The top 10 driver/team combination wins in F1 history
F1.com looks at the most successful driver and team combinations in the history of the sport.
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Max Verstappen's victory in the Singapore Grand Prix last weekend was not only his first win at the venue, but also ensured the four-time World Champion moved a step closer to another record.
It was the Dutchman's 73rd victory for Red Bull since he joined the team during the 2016 season, moving him up to second on the list of the most successful driver/team combinations.
But who has more wins with a single team than Verstappen, and who else makes the top 10?
10. Damon Hill/Williams – 21 wins
Following in the footsteps of his father and two-time World Champion, Graham, Damon Hill made his F1 debut with Brabham in 1992, while also acting as test and reserve driver for Williams.
Given a race seat for the 1993 season alongside champion-elect Alain Prost, Hill's maiden win came at the Hungarian Grand Prix after losing likely victories in the previous British and German races due to an engine failure and puncture respectively.
He continued his winning ways, securing a hat-trick of success in Belgium and Italy, and with the death of new team mate Ayrton Senna in the San Marino Grand Prix the following season, proved to be Michael Schumacher's biggest threat for the 1994 title.
Although 10 victories came across the 1994 and 1995 campaigns, it took until the 1996 season for Hill to claim the ultimate prize, clinching the title at the Japanese Grand Prix in what was his final victory for Williams as he left the team.

9. Nico Rosberg/Mercedes – 23 wins
Like Hill, Nico Rosberg also followed in the footsteps of his father and 1982 World Champion, Keke, and made his debut with Williams at the 2006 Bahrain Grand Prix.
Four seasons yielded only two podiums, and for 2010 Rosberg jumped to Mercedes as the Silver Arrows made their return to F1 as a constructor for the first time since 1955.
Rosberg's breakthrough victory came at the 2012 Chinese Grand Prix, before he secured the first of three wins at the Monaco Grand Prix the following season.
With Mercedes the dominant force in F1 under the new-for-2014 regulations, a plethora of wins followed for Rosberg over the next three seasons as he battled team mate Lewis Hamilton for the title.
Nine victories in 2016, including his final F1 win at the Japanese Grand Prix, ensured Rosberg of the title before the German made a shock decision to retire from the sport.

8. Jim Clark/Lotus – 25 wins
Jim Clark spent his entire F1 career driving Colin Chapman's Lotus cars from 1960 until his death in a Formula 2 race at Hockenheim in 1968.
Considered the best driver of his generation and an all-time great in the sport, Clark dominated grand prix racing at the wheel of Chapman's rapid but often fragile machines, usually either winning the race or retiring.
The Scot's first victory came at the 1962 Belgium Grand Prix – a race he won on four consecutive occasions – as two more wins put him on the cusp of the title, only for an oil leak to deny him at the final round in South Africa.
There was no stopping Clark in 1963, as seven wins from 10 races secured a maiden title, a feat he repeated in 1965 with six more victories, as another oil leak denied him a hat-trick of titles on the final lap in the 1964 decider.
Clark's talent ensured he secured at least one F1 victory across seven seasons, as well as the 1965 Indianapolis 500, with his final win coming at the 1968 season-opener in South Africa, just three months before losing his life.

7. Nigel Mansell/Williams – 28 wins
Nigel Mansell amassed 28 wins for Williams across three different spells with the team, ensuring the Briton still holds the most victories for the Grove-based outfit.
After five seasons with Lotus which yielded podiums but no wins – most memorably hitting the barrier at Monaco in 1984 when leading in the rain – Mansell jumped to Williams for 1985 where the breakthrough finally came at the European Grand Prix, held in front of his home fans at Brands Hatch.
Another win immediately followed in South Africa next time out, setting Mansell up to challenge for the 1986 title up until the final round in Adelaide, before a spectacular puncture ended his chances after a season with five wins.
Mansell went even better the following season with six victories, but a heavy crash in Qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix left him out of the race and ended his chances.
A barren 1988 season meant Mansell moved to Ferrari for two seasons (securing three wins which were the only times he never won with a Williams), before moving back to Williams for 1991.
After pushing Senna close for the title, all the stars finally aligned for Mansell in 1992 as he secured the title with nine victories to his name, including a third and final win at Silverstone, before focusing on racing in America.
Senna's death prompted a part-time return to Williams at several points in 1994, with Mansell securing his final victory in his final race for the team at the season-ending Australian Grand Prix.

6. Alain Prost/McLaren – 30 wins
Alain Prost began his career with McLaren in 1980, but it was with Renault over the following three seasons where he secured his maiden F1 victory and first challenged for the title.
A return to McLaren in 1984 yielded his first win for the team at the season-opener in Brazil, before six further wins brought him to within just half a point of the title, which ultimately went to team mate Niki Lauda.
Back-to-back titles followed as Prost racked up nine wins across the two campaigns, and more top step appearances came in 1987 and 1988 despite not winning the title. The latter season was his first alongside Senna, the duo sharing 15 wins from 16 races (seven for Prost).
The Frenchman claimed his third and final title for McLaren the following season as he and Senna collided together in Japan, with Prost's last win for the team coming at the Italian Grand Prix.
Further wins came with Ferrari and Williams, the latter team where he secured his fourth and final title before retiring at the end of 1993.

5. Ayrton Senna/McLaren – 35 wins
Ayrton Senna is synonymous with McLaren, claiming all three of his titles with the team and 35 of his 41 F1 victories, which still remains the record for the Woking-based squad.
After three seasons and six wins with Lotus, Senna joined McLaren for the 1988 season, taking the first of eight victories at the San Marino Grand Prix en route to his maiden F1 title.
Although six more wins followed the following season, unreliability and a clash with Prost in Japan meant he fell short of back-to-back crowns.
Another collision between himself and Prost the following season in Japan, with the Frenchman now at Ferrari, handed the title in favour of Senna, who had taken six wins during the campaign, before a third and final title came in 1991, which included a first win in front of his home fans in Brazil.
A second win would come in Sao Paulo in 1993, as well as six wins on the streets of Monte Carlo which still stands as a record, as Senna and McLaren ultimately failed to match the dominance of Williams.
Senna's final victory both for McLaren and in F1 came at the 1993 Australian Grand Prix where he was joined on the podium by Prost, whom he replaced at Williams the following season before losing his life after just three races with the team at the San Marino Grand Prix.

4. Sebastian Vettel/Red Bull – 38 wins
After securing a maiden F1 victory against all the odds for midfield team Toro Rosso during a wet 2008 Italian Grand Prix, it was only logical that Sebastian Vettel would be drafted into the senior Red Bull squad for the 2009 season.
In even more torrid conditions, the young German secured Red Bull's first victory as the team also took a 1-2 during the Chinese Grand Prix, before Vettel racked up three further victories as he and the team found their feet.
The 2010 season witnessed one of the closest title battles in F1 history, with Vettel an outside bet for the accolade after four victories that year, but another win in the Abu Dhabi decider and other results gifted him a first unexpected title.
Armed with Adrian Newey's creations that tended to be one step ahead of the opposition, Vettel and Red Bull became an unstoppable force as they secured four titles in succession, with the German amassing 38 wins with the team.
His final victory came at the 2013 Brazilian Grand Prix, but after a winless 2014 campaign, Vettel moved to Ferrari where 14 more wins beckoned.

3. Michael Schumacher/Ferrari – 72 wins
After back-to-back titles with Benetton in 1994 and 1995, Michael Schumacher went in search of a greater challenge and moved to Ferrari, which had yet to win a drivers' title since 1979.
Despite being no match for that year's Williams, it didn't take long for Schumacher's talent to shine through as he won his first race for the Scuderia on just his seventh start, in monsoon conditions at the Spanish Grand Prix.
Two further victories followed before a title tilt in 1997 ended with Schumacher disqualified from the points standings after a clash with Jaques Villeneuve in the final race, although the German kept his five victories.
Further victories came over the following two seasons, but it took until the 2000 campaign for Schumacher to claim his third title and first with Ferrari after a season with nine wins.
It started a run of five drivers' titles on the bounce as Schumacher and Ferrari became the dominant force in F1, only ending in 2005 as new regulations were introduced.
After finding their winning form again in 2006, Schumacher challenged Fernando Alonso for the title and took his final victory for Ferrari and in F1 during a wet 2006 Chinese Grand Prix.
Having missed out on the title and entering retirement at the end of the season, Schumacher returned in 2010 for three seasons with Mercedes, which produced just a single podium.

2. Max Verstappen/Red Bull – 73 wins
Max Verstappen moved another step closer to another record last weekend as he jumped up to second in this list, having finally won on the streets of Singapore.
All of the Dutchman's 73 wins have come with Red Bull, having claimed his first win for the team on his debut at the 2016 Spanish Grand Prix, becoming the youngest F1 race winner at the age of just 18 in the process.
Further sporadic victories came over the following seasons, but it wasn't until 2021 when Red Bull had a car capable of matching Mercedes and Lewis Hamilton. Verstappen claimed 10 victories in one of the all-time great F1 seasons as he and Hamilton went head-to-head, with the Red Bull driver eventually coming out on top.
Three further titles beckoned, including a 2023 campaign which produced a record 19 wins from 22 races, before just missing out on the 2025 title by just two points after a late fightback which included six wins in the final nine races.
Despite having to wait until the Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia to secure his first win of the 2026 campaign, a second dominant victory followed last weekend in Singapore as Verstappen and Red Bull look like hitting their stride once again.

1. Lewis Hamilton/Mercedes – 84 wins
When Lewis Hamilton announced he would leave McLaren for Mercedes, many were skeptical that such a career move would prove successful as the German manufacturer struggled to find its feet in F1.
But over a 12-year period that began in 2013, Hamilton and Mercedes proved to be the most successful partnership in F1 history, amassing 84 wins and six drivers' titles together.
Hamilton's first win with the team came in his maiden season at the Hungarian Grand Prix, before embarking on a run of six titles between 2014-2020 that was only broken by team mate Nico Rosberg's success in 2016.
Eight wins came in the 2021 season as Hamilton ultimately lost out to Verstappen, before two seasons where the seven-time World Champion went winless.
There was some final success in their final season together, Hamilton claiming a record ninth win in the British Grand Prix, before his final Mercedes win came at the Belgian Grand Prix after on-the-road winner and team mate George Russell was disqualified post-race.
After another surprise move, this time to Ferrari, Hamilton finally secured his first Grand Prix win for the Scuderia in Barcelona earlier this season.

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