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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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ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – NOVEMBER 26: Lewis Hamilton of Great Britain driving the (44) Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team Mercedes F1 WO8 (Photo by Dan Istitene/Getty Images)
ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – NOVEMBER 26: Lewis Hamilton of Great Britain driving the (44) Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team Mercedes F1 WO8 (Photo by Dan Istitene/Getty Images) /

#1

Mercedes. MERCEDES-AMG PETRONAS MOTORSPORT. #1. Having won the constructors championship in each of the last four seasons, having had the driver who has won the drivers championship in each of the last four seasons, and having not had a driver finish lower than 3rd place in the drivers standings in each of the last four seasons, there is no reason not to believe that Mercedes will, once again, be the team to beat in the 2018 season. Their dominant run atop Formula One will likely continue.. Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport

Conclusion

While things are expected to be tight atop the constructors standings between Mercedes and Ferrari in the 2018 Formula One season, Mercedes should be considered the #1 team until proven otherwise.

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Mercedes have won the last four constructors championships and their drivers have combined to win the last four drivers championships.

Meanwhile, Ferrari haven’t won a constructors championship since the 2007 season and a Ferrari driver hasn’t won the drivers championship since the 2008 season.

Red Bull Racing are also expected to improve in the 2018 season. In fact, they have had more recent success than Ferrari have, as they won the constructors championship four years in a row from 2010 and 2013 and Sebastian Vettel, who now drives for Ferrari, won the drivers championship for the team in each of those three seasons. But will they overtake Mercedes in 2018?

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Which team will end up on top of the 2018 Formula One constructors standings? Will Mercedes win it again for the fifth straight season, or will a team such as Ferrari or Red Bull Racing win the title for the first time in several years? The season is set to begin on Sunday, March 25th with the Australian Grand Prix.

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