Mercedes sit joint third among Formula 1's most successful constructors after clinching the 2026 teams' title at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix, according to a review published by Formula 1's official website. The result left them level with Williams on nine championships.
The top of the table
Ferrari lead with 16 titles, a total the report links to the team having competed since the championship began in 1950. Its most recent came with Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa, and the report calls it the 16th. McLaren are second with 10, the first of which arrived in 1974. They won again in 2024 and defended the crown in 2025, when Lando Norris took the drivers' title.
Williams and Mercedes share third place on nine. Williams' last championship came in 1997. Lotus follow with seven, while Red Bull have six.
Mercedes' route to nine
The report says Mercedes won the 1955 drivers' title with Juan Manuel Fangio and then stayed away from the sport for over five decades. The team came back by taking over Brawn's outfit for 2010. Once power unit regulations were overhauled, it won eight constructors' titles between 2014 and 2021.
After that, Verstappen and Red Bull took control, according to Formula 1. Mercedes returned to the front after another rules change at the start of 2026. In Mexico City, the report notes, Kimi Antonelli set a record as the youngest world champion the sport has seen, and Mercedes followed a week later in Sao Paulo. It says the team needed only a handful more points than Ferrari to take the teams' crown in Brazil.
Teams with one or two titles
According to the report, 15 different teams have taken the Constructors' Championship since its 1958 debut. Six of them won it a single time: Vanwall, BRM, Matra, Tyrrell, Benetton and Brawn GP. Brawn GP won in 2009 before becoming Mercedes the following year.
Three teams have won exactly two titles, each in consecutive seasons: Cooper, Brabham and Renault. Renault's came in 2005 and 2006 with Fernando Alonso, and the team is now known as Alpine.
