A member of the Ferrari Owners Group, Geoffrey Palermo serves as the owner of GMP Cars, LLC, an automotive group which maintains a portfolio of eight collision repair shops in the San Francisco Bay Area. GMP repairs, restores, and upgrades a variety of luxury vehicles, including Ferraris. Geoffrey Palermo himself is an amateur Ferrari race car driver.
Since the Monaco Grand Prix in 1950, Ferrari drivers have competed in 971 Formula 1 (F1) races. Below are the brand's three most accomplished drivers:
1. Michael Schumacher. A native of Germany, Schumacher won 72 of his 91 races while driving a Ferrari. He also registered 32 second-place and 12 third-place finishes for a total of 116 podium finishes. No other Ferrari driver has more than 55 podium finishes.
2. Niki Lauda. Although Lauda, who hails from Austria, ranks seventh among all Ferrari drivers with 32 podium finishes, he ranks second in wins, with 15. He also achieved a combined 10 wins with Brabham and McLaren.
3. Sebastian Vettel. At only 31 years old, Vettel already ranks third among all Ferrari drivers, with 13 race wins since 2015 and 52 throughout his 11-year career. His most recent win came in the 2018 Italian Grand Prix.
