Formula 1 Team Power Rankings after 2018 Russian Grand Prix
By Asher Fair
With just five races remaining on the 21-race 2018 Formula 1 schedule, how do the sport’s 10 teams rank against one another?
Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport’s Lewis Hamilton delivered Mercedes their eighth victory of the 21-race 2018 Formula 1 season in the season’s 16th race, the Russian Grand Prix.
Hamilton’s win came as a result of team orders, which forced teammate Valtteri Bottas to relinquish his position to the four-time Formula 1 champion before going on to finish the race in second place.
That said, even if team orders would not have been utilized, Mercedes still would have walked away from the 53-lap race around the 53-lap race around the 18-turn, 3.634-mile (5.848-kilometer) Sochi Autodrom road course in Sochi, Krasnodar Krai, Russia victorious because Bottas finished in second.
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All eight of Mercedes’ victories this season belong to Hamilton, just as all five victories earned by Scuderia Ferrari, the next closest team to the Silver Arrows on the wins list this season, belong to fellow four-time Formula 1 champion Sebastian Vettel.
Aston Martin Red Bull Racing teammates Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen are still the only teammates who have both won at least one race this season. Of the three victories earned by Red Bull Racing, the only other team aside of Mercedes or Ferrari that have won a race since the 2013 season, so far this season, two were earned by Ricciardo and one was earned by Verstappen.
How did Mercedes’ eighth victory of the season affect the Formula 1 Team Power Rankings? Here are the formulated Formula 1 Team Power Rankings and the non-formulated Formula 1 Team Power Rankings following the Russian Grand Prix.
To see how the formulated Formula 1 Team Power Rankings are calculated, click here.
Formulated Formula 1 Team Power Rankings
| Rank | Team | Manufacturer | Last Rank | Trend |
| 1 | Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport | Mercedes | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | Aston Martin Red Bull Racing | Renault | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | Racing Point Force India | Mercedes | 5 | +1 |
| 5 | Renault Sport | Renault | 4 | -1 |
| 6 | Haas | Ferrari | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | McLaren | Renault | 7 | 0 |
| 8 | Alfa Romeo Sauber | Ferrari | 9 | +1 |
| 9 | Scuderia Toro Rosso | Honda | 8 | -1 |
| 10 | Williams Martini Racing | Mercedes | 10 | 0 |
Biggest Movers
Up: Racing Point Force India, Alfa Romeo Sauber (+1)
Down: Renault Sport, Scuderia Toro Rosso (-1)
Non-formulated Formula 1 Team Power Rankings
| Rank | Team | Manufacturer | Last Rank | Trend |
| 1 | Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport | Mercedes | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | Aston Martin Red Bull Racing | Renault | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | Racing Point Force India | Mercedes | 5 | +1 |
| 5 | Haas | Ferrari | 6 | +1 |
| 6 | Renault Sport | Renault | 4 | -2 |
| 7 | McLaren | Renault | 7 | 0 |
| 8 | Alfa Romeo Sauber | Ferrari | 9 | +1 |
| 9 | Scuderia Toro Rosso | Honda | 8 | -1 |
| 10 | Williams Martini Racing | Mercedes | 10 | 0 |
Biggest Movers
Up: Racing Point Force India, Haas, Alfa Romeo Sauber (+1)
Down: Renault Sport (-2)
Formulated rankings predictions for after next race
The calculation used to calculate the formulated Formula 1 Team Power Rankings predicts that after this weekend’s race at Suzuka Circuit, the Japanese Grand Prix, here is how the formulated set of rankings will look.
Formulated Rankings Predictions
1st – Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport (-)
2nd – Scuderia Ferrari (-)
3rd – Aston Martin Red Bull Racing (-)
4th – Racing Point Force India (-)
5th – Renault Sport (-)
6th – Haas (-)
7th – McLaren (-)
8th – Scuderia Toro Rosso (+1)
9th – Alfa Romeo Sauber (-1)
10th – Williams Martini Racing (-)
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Suzuka Circuit is set to host the Japanese Grand Prix, which is the next race on the 2018 Formula 1 schedule. That race is scheduled to take place on Sunday, October 7, and it is set to be broadcast live on ESPN2 beginning at 1:10 a.m. ET.