Yahoo Autos The 15 Most Successful Formula 1 Cars of All Time
Formula 1 is a funny sport. While some fans celebrate the heroes in the driving seat for their masterful on-track action, others will argue that they’re only as successful as their last car. And in a year that has seen Red Bull driver Max Verstappen set records, that similar mantra of “it’s all because of his car” is being batted around again.
So, if we focus just on the cars for a second, what is the most successful F1 racer in history? If you look at the wins that teammates racked up in the same car over a year (or two), there have been some pretty dominant machines in Formula 1’s 72-year-history.
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We trawled through the history books, counted up the race wins and compiled a list of the most dominant F1 cars of all time. To do this, we didn’t just look at the number of race wins. Instead, we figured out the percentage of victories taken from the number of races each car entered.
So, sit back, relax and see if you can guess which F1 racer has a 100 percent win record.
Benetton B195
Number of Wins: 11
Percentage of Race Victories: 64.71%
Michael Schumacher won his second world drivers title in the Benetton B195 back in 1995. Schumacher and teammate Johnny Herbert won 11 out of 17 races this year, including three back to back victories in the European, Pacific and Japanese Grands Prix.
Red Bull RB9
Number of Wins: 13
Percentage of Race Victories: 68.42%
Designed by Red Bull ace Adrian Newey, the RB9 was driven by Sebastian Vettel and teammate Mark Webber in the 2013 F1 season. Vettel picked up his fourth consecutive world title in this car, after claiming all of its 13 wins this season.
Mercedes AMG F1 W10 EQ Power+
Number of Wins: 15
Percentage of Race Victories: 71.43%
Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas piloted the Mercedes W10 to the team’s sixth consecutive World Title in 2019. Over the course of the year, the duo picked up 15 wins and nine 1-2 finishes in this formidable racer.
Mercedes-Benz W196
Number of Wins: 9
Percentage of Race Victories: 75%
A few years before Mercedes was dominating with the W10 it was winning race after race in its W196 way back in 1954. The W196 is the first car on our list to race in more than one season of F1, as Mercedes ran it in both 1954 and 1955. With drivers like Juan Manuel Fangio and Stirling Moss at the wheel, it won 75 percent of the races it entered.
Williams FW18
Number of Wins: 12
Percentage of Race Victories: 75%
Another creation from the mind of Adrian Newey, the FW18 dominated the 1996 Formula 1 season. Powered by a 3.0LRenault V10 engine, the FW18 notched up six 1-2 finishes with Damon Hill and Jacques Villeneuve at the wheel.
Ferrari F2004
Number of Wins: 15
Percentage of Race Victories: 75%
Before becoming one of the big bosses at Formula 1, Ross Brawn helped pen some of the most successful race cars in history. Chief among those is the F2004 that helped Michael Schumacher to his seventh and final world championship back in 2004.
Mercedes-AMG F1 W11 EQ Performance
Number of Wins: 13
Percentage of Race Victories: 76.47%
Another car that helped a driver win his seventh title is the W11 from the Mercedes F1 team. In 2020, the W11 burst onto the scene with innovations such as DAS that helped it dominate the season. Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas picked up 13 out of a possible 17 grand prix wins that year.
