Hawthorn.

The pair lined up second and third on the grid for the British Grand Prix behind the Mercedes of Fangio, but as in 1951 Gonzalez would claim victory having led all 90 laps, finishing 70 seconds clear of Hawthorn.

The win was Gonzalez's second and final victory in F1, with Silverstone proving to be special for the 'Pampas Bull'.

Juan Manuel Fangio – 1956

The British Grand Prix returned to Silverstone in 1956 after a visit to Aintree the previous year, where Fangio had finished just behind Mercedes team mate Stirling Moss – the Briton's first of 16 Grand Prix wins.

With Mercedes pulling out of F1 at the end of that season due to the Le Mans 24 Hours disaster, Fangio moved to Ferrari and continued the Scuderia's impressive win record at Silverstone.

Starting second behind Moss's Maserati, Fangio was joined on the front row by two other Britons in the form of Hawthorn (BRM) and Ferrari team mate Peter Collins.

Hawthorn initially led as Fangio suffered a spin, but the Argentinian racer was helped in his recovery when the BRM driver retired due to a transmission problem, with Moss also pulling out due to a mechanical issue.

It left Fangio clear to win by more than a lap as he went on to claim his third consecutive title at the end of the year, his fourth in total, before he gained his fifth crown in 1957.

Peter Collins – 1958

After another visit to Aintree in 1957, F1 returned to Silverstone in 1958 where the home crowd had high hopes for Moss in the British Vanwall, as well as the Ferraris of Hawthorn and Collins.

While Moss started from pole, Hawthorn and Collins started from fourth and sixth on the grid at the wheel of their Dino 246s but, sensationally, Collins led by the end of the first lap.

He remained at the head of the field throughout the 75-lap race, finishing 24 seconds clear of Hawthorn, who moved into second after Moss's retirement.

It was to be Collins's third and final F1 victory, as the 26-year-old lost his life in the next race at the Nordschleife, while Hawthorn claimed the title at the end of the season.

Alain Prost – 1990

There was further success in British Grands Prix over the following three decades for Ferrari, but these came outside of Silverstone, with Wolfgang von Trips winning at Aintree (1961), and Niki Lauda and Carlos Reutemann taking victories at Brands Hatch (1976 and 1978).

It took until 1990 for the Scuderia to come out on top again in Northamptonshire, with Alain Prost proving victorious in his first season with Ferrari since leaving McLaren.

Yet it was team mate and home hero Nigel Mansell who started on pole position, ahead of Ayrton Senna, with Prost down in P5.

While Mansell led after battling back past Senna – who had grabbed the lead off the line – Prost steadily made his way towards the front and overtook his team mate for P1 on Lap 43 of 64.

Mansell then retired just nine laps from the end, as Prost claimed victory by 39 seconds from the Williams of Thierry Boutsen and Senna.

Michael Schumacher – 1998

The 1998 edition produced one of the most controversial finishes to a Grand Prix in F1 history, with Michael Schumacher taking victory in the pit lane.

Wet weather plagued the race, with Schumacher's main title rival Mika Hakkinen having built a sizeable lead of nearly 50 seconds over the German before the rain intensified.

The McLaren driver went off the track, both before and after a Safety Car was called, with the latter instance allowing Schumacher through into the lead with just 10 laps remaining.

But the Ferrari driver had been handed a penalty for passing another car under the Safety Car, which caused confusion up and down the pit lane.

It was unclear whether the penalty was a 10-second stop-and-go or if 10 seconds would be added to Schumacher's race time, while Ferrari were not informed of the penalty within the allotted time by the officials.

It all resulted in Schumacher diving for the pit lane on the final lap, crossing the line before stopping in his pit box to serve a penalty.

Despite protests by McLaren, Schumacher and Ferrari kept the win as the title battle went down to the season finale in Japan.

Michael Schumacher – 2002

Despite breaking his leg in a crash during the 1999 race, Schumacher would have further success at Silverstone as the German and Ferrari hit their stride at the start of the 2000s.

Staring third in 2002, Schumacher moved up a spot even before the start as team mate Rubens Barrichello was unable to leave the grid for the formation lap.

Schumacher then challenged polesitter Juan Pablo Montoya as rain began to fall, eventually passing the Williams driver on Lap 16.

With conditions not severe enough for full wets and the intermediate tyre supplied by Bridgestone far superior to the Michelin version, Schumacher romped to victory during a season which produced 10 wins and another world title.

Rubens Barrichello – 2003

Ferrari won again the following season, this time Barrichello coming out on top after a thrilling fight for the lead with Kimi Raikkonen's McLaren.

An early Safety Car flipped the order, as the leading contenders pitted while others stayed out.

Having cycled back towards the front, Barrichello hunted down Raikkonen after his final pit stop and forced the Finn into an error through Bridge.

Taking the lead, the Brazilian would go on to claim his first victory of the season, as Montoya also passed Raikkonen to finish second.

Michael Schumacher – 2004

On his way to a record seventh world title, Schumacher claimed victory one final time in the British Grand Prix during a dominant season where he won 13 out of 18 races.

His third and final win at Silverstone came despite starting fourth on the grid behind Raikkonen, Barrichello and Jenson Button's BAR.

When the trio in front made their first pit stops, Schumacher put the hammer down and after making his own visit to the pit lane, he rejoined with a lead he would never relinquish as he headed Raikkonen and Barrichello at the flag.

Kimi Raikkonen – 2007

Having won the Australia season-opener on his debut with Ferrari, Raikkonen entered the British weekend in 2007 on the crest of a wave having also claimed top spot at the previous round in France.

The Finn was the closest challenger to McLaren in Qualifying, splitting rookie Lewis Hamilton, who had claimed pole position in front of his home fans, and Fernando Alonso.

The trio circulated in the same order prior to the first pit stops, with Raikkonen jumping Hamilton but Alonso leaping in front of both.

But an earlier second stop for the reigning World Champion played into the hands of Raikkonen, who rejoined after his second pit stop in the lead.

Three more wins that season paved the way for Raikkonen to claim the title against the odds.

Fernando Alonso - 2011

The 2011 race featured the first use of the current Silverstone layout that is still raced today, with the new 'Wing' pit lane complex and start/finish line put into action.

The event also marked 60 years since Ferrari's first Grand Prix win, and Alonso was given the privilege of driving Gonzalez's 1951 race-winning 375 in demo laps.

If the Spaniard needed any motivation, it worked, as Alonso took the fight to Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber ahead on a damp but drying track.

Having stayed in touch through the first pit stop phase, Alonso moved ahead at the second round of stops before going on to score Ferrari's only win of the 2011 season.

Sebastian Vettel – 2018

Vettel entered the 2018 British Grand Prix just one point ahead of Hamilton in the Drivers' standings and at a venue where Mercedes had won in each of the previous five seasons.

Victory looked like a tall order as Hamilton started on pole, but a slow start from his rival allowed Vettel to move into the lead, while team mate Raikkonen made contact with Hamilton at the Loop.

The Briton dropped to the back of the field, opening the door for Vettel to win, but the German was still forced to overtake the second Mercedes of Valtteri Bottas just six laps from the end.

Carlos Sainz – 2022

The 2022 edition of the British Grand Prix gave Carlos Sainz his first-ever F1 victory, but the Spaniard was made to work for it.

Having taken his maiden pole position the day before, Sainz lost the lead to Max Verstappen, but the race was red-flagged on the opening lap after a first corner collision between George Russell and Zhou Guanyu.

The Spanish racer took advantage at the restart, but could still only hold back Verstappen until Lap 10.

But just several laps later, the Dutchman hit debris and the Red Bull driver suffered a massive loss in pace, allowing Sainz to retake the lead up until the final pit stops.

A late Safety Car moved team mate Leclerc to the head of the field after he did not stop again, but with fresher tyres Sainz soon moved back into P1 to claim the first of four wins with Ferrari.

Charles Leclerc – 2026

Having lost out on victory in the closing stages in both 2021 and 2022, Leclerc finally managed to stand on the top step of the podium at Silverstone last weekend.

The Monegasque driver took the lead at the start from polesitter Antonelli and pulled a gap over team mate Hamilton during the opening stint.

Having only lost the lead through the pit stop phase, Leclerc was back in front but being chased down quickly by Antonelli on fresher tyres in the final stages.

When the Mercedes driver hit car problems, Leclerc was left free to take his first F1 victory since the 2024 United States Grand Prix.

It was also Ferrari's 250th victory in F1, poignantly at the venue where the team's success first began.