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Ranking the 2026 F1 teams after pre-season testing
F1 2026 will soon begin and everyone’s desperate to know who will flop and who’ll be on top.
We’ve spent hours watching trackside, speaking to team insiders and drivers, trading information in the paddock and analysing data to try to bring you those answers.
This is not a prediction for the season opener, let alone 2026 as a whole – but an assessment of where the teams stand after three weeks of testing.
So with that said, here’s our ranking of all 11 F1 teams from worst to best.
00:00 How we decide our order
00:33 Number 11
01:21 Number 10
02:07 Number 9
02:57 Number 8
03:55 Number 7
04:50 Number 6
05:55 Number 5
06:41 Number 4
07:22 Number 3
08:06 Number 2
09:01 Number 1
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