Ferrari, McLaren, Red Bull, Williams, Mercedes… The listing of nice Components 1 groups accommodates a few of motorsport’s largest hitters – and that’s earlier than we get on to people who are not lively.
Simply over 30 groups have gained races within the F1 world championship. Some have lengthy since gone, others have morphed into different squads, whereas a number of are nonetheless racking up successes.
Listed below are the ten groups we really feel are the best within the 75 years of the championship. The extent of success achieved and longevity are key components, however so is their total influence on F1. Bringing improvements and dominant vehicles need to be thought of.
It is a listing of groups, versus constructors. The 2 are one and the identical now, however that hasn’t at all times been the case…
10. BRM
Hill takes victory within the BRM P57 on the 1962 Dutch GP
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Wins: 17
Titles: 2 (1 drivers’, 1 constructors’)
This slot may have gone to Cooper. It gained extra titles (doubles in 1959-60) and scores huge on significance as a result of it led the rear-engined revolution. However its time on the pinnacle was transient – its first win got here courtesy of Stirling Moss and the Rob Walker-run T43 on the 1958 Argentinian Grand Prix, the final on the 1967 season opener in South African with Pedro Rodriguez within the Cooper-Maserati T81.
Whereas BRM’s early days with the ill-fated V16 have been farcical at instances, it did a lot to spur British efforts in F1 and BRM lastly scored its first world championship success within the 1959 Dutch GP with the P25. BRM remained a frontrunner all through the 1500cc period of 1961-65, beating Cooper in all however a kind of years, and scored its last win at Monaco in 1972.
Following the title double for Graham Hill and the P57 in 1962, Tony Rudd’s P261 was probably the most constant challenger to the pacesetting Lotus 25/33 of Jim Clark. It scored a Monaco hat-trick and was the automobile during which Jackie Stewart put in certainly one of F1’s most interesting rookie seasons in 1965.
BRM went into the doldrums throughout the early phases of the three-litre period however had an Indian summer time with the Tony Southgate-designed P153 and P160 fashions. BRM was second within the 1971 constructors’ championship regardless of the lack of Rodriguez and Jo Siffert throughout the marketing campaign.
As a producer of engines, BRM additionally helped different groups on the grid, together with Lotus, which gave the H16 its solely victory at the back of Clark’s Lotus 43 on the 1966 US GP.
The workforce’s competitiveness dropped away thereafter and BRM light into obscurity earlier than disappearing within the mid-Seventies however did assist launch Niki Lauda’s profession in 1973.
9. Tyrrell
Stewart and Tyrrell have been a formidable mixture, whereas the workforce loved fleeting success in later eras
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Wins: 33 (9 with Matra, 1 with March, 23 with Tyrrell chassis)
Titles: 5 (3 drivers’, 2 constructors’)
Tyrrell’s solely world championships – a title double in 1969 with Matra chassis and the remaining with its personal vehicles – got here throughout the Jackie Stewart period, however it was nonetheless a significant participant in F1.
Ken Tyrrell had been profitable in F3 and F2 when he put a deal along with Matra, Elf, Ford and Stewart to enter F1. Run below the Matra Worldwide banner, Stewart’s MS10 was instantly a frontrunner, scoring three wins and ending second within the drivers’ standings.
The 1969 MS80 is likely one of the nice unsung F1 vehicles, Stewart dominating the season to take his first drivers’ crown, with Matra-Ford profitable the constructors’ title.
Matra insisted on the workforce utilizing the French firm’s personal V12 engines as an alternative of Cosworth DFVs for 1970, so Tyrrell went its personal approach. Initially it used a buyer March 701 chassis – which Stewart one way or the other managed to win the Spanish GP with – however Ken’s huge plan was the automobile Derek Gardner was constructing in secret.
The Tyrrell 001 was fast – if fragile – when it arrived on the finish of 1970 and set the scene for Stewart’s dominant marketing campaign in 1971. The Scot scored six wins and the title in 003, whereas team-mate Francois Cevert took the finale as Tyrrell took constructors’ honours in its personal proper this time.
The influence of a duodenal ulcer hampered Stewart’s 1972 problem and he missed the Belgian GP, however he nonetheless completed second within the desk – as did Tyrrell. Stewart secured his third drivers’ title the next yr, although that was arguably extra all the way down to him than it was the 006, and the season was marred by the demise of Cevert at Watkins Glen.
After Stewart’s retirement, Tyrrell progressively slipped again, although it remained able to difficult for wins for the remainder of the last decade. There was additionally Gardner’s six-wheeled P34, which stays certainly one of F1’s most distinctive vehicles and gained the 1976 Swedish GP within the palms of Jody Scheckter.
The Nineteen Eighties have been extra tough for Tyrrell, which scored its final wins courtesy of Michele Alboreto in 1982-83. A scarcity of funding and modernisation, plus the controversies that led to its exclusion from the 1984 championship, pushed it again.
The highlights have been profitable the 1987 Colin Chapman and Jim Clark (with Jonathan Palmer) trophies as the highest non-turbo runner and launching the careers of a number of up-and-comers, together with Jean Alesi in 1989-90.
Tyrrell’s last F1 podium was Mark Blundell’s third on the 1994 Spanish GP and the workforce’s time got here to an finish in 1998 when it was purchased by BAT.
8. Brabham
Brabham loved two victorious eras throughout its F1 existence
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Wins: 35
Titles: 6 (4 drivers’, 2 constructors’)
Brabham was a significant F1 participant in two distinct kinds – its unique guise based by Jack Brabham and designer Ron Tauranac, and the Bernie Ecclestone period, primarily with Gordon Murray because the design genius.
The Brabham workforce entered F1 in 1962, initially with a Lotus 24 earlier than Tauranac’s BT3 was prepared. Jack Brabham, at the moment a double world champion, rapidly made the BT3 a factors scorer and added a second automobile for Dan Gurney, who took the workforce’s first win on the 1964 French GP.
The transfer to three-litre rules supplied a chance as Brabham’s pragmatism to make use of a dependable Repco engine proved a greater wager than different tasks that have been both too formidable or late. With Gurney off to do his personal factor, Jack stepped as much as take his third title and the primary (and just one) for somebody driving a automobile bearing their very own title.
Lotus-Cosworth DFV fragility allowed Denny Hulme to take the 1967 drivers’ crown, with Brabham once more taking a title double, however thereafter Brabham tended to play second fiddle, regardless of a superb last season from Jack in 1970.
Ecclestone took over within the early Seventies and Brabham was an occasional winner – and innovator, witness the 1978 BT46B ‘fan automobile’ – however couldn’t fairly internet a crown. That was till Nelson Piquet obtained into his stride with Murray’s BT49. Piquet took the 1981 title and, after onerous work creating BMW’s turbo, added a second in 1983, although Brabham was overwhelmed within the constructors’ desk each instances.
Thereafter the workforce went into decline, Piquet scoring what can be the Brabham’s last victory within the 1985 French GP. As Ecclestone’s focus shifted elsewhere, the workforce first misplaced Piquet after which Murray, with Ecclestone lastly promoting up in 1988.
The 1989 BT58 wasn’t a foul automobile, however reliability was poor and monetary pressures pushed Brabham down the grid. After a collection of failures to qualify, Brabham’s final race was the 1992 Hungarian GP, during which Damon Hill completed eleventh, 4 laps down. It was a tragic finish to a twice-great workforce.
7. Benetton/Renault (‘Staff Enstone’)
The workforce with many faces had two stints of F1 domination
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Wins: 50 (20 as Renault, 27 as Benetton, 2 as Lotus, 1 as Alpine)
Titles: 7 (4 drivers’, 3 constructors’)
Establishing the id of this workforce is fraught. Renault and Benetton predecessor Toleman raced in opposition to one another within the Nineteen Eighties. Given the success of ‘Staff Enstone’, we’re trying on the Toleman-Benetton-Renault-Lotus-Renault-Alpine lineage and excluding the Renault turbo years as a separate entity: it’s worthy of point out for beginning F1’s first turbo period and scored 15 wins however by no means managed a title.
Whereas Toleman, which arrived in F1 in 1981, generally punched above its weight and gave Ayrton Senna his F1 debut, the workforce’s first victory got here after the Benetton buyout, Gerhard Berger profitable the 1986 Mexican GP.
Benetton remained on the periphery of the frontrunners, taking the odd win right here and there, over the subsequent few years. It lastly turned a title contender throughout the controversial and tragic 1994 season, Michael Schumacher taking the drivers’ title after a conflict with rival Damon Hill, although Benetton misplaced out to Williams within the constructors’ desk.
It was a unique story in 1995, Schumacher and Benetton simply taking the crowns regardless of the uncooked tempo of Williams, and Johnny Herbert’s brace of wins took the B195’s victory tally to 11 from 17.
Schumacher left for Ferrari for 1996 and was quickly adopted by Ross Brawn and designer Rory Byrne, leaving Benetton to snipe for the odd win as soon as once more.
Renault purchased the workforce after which rebranded it as Renault for 2002. With Flavio Briatore remaining, the workforce rose round Fernando Alonso. The Spaniard led the workforce to 2 title doubles, in opposition to a powerful McLaren problem in 2005 and Schumacher-era Ferrari the next yr.
The workforce misplaced Alonso in 2007, went winless, then obtained the disgruntled ex-McLaren worker again in 2008. He took two wins, a superb one in Japan and a controversial success in Singapore after Briatore and Pat Symonds have been implicated in a plan that included Nelson Piquet Jr intentionally crashing to help team-mate Alonso’s technique.
Genii Capital purchased the workforce in 2010 and the squad briefly turned generally known as Lotus in 2012-13. It was usually a frontrunner, with Kimi Raikkonen scoring two wins. He was additionally third within the 2012 standings.
The workforce then entered a dip and was purchased as soon as once more by Renault, which helped an increase from the again of the grid from 2016. A reasonably common factors menace, the workforce – rebranded as Alpine in 2021 – has struggled to make the ultimate step to the entrance of the sector, although did rating a victory with Esteban Ocon within the dramatic 2021 Hungarian GP.
Pink Bull produced probably the most dominant season of all time in 2023
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Wins: 130
Titles: 14 (8 drivers’, 6 constructors’)
Pink Bull has achieved rather a lot in a brief area of time. It’s comfortably the latest title on this listing and it’s straightforward to neglect that it solely arrived, born out of the failing Jaguar workforce, in 2005.
Pink Bull boss Dietrich Mateschitz made certain the workforce was well-funded, had the suitable folks and had a supporting young-driver programme. Adrian Newey was one of many key signings, becoming a member of in 2006, and Sebastian Vettel delivered the workforce’s first victory on the 2009 Chinese language GP within the RB5.
That automobile set the template for the profitable machines that adopted, Vettel and Pink Bull taking 4 consecutive title doubles between 2010 and 2013.
The turbo-hybrid period halted Pink Bull’s march and it needed to play second (and generally third) fiddle to Mercedes (and Ferrari), taking the odd win. However it did safe the providers of rising star Max Verstappen and an apparently minor guidelines tweak helped give Pink Bull an edge over Mercedes in 2021.
An epic, ill-tempered and controversial contest ensued. Verstappen beat Lewis Hamilton to the drivers’ crown in a farcical Abu Dhabi finale, although Mercedes pipped Pink Bull to constructors’ honours.
Pink Bull did one of the best job of the brand new ground-effect guidelines, taking title doubles in 2022 and 2023, the latter with probably the most dominant seasons of all time, its RB19 scoring 21 wins from 22 races.
The demise of Mateschitz in late 2022 led to some inner turmoil and design genius Newey left throughout 2024. That coincided with McLaren’s rise, however Verstappen nonetheless took Pink Bull’s eighth drivers’ crown and was the one constant challenger to the papaya vehicles in 2025.
Strategically, Pink Bull has been persistently robust for years, maybe solely matched by the Brawn/Schumacher eras at Benetton and Ferrari.
Pink Bull has additionally pushed the bounds, an intrinsic a part of F1. It has maybe overstepped the mark now and again and has usually struggled to maintain its lead drivers in verify, however there may be little doubt it has showcased a rare degree of excellence and efficiency in twenty first century F1, when the extent of competitors has been excessive.
5. Mercedes
When Mercedes has competed in F1 as a workforce entry, it has dominated greater than every other squad
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Wins: 131
Titles: 17 (9 drivers’, 8 constructors’)
Till F1’s second ground-effect period, Mercedes had a rare strike fee. Its two seasons in 1954-55 yielded two drivers’ crowns (the constructors’ championship hadn’t but begun) and, having returned in 2010, it was the dominant drive between 2014 and 2021. Which means it had 17 titles from a doable 26. Even now, it has one of the best wins strike fee on this listing, 38%.
Mercedes returned to GP racing, having been a dominant drive earlier than the Second World Warfare, on the 1954 French GP. The streamlined W196s made the opposition look old style and Mercedes’ degree of preparation was a reduce above: Juan Manuel Fangio led a 1-2, a lap away from the sector…
That set the tone for the subsequent yr and a half, the W196 (in streamlined and open-wheel type) profitable 9 of the 12 world championship races it entered.
Mercedes withdrew from F1 on the finish of 1955, following the Le Mans catastrophe, and stayed away for greater than 50 years, a minimum of as a constructor. As an engine provider, Mercedes gained 4 drivers’ titles (three with McLaren, one with Brawn) and two constructors’ crowns (one every for McLaren and Brawn).
It returned in 2010, taking on the title-winning Brawn operation. After a shaky begin, it turned a contender for victories, ending second within the constructors’ desk in 2013 earlier than embarking on its run of eight crowns, led by Hamilton.
Mercedes discovered issues more durable in F1’s second ground-effect period, however has remained a frontrunner, profitable seven races and twice ending second within the constructors’ desk. Can it return to dominant methods in F1’s new ruleset from 2026? In that case, it may climb greater on this rating.
4. Williams
Williams’ golden period of the late Nineteen Eighties and early Nineties is a interval it hopes to duplicate sooner or later
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Wins: 114
Titles: 16 (7 drivers’, 9 constructors’)
The workforce based by Patrick Head and Frank Williams stays a fan favorite regardless of greater than a decade passing since its final victory and practically 30 years since its final championship success.
Having began by operating a March chassis, Williams Grand Prix Engineering got here of age with Head’s FW07. It was usually the quickest automobile within the second half of 1979 and Alan Jones took it to a title double the next yr.
Williams gained the constructors’ crown, at all times extra of a precedence, in 1981, although Jones and Carlos Reutemann misplaced out to Piquet within the drivers’ contest. It was the reverse in 1982, Keke Rosberg taking the drivers’ title with one victory as Ferrari secured the constructors’ championship.
Teaming up with Honda in 1984 reaped its rewards as soon as preliminary glitches have been ironed out. The FW11/11B was one of the best package deal throughout 1986-87, scooping three titles.
Solely the rivalry between Williams team-mates Piquet and Nigel Mansell, just a little unhealthy luck and nice marketing campaign from McLaren’s Alain Prost in 1986 denying Williams a double-double. That season additionally featured the emotional return of Frank Williams after the street accident that left him a tetraplegic.
Honda’s transfer to McLaren put Williams again, however it quickly constructed a relationship with Renault. It additionally signed Newey and pressed ahead with revolutionary know-how, together with traction management and lively suspension.
The consequence was domination for a lot of the Nineties, which yielded drivers’ titles in 1992-93 and 1996-97 for 4 totally different drivers, plus 5 constructors’ crowns. Williams additionally produced probably the most iconic F1 vehicles within the FW14B, and probably the most subtle previous to the banning of gizmos (the FW15C), in addition to having to recuperate from the lack of Senna – and subsequent trial.
Williams misplaced Newey and Renault briefly order and 1997 stays its final title. Usually behind within the aero stakes, it was a championship challenger with BMW energy in 2003, however relations with the German producer finally soured.
Monetary difficulties didn’t assist and, regardless of a quick revival with Mercedes engines initially of the turbo-hybrid period in 2014-15, Williams has typically struggled to interrupt out of the midfield in latest seasons.
Now owned by Dorilton Capital and below the stewardship of former Mercedes man James Vowles, Williams has began to modernise and is now arguably in a greater place than it has been for practically a decade.
3. McLaren
McLaren returned to the highest in F1 in 2025 with a world title double
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Wins: 203
Titles: 23 (13 drivers’, 10 constructors’)
Extra wins and titles than all however Ferrari, which had a headstart of a decade and a half, and several other distinct intervals of success make McLaren one of many best groups in F1 historical past.
Cooper driver Bruce McLaren based his eponymous outfit in 1963. He gave the workforce its F1 world championship debut within the 1966 Monaco GP and its first victory, on the 1968 Belgian GP.
McLaren was a sporadic frontrunner thereafter however actually hit the entrance with Gordon Coppuck’s M23, which gave McLaren its first titles in 1974, with Emerson Fittipaldi main the cost. James Hunt then took the drivers’ crown in 1976, making it three championship successes for the M23.
Thereafter McLaren below Teddy Mayer went into decline till Ron Dennis and his Undertaking 4 operation joined the occasion forward of 1981. Dennis introduced designer John Barnard with him, who launched a number of improvements, together with the carbon fibre tub and the ‘coke bottle’ rear finish.
McLaren set new requirements within the Nineteen Eighties, the mix of Barnard’s design, Porsche energy and Marlboro backing permitting Lauda – introduced out of retirement by Dennis in 1982 – and new signing Prost to dominate in 1984 with the MP4/2.
Prost and McLaren took a title double in 1985, then managed one other drivers’ crown the next yr in opposition to the may of Williams-Honda. Williams couldn’t be stopped in 1987, however McLaren secured Honda engines and Senna for 1988.
Although the Prost-Senna relationship deteriorated over the subsequent two seasons, with the Frenchman finally leaving for Ferrari, McLaren was the workforce to beat, profitable 4 consecutive title doubles from 1988-91.
Senna, Honda energy and McLaren engineering made for the highly effective mixture
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The rise of technological pioneer Williams-Renault put McLaren on the defensive within the early Nineties. It misplaced Honda on the finish of 1992, then Senna to Williams after the next season. McLaren entered a rut however began to rebuild with Mercedes energy from 1995.
David Coulthard took McLaren’s first wins for greater than three years in 1997. Newey’s arrival and new guidelines for 1998 heralded a brand new McLaren period, with Mika Hakkinen securing a drivers’ title double in 1998-99.
McLaren remained one of many largest rivals to the Schumacher/Brawn/Jean Todt Ferrari steamroller within the early 2000s. Even after shedding Newey, McLaren was maybe unlucky to lose each titles in 2007, when it partnered rookie Hamilton with double champion Alonso in what proved to be an explosive mixture, however did take the 2008 drivers’ crown with Hamilton.
There have been wins and championship challenges over the subsequent few years however McLaren couldn’t fairly match Pink Bull, not helped by some reliability points that contributed to Hamilton leaving for Mercedes in 2013.
McLaren went into the doldrums and a revived partnership with Honda was disastrous. Even after a swap to Renault energy and with Alonso’s providers, McLaren struggled and there have been important administration modifications.
Zak Brown led the post-Dennis period and McLaren managed to attain its first win in practically 9 years on the 2021 Italian GP. The workforce didn’t get off to one of the best begin in F1’s second ground-effect period, however large progress in 2024 allowed it to grab the constructors’ crown, organising a championship double in 2025 as McLaren long-termer Lando Norris ended Verstappen’s run of drivers’ crowns.
2. Lotus
Rindt within the iconic Lotus 72
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Wins: 74 (plus 5 wins for Lotuses run by Rob Walker)
Titles: 13 (6 drivers’, 7 constructors’)
No workforce or producer has formed what an F1 automobile seems like greater than Colin Chapman’s Lotus. The monocoque chassis, utilizing the engine as a careworn member, the wedge form/facet radiators and floor impact have been all improvements that Lotus both pioneered or made stick. And that’s earlier than we throw in Chapman’s position in F1’s best engine, the Cosworth DFV, and half in bringing extra sponsorship to grand prix racing.
For a lot of the Nineteen Sixties and early Seventies, Lotus set the tempo and even briefly overtook Ferrari as probably the most profitable F1 constructor when it comes to wins regardless of beginning practically a decade later.
Although Lotus first turned a winner as a constructor due to Stirling Moss and Rob Walker’s non-public entries, Staff Lotus actually obtained into its stride with Jim Clark and the Lotus 25 in 1962.
The trend-setting monocoque chassis and Clark’s capability made Lotus the workforce to beat throughout 1962-65, with solely reliability issues – Lotuses have been usually thought to be fragile – denying the Scot 4 consecutive titles. Because it was, Clark and Lotus nonetheless took championship doubles in 1963 and 1965.
Clark and the DFV-powered Lotus 49 ought to have gained the title in 1967, solely to be denied by unreliability. Graham Hill put that proper the next yr, choosing up Lotus following the demise of Clark in an F2 crash.
Fragility was arguably the most important weak spot for Lotus
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After preliminary issues, the 72 modified the sport once more. Lotus gained each titles in 1970, regardless of shedding lead driver Jochen Rindt at Monza. One other double adopted in 1972, courtesy of Fittipaldi, whereas the 72 took its fifth championship by topping the constructors’ desk in 1973.
Struggles thereafter led Chapman to arrange a working group that culminated within the arrival of floor impact in F1. Mario Andretti and the Lotus 78 ought to have gained the title in 1977, whereas the American did get the job achieved the next yr with the 79 regardless of the unhappy lack of workforce favorite Ronnie Peterson.
Lotus was by no means to win one other title, with Chapman getting pissed off with F1’s more and more restrictive guidelines earlier than his demise in 1982. Senna’s arrival in 1985, plus the design efforts of Gerard Ducarouge, helped maintain Lotus on the entrance, scoring six wins over three seasons, however after 1987 the workforce went downhill.
The 107 confirmed promise within the palms of Hakkinen and Herbert however couldn’t forestall the workforce’s monetary decline that led to its closure on the finish of 1994.
We’ve excluded the Lotus wins scored in 2012-13 by ‘Staff Enstone’, which we regard as a completely separate entity (see above).
1. Ferrari
The workforce with probably the most wins and most titles and the one one to have competed in each single season of F1
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Wins: 248
Titles: 31 (15 drivers’, 16 constructors’)
It must be Ferrari, doesn’t it? We thought lengthy and onerous about Lotus and McLaren, given each have robust strike charges and have contributed extra with regards to F1 innovation. There’s additionally an argument to be made that Ferrari has underachieved for lengthy intervals, notably given the assets at its disposal.
However the truth is that Ferrari has extra wins and titles than every other workforce, has been on the planet championship nearly from the beginning, and is likely one of the few steady threads that binds 75 years of motorsport historical past collectively.
Ferrari missed the very first world championship race however a yr later ended Alfa Romeo’s domination at Silverstone. Alberto Ascari then dominated to take Ferrari’s first two drivers’ titles, throughout the championship’s F2 period.
Ferrari was saved from its subsequent rut when it inherited Lancia’s D50s, Fangio profitable the title in 1956. Ferrari missed out on the primary constructors’ championship to Vanwall in 1958, although Mike Hawthorn scooped its fourth drivers’ crown with the Dino 246.
Although late to the rear-engined revolution, Ferrari nailed the swap to 1.5-litre engines in 1961, profitable the constructors’ title for the primary time as Phil Hill took the drivers’ laurels, albeit in tragic circumstances at Monza following the demise of team-mate Wolfgang von Journeys and 15 spectators.
The British groups getting their acts collectively and a walkout at Ferrari contributed to a pointy decline, however John Surtees quickly led a revival and the workforce took one other double in 1964 with Mauro Forghieri’s 158.
Ferrari was then overshadowed for a number of seasons, usually by Lotus innovation, regardless of getting near each championships in 1970. After a disastrous 1973, a revamp and the arrival of Lauda heralded a brand new interval of success. With Forghieri’s 312T and 312T2, the Austrian gained the 1975 and 1977 crowns, and Ferrari gained a constructors’ hat-trick regardless of Lauda’s horrendous Nurburgring crash in 1976.
Lauda helped revitalise Ferrari within the Seventies
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A 1-2 for Jody Scheckter and Gilles Villeneuve in 1979 was adopted by a dismal couple of years because the workforce struggled with the ground-effect revolution, although Ferrari favorite Villeneuve conjured two 1981 wins with the highly effective, turbocharged 126CK.
A tragic 1982, during which Villeneuve was killed and championship chief Didier Pironi severely injured, nonetheless resulted in one other constructors’ crown, which Ferrari retained the next yr.
It struggled to maintain tempo with McLaren and Williams – and generally Lotus – for a lot of the Nineteen Eighties. Barnard’s 640 introduced the semi-automatic gearbox to F1 in 1989 and Prost put collectively an in the end unsuccessful title problem in 1990, however the workforce needed to wait till the arrivals of Jean Todt, Schumacher, Brawn and Byrne earlier than changing into a constant championship contender.
After three near-misses – and a constructors’ success in 1999 – Ferrari lastly took its first drivers’ title in additional than twenty years in 2000 as Schumacher beat Hakkinen. It was the beginning of an unprecedented degree of success, Schumacher taking 5 consecutive drivers’ titles, with the 2002 and 2004 seasons being among the many most dominant in historical past.
Ferrari remained a menace – taking a title double in 2007 and the constructors’ trophy once more in 2008 – till new aero guidelines arrived in 2009. It has didn’t win a championship since, regardless of one of the best efforts of Alonso, Vettel and Charles Leclerc, although has normally been a race winner throughout that point.
At varied factors and sometimes attributable to political machinations, Ferrari has missed races or threatened to go away F1, however such spats have not often lasted for lengthy. Does F1 want Ferrari as a lot as Ferrari wants F1? Onerous to say, however there’s little doubt that every has vastly enriched the opposite.
It’s nearly 20 years since Ferrari’s final F1 world title of any variety
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