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Formula One: 2018 preseason team power rankings

By Asher Fair

MONTREAL, QC - JUNE 11: Lewis Hamilton of Great Britain driving the (44) Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team Mercedes F1 WO8 leads Max Verstappen of Netherlands and Red Bull Racing and the rest of the field before the restart during the Canadian Formula One Grand Prix at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on June 11, 2017 in Montreal, Canada. (Photo by Dan Istitene/Getty Images)
MONTREAL, QC - JUNE 11: Lewis Hamilton of Great Britain driving the (44) Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team Mercedes F1 WO8 leads Max Verstappen of Netherlands and Red Bull Racing and the rest of the field before the restart during the Canadian Formula One Grand Prix at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on June 11, 2017 in Montreal, Canada. (Photo by Dan Istitene/Getty Images) /
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MEXICO CITY, MEXICO – OCTOBER 29: Romain Grosjean of France driving the (8) Haas F1 Team Haas-Ferrari VF-17 Ferrari (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images)
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO – OCTOBER 29: Romain Grosjean of France driving the (8) Haas F1 Team Haas-Ferrari VF-17 Ferrari (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images) /

#10 through #8

Ferrari. ALFA ROMEO SAUBER. #10. After struggling mightily in recent years, Sauber look like they may be on track to make some big improvements for the 2018 season. However, given how slow they have been, that really is not saying a whole lot, and it may not be enough to get them off of the bottom when it comes to these rankings. It is hard to see them establishing themselves as better than any of the other nine teams throughout the season.. Alfa Romeo Sauber

Toro Rosso’s 2018 driver lineup is the same as it was to end the 2017 season. However, their two drivers, Pierre Gasly and Brendon Hartley, only have nine career starts combined, and all of those starts came at the end of last season. In those nine combined starts, neither of those two drivers scored a single point. With the team switching from Renault engines to Honda engines, which have been extremely unreliable in recent years, the 2018 season may be even tougher for them to secure solid results.. Scuderia Toro Rosso. Honda. SCUDERIA TORO ROSSO. #9

Ferrari. HAAS . #8. Since entering Formula One in the 2016 season, Haas have only even finished in 8th place in the constructors championship. Even after a solid improvement to their point total in the 2017 season as a result of the fact that their two drivers combined for 13 top 10 finishes as opposed to five like in 2016, they still finished in 8th. Don’t expect anything different from them this season even if they improve slightly, especially with other teams looking like they will improve more so than Haas will.. Haas

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