Which F1 team has the most 1-2s ever? Ferrari to McLaren and more

F1 is currently going through a period of domination as Red Bull cruised towards the 2022 and 2023 championships and look set to do the same in 2024. 

This has seen the team and its star driver Max Verstappen set many records in the process like most victories in a season, most consecutive wins and most championship points in a campaign.  

But it is not the first time F1 has had one team dominating. 

Mercedes won a record-breaking eight consecutive constructors’ championships from 2014 to 2021, Ferrari won six straight from 1999 to 2004, while McLaren and Williams dominated across the 1980s and 1990s. 

As a result, many 1-2s were claimed by the dominant outfit although on occasion, a midfield constructor might claim a shock 1-2 like Jordan did at the 1998 Belgian Grand Prix. 

So, who are the five F1 teams with the most 1-2s in history?  

F1 teams with the most 1-2s in history  

Ferrari – 85

Ferrari has the most 1-2s in F1 history, although that comes as no surprise given it is the oldest constructor on the current grid. The Italian squad is the only team to have driven in every F1 season since its inaugural year in 1950 and during that time the factory Ferrari outfit has claimed an impressive 85 1-2s. 

Its first came at the 1951 Italian GP when Alberto Ascari led Jose Froilan Gonzalez across the finish line with everybody else at least a lap down. The following season was dominant as Ascari claimed his maiden world championship while Ferrari finished 1-2 in five of eight races.  

Ferrari was clearly the team to beat in the 1950s, represented by its 17 1-2s that decade, but it claimed just five the following decade despite winning two championships in the 1960s. Its winning form continued into the 1970s but a slump came the following decade as 1983 was Ferrari’s final title for 16 years. 

However, once that drought ended, the Scuderia started achieving unprecedented success. From 1999 to 2004,…