McLaren is currently on top with 640 points, leaving it 21 points ahead of its Italian rivals while last weekend’s Qatar Grand Prix saw reigning champions Red Bull eliminated from contention.
It would also be quite a shock given the year started with Red Bull as the dominant force looking likely to claim a third title on the bounce.
Red Bull won seven of the opening 10 grands prix but were then out developed by its rivals mid-season leaving McLaren and Ferrari with the strongest cars.
This is the 67th constructors’ championship having started in 1958, eight years after the series commenced, as F1 wanted to recognise those who build and design the cars.
So here is all to know about the F1 constructors’ championship.
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Michael Schumacher, Ferrari F2004, celebrates victory as he crosses the finish line and takes the chequered flag, to the delight of the team who wave Italian flags.
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The Scuderia took its first crown in 1961, a year that was dominated by Ferrari as it won five of eight grands prix meaning it clinched the title with three rounds remaining. Lotus finished runner-up winning the other three races, but nothing was a match for the 156 that year as Phil Hill won the drivers’ championship taking two of Ferrari’s victories.
Ferrari won another constructors’ title in the 1960s, but 1964 was much more closely fought as it claimed the crown on the final day pipping British rivals BRM and Lotus.
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