Mercedes-Benz in Formula One

Mercedes-Benz, through its subsidiary Mercedes-Benz Grand Prix Limited, is currently involved in Formula One as a constructor under the name of Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team. The team is based in Brackley, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom, using a German licence.[6] Mercedes-Benz competed in the pre-war European Championship winning three titles and debuted in Formula One in 1954, running a team for two years. The team is also known by their nickname, the "Silver Arrows".

This article is about Mercedes-Benz as a Formula One team. For Mercedes as a Formula One engine supplier see Ilmor and Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains

Mercedes
Full nameMercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team
BaseBrackley, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom[1]
(Chassis)
Brixworth, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom
(Power unit)
Team principal(s)Toto Wolff
(Team Principal & CEO)
Andy Cowell
(MD, Powertrains)
Technical DirectorJames Allison
Websitewww.mercedesamgf1.com www.mercedes-amg-hpp.com
Previous nameBrawn GP
2020 Formula One World Championship
Race drivers44. Lewis Hamilton[2]
77. Valtteri Bottas[3]
Test drivers Stoffel Vandoorne[4]
Esteban Gutiérrez[4]
ChassisF1 W11 EQ Performance
EngineMercedes M11 EQ Performance[5]
TyresPirelli
Formula One World Championship career
First entry1954 French Grand Prix
Last entry2020 Spanish Grand Prix
Races entered216
EnginesMercedes
Constructors'
Championships		6 (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
Drivers'
Championships		8 (1954, 1955, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
Race victories106
Podiums219
Points5292 (5431.14)[lower-alpha 1]
Pole positions118
Fastest laps77
2019 position1st (739 pts)
Mercedes as a Formula One engine manufacturer
Formula One World Championship career
First entry1954 French Grand Prix
Last entry2020 Spanish Grand Prix
Races entered487 (485 starts)
ChassisMercedes, Sauber, McLaren, Brawn, Force India, Williams, Lotus, MRT
Constructors' Championships8 (1998, 2009, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)[lower-alpha 2]
Drivers'
Championships		12 (1954, 1955, 1998, 1999, 2008, 2009, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)[lower-alpha 3]
Race victories192[lower-alpha 4]
Podiums487
Points10,557 (10,696.14)[lower-alpha 5]
Pole positions199
Fastest laps172

After winning their first race at the 1954 French Grand Prix, driver Juan Manuel Fangio won another three Grands Prix to win the 1954 Drivers' Championship and repeated this success in 1955. Despite winning two Drivers' Championships, Mercedes-Benz withdrew from motor racing in response to the 1955 Le Mans disaster and did not return to Formula One until 1994 as an engine supplier in association with Ilmor, a British independent high-performance autosport engineering company which would later be acquired by Mercedes.

In addition to its factory team, Mercedes currently supplies engines to Racing Point and Williams. The manufacturer has collected more than 180 wins as an engine supplier and is ranked second in Formula One history. Seven Constructors' and 11 Drivers' Championships have been won with Mercedes-Benz engines.

Mercedes has become one of the most successful teams in recent Formula One history, having achieved consecutive Drivers' and Constructors' Championships from 2014 to 2019. In 2014, Mercedes achieved 11 one-two finishes improving on McLaren's 1988 record of 10. The record was extended the following year with 12 one-two finishes. Mercedes also collected 16 victories in 2014 and 2015 apiece breaking McLaren (1988) and Ferrari's (2002, 2004) record of 15. In 2016, they extended this record with 19 wins. Its 2020 drivers are Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas.

Constructor

Silver Arrows (1930s)

Mercedes-Benz formerly competed in Grand Prix motor racing in the 1930s, when the Silver Arrows dominated the races alongside rivals Auto Union. Both teams were heavily funded by the Nazi regime, winning all European Grand Prix Championships after 1934, of which Rudolf Caracciola won three for Mercedes-Benz.[7]

Juan Manuel Fangio at the wheel of the W196 at the Nürburgring during the 1954 German Grand Prix

Daimler-Benz AG (1954–1955)

In 1954, Mercedes-Benz returned to what was now known as Formula One (a World Championship having been established in 1950) under the leadership of Alfred Neubauer, using the technologically advanced Mercedes-Benz W196.[8] The car was run in both the conventional open-wheeled configuration and a streamlined form, which featured covered wheels and wider bodywork. Juan Manuel Fangio, the 1951 champion, transferred mid-season from Maserati to Mercedes-Benz for their debut at the French Grand Prix on 4 July 1954. The team had immediate success and recorded a 1–2 victory with Fangio and Karl Kling, as well as the fastest lap (Hans Herrmann). Fangio went on to win three more races in 1954, winning the championship.

The success continued into the 1955 season, with Mercedes-Benz developing the W196 throughout the year. Mercedes-Benz again dominated the season,[8] with Fangio taking four races, and his new teammate Stirling Moss winning the British Grand Prix. Fangio and Moss finished first and second in that year's championship. The 1955 disaster at the 24 Hours of Le Mans on 11 June, which killed Mercedes-Benz sportscar driver Pierre Levegh and more than 80 spectators led to the cancellations of the French, German, Spanish, and Swiss Grands Prix.[9] At the end of the season, the team withdrew from motor sport, including Formula One.[8] During this first period of the team's participation in Formula One, Mercedes won 9 races in total, including three Grands Prix (the 1954 French Grand Prix, 1954 Italian Grand Prix and 1955 Italian Grand Prix) won by the streamlined "Type Monza", making them the only three races won by a closed-wheel car in Formula One history.[10]

Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team (2010–present)

The Mercedes name returned to Formula One for the 2010 season after their owners, Daimler AG, bought a minority stake (45.1%) in the Brawn GP team with Aabar Investments purchasing 30% on 16 November 2009,[11][12] with Ross Brawn continuing his duties as team principal and the team retaining its base and workforce in Brackley, close to the Mercedes-Benz Formula One engine plant (formerly Ilmor Engineering) in Brixworth.[12] Following the purchase of the team, as well as a sponsorship deal with Petronas,[13] the team was rebranded as Mercedes GP Petronas Formula One Team.[14] The team has a complex history; it can be traced back to Tyrrell Racing, who competed as a constructor from 1970 until 1998, until being bought by British American Tobacco to become British American Racing in 1999. BAR, who had formed a partnership with Honda, eventually became Honda Racing F1 Team in 2006 when BAT withdrew from the sport. It again changed hands in 2008, when Honda withdrew, and was purchased by the team's management, naming it Brawn GP after team principal Ross Brawn.[15] Brawn used engines from Mercedes-Benz High Performance Engines, and despite running on a low budget, Jenson Button won six of the first seven races and ultimately the 2009 Drivers' Championship, while Brawn won the Constructors' Championship. It was the first time in the sport's sixty-year history that a team won both titles in its maiden season.

Nico Rosberg scored Mercedes's first podium finish as a works team since 1955 at the 2010 Malaysian Grand Prix

Team Mercedes GP hired German drivers Nico Rosberg, and seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher,[16] who returned to Formula One after a three-year absence, and Nick Heidfeld as the test and reserve driver. Of Brawn's 2009 drivers, Jenson Button signed for McLaren, whilst Rubens Barrichello moved to Rosberg's former seat with Williams team for 2010. With the acquisition of Brawn, the team ended its involvement with McLaren, parent company Daimler AG sold back the 40% shareholding in the McLaren Group,[12] while continuing to supply engines to the team.[17] The team's performance during 2010 was not so competitive as under Brawn, with the team behind the leading three teams of Ferrari, McLaren, and Red Bull. Their best results came from Rosberg finishing on the podium three times, scoring third places at Sepang, Shanghai, and Silverstone. Rosberg eventually finished in seventh place, but Schumacher had a disappointing return, being beaten by his teammate and finishing the season without a single race win, podium, pole position, or fastest lap for the first time since his début season in 1991. He also was involved in a controversy in Hungary after nearly squeezing former Ferrari teammate Rubens Barrichello into the wall at 180 mph (290 km/h). Ultimately, the team finished fourth in the Constructors' Championship, with 214 points.

Michael Schumacher at the 2011 Malaysian Grand Prix

Prior to the start of the 2011 season, Daimler and Aabar purchased the remaining 24.9% stake owned by the team management in February 2011.[18] Using the new MGP W02, the Australian Grand Prix ended when Schumacher and Rosberg both retired due to crash damage on laps 19 and 22 respectively. In Malaysia, Rosberg qualified ninth and Schumacher again failed to make Q3, qualifying eleventh. Schumacher scored the team's first points of the season with a ninth-place finish, whereas Rosberg had a quiet race and finished twelfth. In China, Rosberg and Schumacher showed strong form, with Rosberg finishing fifth as well as leading fourteen laps during the race, while Schumacher ended the race in eighth place. Rosberg added another fifth place in Turkey, while in Spain, Schumacher finished in sixth place, ahead of Rosberg. After scoring no points at the Monaco Grand Prix, Schumacher equalled his best finish for the team in Canada, finishing fourth after running as high as second. In Valencia, Rosberg finished seventh, and Schumacher seventeenth, after contact with Vitaly Petrov. Rosberg and Schumacher both finished in the points at the following two races in Great Britain and Germany. Gearbox issues stopped Schumacher from scoring at the Hungarian Grand Prix, but Rosberg managed to finish in ninth place. At the Belgian Grand Prix, Schumacher moved from the back of the grid – after losing a wheel in qualifying – to finish fifth, while Rosberg finished sixth, having led the race in its early stages. Again, the team finished fourth in the Constructors' Championship just as in 2010, with 165 points with no wins, podiums, or poles.

Michael Schumacher at the 2012 Monaco Grand Prix

For 2012, the team removed the GP from their name and added the name of AMG, the high performance brand of Daimler AG, to their title. The team would officially get the designation Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team. At the start of the season Mercedes was the subject of protest over the use of a "radical" rear wing concept on the Mercedes F1 W03 racing car,[19] which was not settled until the third race in China when the stewards unanimously rejected the protest.[20] At the third race of the season in China, Rosberg took the team's first pole position as a works team since Fangio in 1955; Schumacher finished the session third, but moved up to second after a grid penalty for McLaren team's Lewis Hamilton. The team secured its first win in 57 years when Nico Rosberg finished first in the 2012 Chinese Grand Prix. In addition to that, Rosberg became the first German driver to win a Grand Prix driving a German vehicle since Hermann Lang's victory at the 1939 Swiss Grand Prix. On 28 September 2012, it was announced that McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton would join the Mercedes team from the 2013 season onwards, having signed a three-year deal to partner Nico Rosberg in the team.[21] In January 2013, Toto Wolff became an executive director of the Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team, with his business partner Rene Berger becoming non-executive director. In addition to joining the team as managing partner, he also acquired 30% of Mercedes-Benz Grand Prix Ltd, with a further 10% held by Niki Lauda, chairman of the board, and 60% by the parent company. Wolff took over the co-ordination of all Mercedes-Benz motorsport activities, a responsibility previously held by Norbert Haug.

Hamilton and Rosberg at the 2013 Malaysian Grand Prix

The following season on 26 May 2013, Nico Rosberg capitalised on a pole position to award the team its first win of 2013 at the Monaco Grand Prix. Paddy Lowe moved to the team as Executive Director on 3 June 2013.[22][23] Mercedes then went on to take third place in the Canadian Grand Prix courtesy of Hamilton, followed by another win for Rosberg at the British Grand Prix after the team took 1–2 in qualifying. The team then celebrated their third win of the season after Hamilton took his first victory for the team at the Hungarian Grand Prix, resulting in second place ahead of Ferrari in the Constructors' Championship.

Mechanics working on Nico Rosberg's Mercedes F1 W05 Hybrid at the 2014 Australian Grand Prix
Hamilton at the 2014 Singapore Grand Prix

Both drivers were retained for 2014. Rosberg won the first race of the season in Australia, then in Malaysia, Hamilton completed a grand slam –leading every lap from pole position, with the fastest race lap –while Rosberg completed a 1–2 finish for the team; it ended Hamilton's nine race streak without a podium finish, and was the first 1–2 finish by Mercedes as a works team since the 1955 Italian Grand Prix. The team repeated the result at the Bahrain, the Chinese, and the Spanish Grands Prix, while Rosberg and Hamilton finished 1–2 respectively at the Monaco and Austrian Grands Prix. At the German Grand Prix, Rosberg became the first German driver driving a German vehicle to win the German Grand Prix since it was achieved by Rudolf Caracciola and Mercedes-Benz at the 1939 German Grand Prix. At the Russian Grand Prix the team won their first Constructors' Championship as a works team. Hamilton won the last race of the season, held in Abu Dhabi. He finished the season 67 points ahead of Rosberg, clinching the World Drivers' Championship.[24] The team finished the 2014 season 296 points ahead of their closest rival Red Bull Racing in the World Constructors' Championship standings. With 18 pole positions, 16 wins and 11 1–2's out of 19 races, Mercedes dominated this first year of the V6 turbo era. For their 16 race victories, the average winning margin to the nearest non-Mercedes competitor was 23.2 seconds.[25]

Hamilton and Rosberg at the 2015 Malaysian Grand Prix

For the 2015 season, the team retained both Hamilton and Rosberg.[26] At the 2015 Russian Grand Prix the team won their second Constructors' Championship as a works team[27] and Hamilton won his second consecutive Drivers' Championship at the 2015 United States Grand Prix, finishing 59 points ahead of Rosberg. Mercedes continued their domination in this second year of the V6 turbo era, improving on their impressive numbers from 2014 with 18 pole positions, 16 wins and 12 1–2's in 19 races. Of their 16 race victories, the average winning margin to the nearest non-Mercedes competitor was 19.7 seconds, down from 23.2 seconds in 2014.[28]

Hamilton and Rosberg at the 2016 Monaco Grand Prix

In the 2016 season, Mercedes won the Constructors' Championship for the third consecutive season, winning 19 of the 21 races held, while securing 20 poles (the highest percentage ever in a single season of F1 at 95.2%) and 8 1–2's.[29] The average winning gap to the nearest non-Mercedes driver dropped to 14.6 seconds. Rosberg won his only Drivers' Championship, finishing 5 points ahead of Hamilton, before announcing his retirement shortly after winning the title.[30]

Hamilton at the 2017 Malaysian Grand Prix

On 10 January 2017, Mercedes announced that Executive Director Paddy Lowe had left the team, and entered a period of garden leave.[31] On 16 January 2017, Valtteri Bottas was announced as Rosberg's replacement for the 2017 season[32] and British GP3 driver George Russell was incorporated into the junior team.[33] On 22 October 2017, Mercedes won the Constructors' Championship for the fourth consecutive time.[34] One week later, Lewis Hamilton became the first British driver to win four world championships.[35] Mercedes finished the 2017 season with 12 wins out of 20 races, 15 poles, 4 1–2's and an average winning margin to the nearest non-Mercedes driver of 13.1 seconds.

Bottas at the 2018 Chinese Grand Prix

For the 2018 season the team retained both Hamilton and Bottas. The team clinched their fifth straight constructors' title at the penultimate race of the season in Brazil after a win for Hamilton. In the 2018 season, Mercedes won 11 races (all for Hamilton) out of 21 races, took 10 fastest laps (three for Hamilton and seven for Bottas), 13 pole positions (eleven for Hamilton and two for Bottas), and four 1-2 finishes. This made Mercedes only the second team in the history in F1 to achieve the feat of winning 5 drivers' and constructors' titles in a row, after Ferrari did so between 2000 and 2004.[36]

Bottas at the 2019 Japanese Grand Prix

For the 2019 season, the team again retained both Hamilton and Bottas. In the opening race, both drivers locked out the front row with Hamilton taking pole position. Bottas overtook Hamilton at the start and took his first victory since the 2017 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, with Hamilton managing to give the team a 1-2 finish after fending off Red Bull's Max Verstappen. The team continued the strong performance through the first half of the season. By the summer break, Mercedes had won 10 out of 12 races with Hamilton taking 8 victories to Bottas's 2, securing 1-2 finishes at the first 5 races of the season.[37][38] The team would go on to take the both the drivers and constructors titles for the sixth consecutive year.[39]

V6 turbo era
Season Chassis Races Wins Pole positions 1–2 finishes Podiums Fastest laps Average winning margin Points Percentage of available points WDC WCC
2014 Mercedes F1 W05 Hybrid 19 16 18 11 31 12 23.2 seconds 701 82% 1st, 2nd 1st
2015 Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid 19 16 18 12 32 13 19.7 seconds 703 86% 1st, 2nd 1st
2016 Mercedes F1 W07 Hybrid 21 19 20 8 33 9 14.6 seconds 765 85% 1st, 2nd 1st
2017 Mercedes AMG F1 W08 EQ Power+ 20 12 15 4 26 9 13.1 seconds 668 78% 1st, 3rd 1st
2018 Mercedes AMG F1 W09 EQ Power+ 21 11 13 4 25 10 6.8 seconds 655 73% 1st, 5th 1st
2019 Mercedes AMG F1 W10 EQ Power+ 21 15 10 9 32 9 11.8 seconds 739 80% 1st, 2nd 1st
2020* Mercedes-AMG F1 W11 EQ Performance 5 4 5 2 8 2 12.7 seconds 180 82% 1st, 3rd 1st

* Season still in progress.

Engine supplier
Main articles: Ilmor and Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains
The Mercedes-Benz FO110J V10 engine which was built in Brixworth.

Mercedes-Benz returned to Formula One as an engine supplier in 1994 in partnership with Ilmor, a British independent high-performance autosport engineering company with its manufacturing centre based in Brixworth, Northamptonshire. After acquisition by Mercedes, the company is now called Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains. It supplied Sauber for one season, then switched to McLaren in 1995 for a highly successful 20-year partnership.[40] In 2009, Mercedes also became suppliers of Brawn GP (later acquired to become the Mercedes-Benz factory team) and Force India, later known as Racing Point. A fourth team was added to the supplying program in 2014, Williams. The 20-year long partnership with McLaren ended in advance of the 2015 season.[40] At this time, Mercedes supplied engines to the Lotus F1 Team for one season, before switching to Manor in 2016.

The manufacturer has collected more than 100 wins as engine supplier and is ranked fourth in Formula One history. Eight Constructors' and twelve Drivers' Championships have been won with Mercedes-Benz engines. For 2021, McLaren is due to use Mercedes engines once again.

Junior team

There have been six young drivers linked to Mercedes F1:

Current drivers
Driver Years Current series Titles
George Russell[41] 2017–present Formula One FIA Formula 2
GP3 Series
Andrea Kimi Antonelli[42] 2018–present Karting WSK Super Master Series - OKJ
24° South Garda Winter Cup - OKJ
WSK Euro Series - OKJ
ROK Cup International Final - Mini ROK
Paul Aron[43] 2019–present Formula Renault Eurocup none as Junior Team member
Alex Powell[44] 2019–present Karting ROK Cup Superfinal - Mini ROK

Former drivers
Driver Years Current series Titles
Pascal Wehrlein[45] 2014–2018 Formula E Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
Esteban Ocon[46] 2015–2019 Formula One
 GP3 Series

Sponsorships

In December 2009, the team suffered an early setback when it was discovered that a planned £80m sponsorship arrangement that had been signed by Brawn with Henkel in July was invalid.[47] Henkel claimed they were unaware of the deal and had no interest in Formula One; the deal allegedly was made by a former Henkel employee on stolen company stationery for the purposes of defrauding the company. On 22 December, Henkel announced that the dispute with the team had been resolved with a mutual agreement and that legal action would not be pursued, although the team would work with the German prosecutor's office to clarify the matter.[48]

On 21 December, the team confirmed that the number one Malaysian oil supplier Petronas would join the team as title sponsor. Petronas was based in Kuala Lumpur where the Sepang International Circuit (SIC) is located.[49] From 2010, the team competed under the full title of Mercedes GP Petronas Formula One Team.[50] According to some reports,[51] the arrangement is valued at €30m each year.

On 25 January 2010, the team's livery was unveiled publicly at the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart,[52] with Schumacher and Rosberg in attendance.[53] The cars race in the traditional silver colours of Mercedes-Benz and retains Brawn GP sponsor MIGfx. In 2013, the team signed a multi-year deal with mobile company BlackBerry which ended after the 2015 season. The team also had other major partners such as Monster Energy, Puma, Swissquote (until 2014). Qualcomm, UBS, Epson, Bose & Hugo Boss were added as sponsors in 2015, while Wihuri joined Mercedes together with Bottas in 2017. Before the 2017 Bahrain Grand Prix, Mercedes added software company Tibco as one of their partners. In 2018, Tommy Hilfiger took over from Hugo Boss as the team's clothing supplier with Hamilton becoming a brand ambassador for the company and participating in the #WhatsYourDrive Promotion. For 2019, the team made a global partnership with CrowdStrike and Marriott Bonvoy.[54] For the 2020 Formula One World Championship, the team welcomed its newest partner; Ineos.

Racing record
Main article: Mercedes-Benz Grand Prix results
  • Constructors' Championships winning percentage: 60%
  • Drivers' Championships winning percentage: 66.7%
  • Winning percentage: 49.1%

(Bold indicates championships won.)

Year Name Car Engine Tyres No. Drivers Points WCC
1954 Daimler-Benz AG W196 M196 2.5 L8 C N/A[lower-alpha 6] Juan Manuel Fangio
Hans Herrmann
Karl Kling
Hermann Lang		 N/A[lower-alpha 7]
1955 Daimler-Benz AG W196 M196 2.5 L8 C N/A[lower-alpha 6] Juan Manuel Fangio
Hans Herrmann
Karl Kling
Stirling Moss
André Simon
Piero Taruffi		 N/A[lower-alpha 7]
1956 – 2009: Mercedes-Benz did not compete as a constructor.
2010 Mercedes GP Petronas F1 Team MGP W01 FO 108X 2.4 V8 B 3.
4.		 Michael Schumacher
Nico Rosberg		 214 4th
2011 Mercedes GP Petronas F1 Team MGP W02 FO 108Y 2.4 V8 P 7.
8.		 Michael Schumacher
Nico Rosberg		 165 4th
2012 Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team F1 W03 FO 108Z 2.4 V8 P 7.
8.		 Michael Schumacher
Nico Rosberg		 142 5th
2013 Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team F1 W04 FO 108F 2.4 V8 P 9.
10.		 Nico Rosberg
Lewis Hamilton		 360 2nd
2014 Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team F1 W05 Hybrid PU106A Hybrid 1.6 V6 t P 6.
44.		 Nico Rosberg
Lewis Hamilton		 701 1st
2015 Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team F1 W06 Hybrid PU106B Hybrid 1.6 V6 t P 6.
44.		 Nico Rosberg
Lewis Hamilton		 703 1st
2016 Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team F1 W07 Hybrid PU106C Hybrid 1.6 V6 t P 6.
44.		 Nico Rosberg
Lewis Hamilton		 765 1st
2017 Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport F1 W08 EQ Power+ M08 EQ Power+ 1.6 V6 t P 44.
77.		 Lewis Hamilton
Valtteri Bottas		 668 1st
2018 Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport F1 W09 EQ Power+ M09 EQ Power+ 1.6 V6 t P 44.
77.		 Lewis Hamilton
Valtteri Bottas		 655 1st
2019 Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport F1 W10 EQ Power+ M10 EQ Power+ 1.6 V6 t P 44.
77.		 Lewis Hamilton
Valtteri Bottas		 739 1st
2020 Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team F1 W11 EQ Performance M11 EQ Performance 1.6 V6 t P 44.
77.		 Lewis Hamilton
Valtteri Bottas		 180* 1st*
Source:[55]

* Season still in progress.

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See also

Footnotes
  1. The extra 139.14 points are Mercedes drivers' points from 1954 to 1955, before the World Constructors' Championship was established in 1958.
  2. The 1998 Constructors' Championship was achieved by engines built by Ilmor.
  3. The 1998 and 1999 Drivers' Championships were achieved by engines built by Ilmor.
  4. 44 of these wins were achieved by engines built by Ilmor.
  5. The extra 139.14 points are Mercedes-powered drivers' points from 1954 to 1955, before the World Constructors' Championship was established in 1958.
  6. Individual driver numbers were not allocated at the time, as numbers differed by event.
  7. The Constructors' Championship was not awarded until the 1958 season.

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Achievements
Preceded by
Red Bull Racing		 Formula One Constructors' Champion
2014–2015–2016–2017–2018–2019		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
Awards
Preceded by
Daniel Ricciardo		 Lorenzo Bandini Trophy
2015		 Succeeded by
Max Verstappen

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