10. Williams FW15C
Years Used: 1993
Wins: 10
Championships: 1993
Drivers' & Constructors'
The Williams FW15C was the car Williams used to compete the
1993 season with and is one of the most technologically advanced Formula 1 cars
of all time. The team signed Alain Prost after he had sat out the previous
season to be its lead driver for the year and put Damon Hill in the other car
for his first full Formula 1 season. The car was by far the fastest car on the
grid for the year and showed it right at the start as Prost took pole and
victory at the season opening South African Grand Prix. The next race was in
Brazil and Prost was leading again until he spun out in a heavy rainstorm. This
gave the lead to Hill until Ayrton Senna passed him but Hill still came home in
2nd place. At the European Grand Prix the Williams drivers finished 2nd and 3rd
with Hill leading the way. The team locked out the front row at the next two
races while Prost was able to win from pole both times. Prost then won the pole
again in Monaco but he jumped the start and had to serve a penalty that sent
him near the back of the field. Prost was able to recover with a 4th place
finish while Hill was able to come home in 2nd. After this the Williams team
went on a streak in which they won seven consecutive races in which Prost won
the first four and then Hill won the next three to secure his first career
wins. Unfortunately for Williams the driver that did not win tended to run into
problems during the race which cost the team many chances to get both cars on
the podium. After winning seven straight races the team then went winless for
the last three although both Williams cars were on the podium for two of those
races and Prost finished 2nd in all three. Also, the team had secured pole
position for every race of the year until the last race in Australia in which
Senna won the pole. The pace advantage the FW15C had over the competition
helped Prost win his 4th and final championship as he retired after the year
while the Williams team also secured the Constructors' Championship as well.
9. Red Bull RB9
Years Used: 2013
Wins: 13
Championships: 2013 Drivers' & Constructors'
The RB9 was Red Bull's competitor
for the 2013 Formula 1 season which was the last year before the current turbo
era. The car did not start out dominant but by the end of the year was the
class of the field. At the first race of the year lead driver Sebastian Vettel
finished on the podium but only in 3rd while the other Red Bull of Mark Webber
finished in 6th. At the next race in Malaysia the team dominated as Vettel led
home a 1-2 for Red Bull. Neither Red Bull was able to finish on the podium in
the next race in China but Vettel then returned on top for the Bahrain Grand
Prix. The team then had a disappointing Spanish Grand Prix in which neither Red
Bull finished on the podium again and then at Monaco the Red Bull cars finished
in 2nd and 3rd with Vettel leading the way. Vettel then won again at the
Canadian Grand Prix and then at the next race in Britain Vettel looked like he
was going to be winning again until he retired from the lead. Webber was able
to secure a solid result for the team with a 2nd place though. Vettel then won
again in Germany and then at the Hungarian Grand Prix the team was defeated the
Red Bull's only finished in 4rd and 4th position with Vettel ahead. After this
was the summer break and when the teams came back Red Bull was not defeated the
rest of the season as Vettel won all of the nine remaining races. This included
three 1-2 finished for the team and also five races in which both cars finished
on the podium. With this dominant stretch Vettel was able to easily secure his
fourth consecutive Drivers' Championship while the team was able to score its
fourth straight Constructors' Championship.
8. Ferrari F2004
Years Used: 2004-2005
Wins: 15
Championships: 2004 Drivers' & Constructors'
The Ferrari F2004 was designed by
Ferrari to use for the 2004 season and its results did not disappoint. The team
retained a driver lineup of Michael
Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello for the fifth consecutive season. The season
started off great for Ferrari at the first race in Australia as the team took a
1-2 finish led home by Schumacher. This was a start of five straight wins to
open the season for Schumacher and Ferrari which also contained two more 1-2
finishes. The team was finally defeated at the Monaco Grand Prix as Schumacher
retired but Barrichello was still able to bring his Ferrari home to a podium
position in 3rd. After this race the team then finished 1-2 at the next three
races with Schumacher leading the way each time and it was also the start of a stretch
of seven consecutive wins for Schumacher. The team finally did not win again at
the Belgian Grand Prix but Schumacher still finished 2nd with Barrichello in
3rd which meant both cars still finished on the podium. With the 2nd place
finish Schumacher clinched his 7th Drivers' Championship and 5th consecutive
one for Ferrari. At the next race in Italy the team scored another 1-2 finish
but this time it was Barrichello out in front. Barrichello would then repeat
this result at the next race which was the Chinese Grand Prix but Schumacher
had a difficult day and finished out of the points. Schumacher then picked up
one more win at the Japanese Grand Prix as Barrichello retired which was a
record 13 wins in one season for a driver. At the last race in Brazil
Barrichello was the only Ferrari driver on the podium with a 3rd place finish
but it meant that at least one Ferrari finishes on the podium in every race of
the 2004 season. The team's dominant pace throughout the 2004 season also
allowed Ferrari to clinch its sixth consecutive Constructors' Championship.
Ferrari then continued to use the F2004 for the first two races of the 2005
season but the car was not as dominant as it was during the previous season as
they only scored one podium over the two races until being replaced by the 2005
car.
7. Alfa Romeo 158
Years Used: 1950
Wins: 6
Championships: 1950 Drivers'
Alfa Romeo used the 158 for the
1950 season which was the first season in Formula 1 history and it was by far
the class of the field. At the season opening British Grand Prix Giuseppe
Farina took victory followed by Luigi Fagioli in 2nd and Reg Parnell in 3rd
which saw Alfa Romeo sweep the podium. Only one Alfa Romeo finished the next
race at Monaco but it was on top as Juan Manuel Fangio scored his first World
Championship victory. The team then did not take part in the next race which
was the Indianapolis 500 as many of European teams did not enter it. At the
following Swiss Grand Prix when Alfa Romeo entered again the team was back on
top with another 1-2 finish led by Farina followed by Fagioli. The team then
had two cars on the podium again at the Belgian Grand Prix but this time it was
Fangio back on top as Fagioli once again finished in 2nd place. The next race
in France saw the same result again as Fangio led home Fagioli for another 1-2
finish which set up a title decider for the season ending Italian Grand Prix.
with all three Alfa Romeo drivers still having a chance. Fangio retired from
the race after qualifying on pole while Fagioli could only finish in 3rd place.
This left Farina to take the race and the first ever Drivers' Championship. It
also meant that the 158 won every World Championship race that it entered.
6. Mercedes-Benz W196
Years Used: 1954-1955
Wins: 9
Championships: 1954 & 1955 Drivers'
The Mercedes-Benz W196 did not
show up until the 4th race of the 1954 season but when it did it became the
class of the field instantly. The team dominated the race with a 1-2 finish as
Juan Manuel Fangio led the way followed by Karl Kling. The team was not as
strong at the following British Grand Prix as the best Fangio could manage was
4th but Fangio returned to the top as he won the three following races which
also included a podium for Hans Herrmann at the Swiss Grand Prix. The season ended
at the Spanish Grand Prix as Fangio could only manage a 3rd place finish but he
had still managed to clinch his 2nd Drivers' Championship in his career. For
1955 the team returned with the W196 and it was still on top. The season
started in Argentina with Fangio taking another victory for Mercedes. Mercedes
looked like it was going to win again at the next race in Monaco but both
Fangio and Stirling Moss ran into troubles while leading and had to retire. The
team did not enter the next race which was the Indianapolis 500 but after that
it was not defeated again for the rest of the season. This started with a 1-2
finish for the team at the Belgian Grand Prix with Fangio leading Moss home and
the team then replicated the result at the following Dutch Grand Prix. The team
then finished in the first four spots at the British Grand Prix but this time
it was Moss who came home first for his first career victory. The season then
ended at the Italian Grand Prix as Fangio once again took the victory. The
dominating season allowed Fangio to claim his 2nd consecutive Drivers'
Championship but after the season Mercedes pulled out of Formula 1 due to the
tragic accident at the 24 Hours of LeMans earlier that year.
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