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Formula 1 Team Power Rankings after 2019 Australian Grand Prix

By Asher Fair

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 17: Valtteri Bottas driving the (77) Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team Mercedes W10 leads Lewis Hamilton of Great Britain driving the (44) Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team Mercedes W10 and the rest of the field at the start during the F1 Grand Prix of Australia at Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit on March 17, 2019 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Charles Coates/Getty Images)
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 17: Valtteri Bottas driving the (77) Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team Mercedes W10 leads Lewis Hamilton of Great Britain driving the (44) Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team Mercedes W10 and the rest of the field at the start during the F1 Grand Prix of Australia at Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit on March 17, 2019 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Charles Coates/Getty Images) /
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The 2019 Formula 1 season opener is in the books. With the 21-race season still in its opening stages, how do the sport’s 10 teams rank against one another?

Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport have finished each of the five Formula 1 seasons that have been completed since the start of the V6 turbo hybrid era in the 2014 season with the highest win total among the sport’s teams.

However, none of their drivers had won a season opener since Nico Rosberg won the 2016 Australian Grand Prix. Valtteri Bottas changed that by winning this year’s Australian Grand Prix.

Bottas’s victory in the 58-lap race around the 16-turn, 3.296-mile (5.304-kilometer) Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit road course in Albert Park, Melbourne, Australia also marks the first time since Rosberg won the 2016 Australian Grand Prix that a driver other than Lewis Hamilton has been responsible for earning the first victory of the season for the Brackley-based team.

Hamilton won the 2017 season’s second race, the Chinese Grand Prix, after Scuderia Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel won the season opener, the Australian Grand Prix.

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Hamilton won the 2018 season’s fourth race, the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, after Vettel won the season’s first two races, the Australian Grand Prix and the Bahrain Grand Prix, and Aston Martin Red Bull Racing’s Daniel Ricciardo won the season’s third race, the Chinese Grand Prix.

Since Bottas arrived at the Silver Arrows before the 2017 season, Hamilton has earned a total of 21 victories. Bottas’s 2019 season-opening victory was only his fourth driving for the team, and it was his first since he won the 2017 season finale, the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

How did Mercedes’ first season-opening victory in the last three seasons and the rest of the action in the Australian Grand Prix 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 2019 season opener.

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)]
1st – Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport, Mercedes – [N/A (N/A)]
2nd – Aston Martin Red Bull Racing, Honda – [N/A (N/A)]
3rd – Scuderia Ferrari, Ferrari – [N/A (N/A)]
4th – Rich Energy Haas, Ferrari – [N/A (N/A)]
5th – Renault, Renault – [N/A (N/A)]
6th – Alfa Romeo Racing, Ferrari – [N/A (N/A)]
7th – SportPesa Racing Point, Mercedes – [N/A (N/A)]
8th – Scuderia Toro Rosso, Honda – [N/A (N/A)]
9th – McLaren, Renault – [N/A (N/A)]
10th – ROKiT Williams Racing, Mercedes – [N/A (N/A)]

Biggest Movers
Up: N/A (N/A)
Down: N/A (N/A)

NOTE: The “trend” column of these non-formulated Formula 1 Team Power Rankings reflects team movement since the preseason Formula 1 Team Power Rankings, which you can see here.

Non-formulated Formula 1 Team Power Rankings

Rank – Team, Manufacturer – [Last Rank (Trend)]
1st – Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport, Mercedes – [1st (0)]
2nd – Aston Martin Red Bull Racing, Honda – [3rd (+1)]
3rd – Scuderia Ferrari, Ferrari – [2nd (-1)]
4th – Rich Energy Haas, Mercedes – [5th (+1)]
5th – Renault, Renault – [4th (-1)]
6th – Alfa Romeo Racing, Ferrari – [8th (+2)]
7th – SportPesa Racing Point, Ferrari – [6th (-1)]
8th – Scuderia Toro Rosso, Honda – [9th (+1)]
9th – McLaren, Renault – [7th (-2)]
10th – ROKiT Williams Racing, Mercedes – [10th (0)]

Biggest Movers
Up: Alfa Romeo Racing (+2)
Down: McLaren (-2)

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The Bahrain Grand Prix is the next race on the 2019 Formula 1 schedule. This race, which is the second race of the season, is set to be broadcast live on ESPN2 from Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain beginning at 11:05 a.m. ET on Sunday, March 31, so be sure not to miss it.

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