Back then, the constructors’ championship was known as the International Cup for F1 Manufacturers, and it’s adopted a number of names in the years since.
The rules have evolved a great deal too: until 1980 only the best-placed car would contribute points to the constructors’ standings, with various rules about counting a team’s best results over the course of a season.
But which F1 teams have racked up the most constructors’ titles? And how many drivers’ titles have they amassed in the process?
1. Ferrari – 16 Constructors’ titles, 15 Driver titles
Constructors’ wins: 1961, 1964, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008
Drivers’ wins: 1952, 1953, 1956, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1975, 1977, 1979, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007
Ferrari is by far the most successful F1 team in history, becoming the first to celebrate its 1,000th race at the Tuscan Grand Prix in 2020. It won its first constructors’ title in 1961 with Phil Hill, Richie Ginther and Wolfgang von Trips leading its line-up, although the German driver was killed at the penultimate race having led the drivers’ standings going into the Italian Grand Prix at Monza. Controversially the race wasn’t stopped after the accident, allowing Hill to take the chequered flag and the title by a single point.
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Ferrari won again in 1964, fending off BRM as John Surtees secured his sole drivers’ title. It picked up four more constructors’ wins in the 1970s, most notably with Niki Lauda leading the team alongside Clay Regazzoni and, later, Carlos Reutemann. Jody Scheckter and Gilles Villeneuve took Ferrari to the title in 1979, with the pair finishing first and second in the drivers’ standings that year.
Two more constructors’ titles followed in 1982 and 1983, although the team missed out on the drivers’ championship on both occasions. 16 years would pass before Ferrari won the constructors’ championship once more,…
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