Top 10 Best Formula 1 Teams of All Time

The Top Ten
Ferrari

Ferrari is the iconic team that everyone is a fan of. While they have had all of their bad moments, they are the only team to have lasted since the creation of the sport. And they have had dominant cars, including from 2001-2004, where Ferrari dominated the championships. Unfortunately, Ferrari haven't won a Constructor's Championship since 2007, and that was because McLaren got DQ'ed due to Spygate. Ferrari have had iconic drivers such as Michael Schumacher, Kimi Raikkonen, and Niki Lauda.

In all their seasons in F1, there have only been three times where they finished outside of the top 5 in the constructors' championship.

McLaren

McLaren is a historic team that even went Tooned, that's something. Founded in the 1960's, McLaren's dominance in the late 80's and early 90's is remembered. Including in 1988, where the dominant MP4/4 won every race except one, something that wasn't repeated until 2023 with Red Bull. McLaren are a great team and they always have been. They are the current reigning constructor's champions after previously going on their downfall. They have had legendary drivers such as Bruce himself, Emerson Fittipaldi, Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost, Mika Hakkinen, and even was the original team of Lewis Hamilton. McLaren are unforgettably good.

Mercedes

Mercedes has had by far the best prime in history, with their dominance in the mid-to-late 2010's being unstoppable. They won all Constructors Championships from 2014-2021 and had 7-time Lewis Hamilton win most of his titles there. They also had Fangio in their lineup in their original first appearance in the 50's, but the Le Mans disaster prompted them to leave the sport for quite a while. Now, in their return, they have been better than ever.

The best racing team with the best cars.

Red Bull

The team came to life in 2005 and has worked their way up to dominance. Althought they got set back by Miracle GP in 2009, they dominated the Driver's title for the next 4 years, with Sebastian Vettel in their hands. Mark Webber also put in his fair share of performances. The team has never been at the back of the field since. They won all but one race in 2023, in a year with much more races than 1988 could ever have. Max Verstappen has also been nothing short of legendary.

I never liked Vettel, but I think they're an amazing team. They're cool with the fans and have put themselves in the top 5 of teams with more titles, just in 10 years.

Their current thing with Renault was not very cool, but they're still an awesome team that keeps bringing talent to F1 through Toro Rosso.

Lotus

While Prime Lotus's time on the grid has been long gone, in the past, they won multiple Driver's and Constructor's titles, with great drivers such as Emerson Fittipaldi and Jim Clark. Their double return wasn't really good, but at least Kimi Raikkonen was able to almost drive one of these teams bankrupt. And they were never worse than Marussia and Caterham and HRT and Virgin and all of those back marker teams.

Williams

Williams have been a great team in Formula 1 for a while. The FW14B dominated the grid, and gave them championships. They won championships in the 80's and 90's, and when they made Prost comeback to Formula 1 to their team in 1993, they didn't disappoint, giving him a driver's title before he retired for good. Williams unfortunately went on a steady decline, but was the debut club of great drivers such as 2009 Champion Jenson Button, 2016 Champion Nico Rosberg, and also Finn driver Valtteri Bottas. They also have the record for most points scored in a Formula 1 Grand Prix after Felipe Massa and Bottas secured a 2-3 in the double points finale at Abu Dhabi 2014. And now, with Alexander Albon and Carlos Sainz Jr in their driver lineup, they look to improve back up to the top.

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Won the 2005 World Cup with their 1000 horsepower car with ten cylinders. That was the last of the big 10-cylinder era too. All the other new cars are polar bear-friendly 8 cylinders.

Brabham

The only team which is named after a world champion, to become World champion. A great team indeed.

Force India
Brawn GP

You can just call this team Miracle GP. They existed for one year as a replacement to Honda after they bailed out on the sport in 2008, and even though Honda was a midfield team, they won the Drivers and Constructors title in their one year in the sport. Jenson Button's career got transformed from mid cars to a championship contender, while Rubens Barrichello had one final good season before his eventual retirement. They were purchased by Mercedes, who eventually became one of the most dominant teams in history of motorsport. A true miracle indeed.

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The Contenders
Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo Automobiles S.p.A. is an Italian luxury car manufacturer, founded by Frenchman Alexandre Darracq as A.L.F.A.

Alfa Romeo was the original best team in Formula 1. In 1950, three Alfa Romeo drivers finished 1-2-3 in the championship. Alfa Romeo left the sport and became a shadow of themselves, but they were the original best team.

Benetton
Sauber
Tyrrell
Haas

F1 fans complain that it's too hard for teams to enter Formula 1. Then the genius of Gene Haas to run it like a NASCAR team where you buy what you can and make what you can't has put them in the midfield right from the start.

Now, F1 fans complain that they're not a true Formula 1 team because they don't make everything themselves. It's a formula that works! Fight on, Haas F1 Team! You're doing great things!

I'm confused, is this the original team or the revived one? But most of them were midfield at best and were mostly underwhelming.

Toro Rosso
Cooper Car Company
Honda Honda Motor Co., Ltd. is a Japanese public multinational conglomerate corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles, aircraft, motorcycles, and power equipment.
BMW Sauber

In their time on the sport, BMW Sauber have never been bad. Their consistent success has been overshadowed by Ferrari and McLaren, but we all know of Robert Kubica, who won the 2008 Canandian Grand Prix, and Nick Heidfield, the most successful driver in the history of Formula 1 without a single win.

Minardi

Backmarker team that made surprising results on a few occasions. If they had more funding, Minardi would probably give top-tier teams of its time a run for their money.

Jordan
Hesketh

Undoubtedly the coolest F1 team in history. A full white car with not a single sponsor, James Hunt! And let's not forget what the patch on Hunt's racing suit said: "Sex, the breakfast of champions."

As cool as an F1 team will ever get.

British Racing Motors
Matra International
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