Formula 1 Team Power Rankings after 2019 Azerbaijan Grand Prix
By Asher Fair
How did Mercedes’ fourth consecutive 1-2 finish to open up the 2019 Formula 1 season affect the Formula 1 Team Power Rankings?
After recording three 1-2 finishes in the first three races of the 21-race 2019 Formula 1 season, something that he not been done by any team since Williams pulled it off in the 1992 season, Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport made history by becoming the first team to ever open up a Formula 1 season with four consecutive 1-2 finishes.
Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas won the season’s fourth race, the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, ahead of teammate Lewis Hamilton in second place to allow the Brackley-based team to pull off this historical feat.
Bottas’s victory in the 51-lap race around the 20-turn, 3.73-mile (6.003-kilometer) Baku City Circuit temporary street circuit in Azadliq Square, Baku, Azerbaijan also made the 2019 season the first season since the 2016 season to feature Mercedes winning each of a season’s first four races.
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The Silver Arrows won only two of the first four races on the 2017 schedule, and they won only one of the first four races on the 2018 schedule. In the 2016 season, they went on to win 19 of the 21 races on the schedule. They went on to win 12 races in the 20-race 2017 season and 11 races in the 21-race 2018 season.
How did Mercedes’ fourth consecutive victory to open up the 2019 season and their sixth consecutive victory going back to the 2018 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 their fourth consecutive 1-2 finish to open up the season.
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 – [1st (0)]
2nd – Scuderia Ferrari, Ferrari – [2nd (0)]
3rd – Aston Martin Red Bull Racing, Honda – [3rd (0)]
4th – SportPesa Racing Point, Mercedes – [5th (+1)]
5th – Alfa Romeo Racing, Ferrari – [4th (-1)]
6th – McLaren, Renault – [8th (+2)]
7th – Rich Energy Haas, Ferrari – [7th (0)]
8th – Renault, Renault – [6th (-2)]
9th – Scuderia Toro Rosso, Honda – [9th (0)]
10th – ROKiT Williams Racing, Mercedes – [10th (0)]
Biggest Movers
Up: McLaren (+2)
Down: Renault (-2)
Non-formulated Formula 1 Team Power Rankings
Rank – Team, Manufacturer – [Last Rank (Trend)]
1st – Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport, Mercedes – [1st (0)]
2nd – Scuderia Ferrari, Ferrari – [2nd (0)]
3rd – Aston Martin Red Bull Racing, Honda – [3rd (0)]
4th – SportPesa Racing Point, Mercedes – [6th (+2)]
5th – McLaren, Renault – [9th (+4)]
6th – Alfa Romeo Racing, Ferrari – [5th (-1)]
7th – Renault, Renault – [4th (-3)]
8th – Rich Energy Haas, Ferrari – [8th (0)]
9th – Scuderia Toro Rosso, Honda – [7th (-2)]
10th – ROKiT Williams Racing, Mercedes – [10th (0)]
Biggest Movers
Up: McLaren (+4)
Down: Renault (-3)
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Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Montmelo, Catalonia, Spain is scheduled to host the next Formula 1 race, the Spanish Grand Prix, on Sunday, May 12. This race, which is the fifth race on the 2019 schedule, is set to be broadcast live on ESPN2 beginning at 9:10 a.m. ET.