Who won overall F1 2021?
Max Verstappen (pictured in 2017) won his first World Championship (and the first for a Dutch driver), driving for Red Bull Racing-Honda. Lewis Hamilton (pictured in 2017), the defending champion, finished runner-up by 8 points driving for Mercedes. In the following season-ending and title-deciding round in Abu Dhabi, Hamilton was leading and on course to claim a record eighth world crown before Verstappen overtook him on the final lap after an incorrect handling of the Safety Car restart procedure by then-race director Michael Masi, in a highly-controversial .
Who is the most successful F1 team?
Since then, Ferrari have established themselves as the most successful team in terms of championship wins, collecting 16 Teams’ titles over the decades. Williams and McLaren are next on the list with nine crowns each, followed by Mercedes on eight. Teams also benefited, with Ferrari leading earnings and McLaren seeing the most significant growth. Formula 1’s meteoric rise in global popularity continues to translate into financial success, as reflected in its latest earnings report.