Team Rankings from 2000 to 2021

Timeline of total proportion of points won by each team

There are very clear eras of team dominance as evident by their continuous World Constructors' Championships victories . The early 2000s are marked by Ferrari dominance, followed by a rivalry with Renault and McLaren. Next came Red Bulls’s dominance from 2005 to 2009. Mercedes entered Formula 1 in 2010. The following year marked the start of their 8-year long winning streak, with Ferrari and Red Bull being relegated to a fight for second place in the constructor standings.

Total percentage of points earned by each team a year

Ferrari, McLaren, Williams

These three teams have a long and respected history in F1, winning multiple Constructors and Driver’s championships. However, they have all seen periods of decline with varying success of rebounding. While Ferrari has consistently been in the fight for a top 3 finish, with the exception of 2020, McLaren and Williams have now been relegated to mid-tier teams.

Team changes

Over the years, teams may get bought over and renamed, or simply rebranded based on a title sponsor or management change. They end up with a rich history of transactions, such as Racing Point, now rebranded as Aston Martin, whose origins lie in Jordan Grand Prix, then Midland F1, Spyker F1 to Force India.

Distribution of points

Since 2017, there is growing spread of points earned by drivers, particularly amongst the backmarkers, reversing the trend early in the decade.

Country Rankings from 2000 to 2021

Timeline of total proportion of points won by each country

If the drivers were competing to represent their countries like in the Olympics, German, British and Finnish drivers will almost always be on the podium as the top 3 performing countries. Brazilian drivers were a constant fixture and strong performers in the 2000s, but no Brazilian is on the grid since veteran driver Felipe Massa retired in 2017. French drivers have been resurgent for the past few seasons. Max Verstappen is the only Dutch driver, but he has accumulated enough points each season for Netherlands to be ranked in the top 3 since 2019. His father, Jos Verstappen, retired as an F1 driver in 2003.

Driver-Team Connections

A visual representation of the complex network of drivers, their nationalities and their racing teams from 2000 to 2021

Radially arranged gray nodes represent a country. Each small white node represent a driver. Lines extend out of these nodes, representing a connection to a country or team(s)

Driver transfers between teams

The most number of transfers is from Alpha Tauri to Red Bull, which is not surprising considering that Alpha Tauri is the sister team of Red Bull. Some teams also share the same engine supplier for certain years and there are frequent driver transfers between them, such as Mercedes and Williams.