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Williams in retrospect… Where does Red Bull stand in the hierarchy of the biggest teams in F1?
Red Bull is now on Mercedes' heels. © DPPI
For more than a season and a half, Red Bull Racing et Max Verstappen form an unbeatable team. The British team allowed the Dutchman to become the third most successful driver in F1 (56), while the Dutchman largely contributed to writing the most beautiful pages in the history of the structure of Milton Keynes. And there is little reason for this stranglehold to stop anytime soon, when we know that Red Bull and Max Verstappen have won 28 of the last 35 Grands Prix to date...
The three-time reigning world champion may well be the main provider of success in F1 for the team, Sebastian Vettel and his four world champion titles collected between 2010 and 2013 had also allowed the Red Bull to collect a certain number of successes. Two periods of domination which allowed Red Bull to carve out a place among the best teams in the history of the discipline. But to what extent ?
By winning in Abu Dhabi last November, Red Bull ended the season with the 113th victory in its history, just one length behind a historic figure in the discipline, Williams. By winning the first two Grands Prix of the year in Bahrain then in Jeddah, the Milton Keynes team brought its total victories to 115 and officially overtook the team founded by Frank Williams.
The team currently led by Christian Horner is now ranked 4th among the most successful teams in F1, and is only ten lengths behind its great historic rival, Mercedes (125). At this rate, that is to say if Red Bull continues to win all the Grands Prix or almost, the brand with the star could be officially equaled at Silverstone, and even beaten in Hungary.
On the other hand, we will have to wait a few more years before seeing Red Bull play in the league of the very big ones in the company of McLaren and Ferrari. There Team has in fact 243 victories in Formula 1, far ahead of McLaren and its 183 successes. On the other hand, Red Bull can boast of being among the very best when it comes to efficiency. If it (already) teases the greatest teams in the history of F1, the Milton Keynes team has far fewer Grands Prix than most of its competitors, since it joined the championship in 2005.
Thus, only Mercedes has a better ratio of victories per Grand Prix contested (42,37%). With 115 wins in 371 rounds contested, the team led by Horner has a respectable success ratio of 31%, or just over three races out of ten won. It's even better than Ferrari, McLaren and Williams! And at the rate at which the brand with the can is winning a series of victories, we say to ourselves that the ratio is not likely to decrease any time soon!
Jeremy Satis
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