Some of these cars won almost every race they started; others lost titles they arguably deserved, and raw pace rarely tells the whole story.
1Mercedes W11The black-liveried 2020 Mercedes with DAS steering, often called the fastest F1 car ever built.1000pts
2Red Bull RB19The 2023 Red Bull that won 21 of 22 Grands Prix, the highest win rate in F1 history.932pts
3Ferrari F1-75Ferrari's 2022 ground-effect car that won two of the first three races and took 12 poles.660pts
4Red Bull RB18Red Bull's first ground-effect car, which won 17 of 22 races in 2022.660pts
5Ferrari SF70HThe 2017 Ferrari that led the championship into the summer and won five races with Sebastian Vettel.563pts
6Red Bull RB20The 2024 Red Bull that started the year dominant and carried Verstappen to his fourth title.553pts
7Red Bull RB16BThe 2021 Red Bull-Honda that took Max Verstappen to his first world championship.488pts
8Mercedes W09The 2018 Mercedes that held off Ferrari's strongest challenge of the era to win both titles.413pts
9Mercedes W12The 2021 Mercedes that secured an eighth straight constructors' title in a season-long fight with Red Bull.325pts
10Ferrari SF71HThe 2018 Ferrari with a potent power unit that pushed Mercedes harder than any rival car of the decade.325pts
11Mercedes W06The 2015 Mercedes that took 16 wins and carried Lewis Hamilton to his third world title.325pts
12McLaren MCL38The papaya 2024 McLaren that rose from midfield to give the team its first constructors' title since 1998.325pts
13Mercedes W10The 2019 Mercedes that opened with five straight one-two finishes and won 15 races.325pts
14Mercedes W08The longer-wheelbase 2017 Mercedes, nicknamed the diva, that beat Ferrari under the new wider-car rules.222pts
15Mercedes W07The 2016 Mercedes that won 19 of 21 races as Nico Rosberg edged Hamilton for the championship.222pts
16Mercedes W05Mercedes' first turbo-hybrid car, which won 16 of 19 races in 2014 and set the tone for the era.0pts
17Ferrari SF90The 2019 Ferrari with a straight-line speed advantage that took nine pole positions and three wins.0pts
18McLaren MCL39The 2025 McLaren that dominated the constructors' race and won the drivers' title with Lando Norris.0pts
Photo credits
- Mercedes W11 — Original: Eustace Bagge / Derivative work: Danyele, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Red Bull RB19 — Lukas Raich, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Ferrari F1-75 — Wastrick, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Red Bull RB18 — Lukas Raich, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Ferrari SF70H — Morio, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Red Bull RB20 — Liauzh, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Red Bull RB16B — Lukas Raich, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Mercedes W09 — Lukas Raich, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Mercedes W12 — Lukas Raich, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Ferrari SF71H — Lukas Raich, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Mercedes W06 — Morio, CC BY-SA 4.0
- McLaren MCL38 — Steffen Prößdorf, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Mercedes W10 — Lukas Raich, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Mercedes W08 — Morio, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Mercedes W07 — Morio, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Mercedes W05 — nhayashida, CC BY 2.0
- Ferrari SF90 — Lukas Raich, CC BY-SA 4.0
- McLaren MCL39 — Lukas Raich, CC BY-SA 4.0
