ANALYSIS: How have top teams performed so far in 2025 compared to last year?

McLaren is the only one among the top four leading outfits that has collected more points than in the same period of last season. F1Technical's senior writer Balazs Szabo analyses top teams' performances so far in 2025.

McLaren ended last season in top form which culminated in their first Constructors' Championship title since 1998. The Woking-based outfit then managed to carry over this fine form to the current season, establishing themselves as the dominant form.

The British outfit has scored a total of 460 points so far which is 165 points more than what they achieved in the same period in 2025. The team

Ferrari has endured an up-and-down season so far in 2025. Following a strong end to the last season, the Italian team had been expected to fight for the championship titles this year, but it struggled to display strong performance in the opening rounds. To make things even more disappointing, Ferrari's both cars were disqualified at the second race in Shanghai for technical infringement.

However, the Scuderia managed to turn things around as the season progress which saw Charles Leclerc record the team's first podium finish at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. The Monegasque then finished second on home turf in Monaco before securing another pair of third-placed finishes at Barcelona and Spielberg.

The better form saw Ferrari move up the order to take second place in the teams' standings. However, the Maranello-based based team has still scored 80 points less than in the same period of last year.

Mercedes enjoyed a brilliant start to the season. The Brackley-based outfit has scored a total of six podium finishes so far - a victory, one second-placed finish and four third-placed finishes.

However, their performance has slightly faded recently as Andrea Kimi Antonelli retired from both Spielberg and Silverstone, whilst George Russell finished in P5 and P10 in the last two races.

Despite the strong start to the season, Mercedes scored eleven points less than in the same period of the 2024 season.

Red Bull started last season in brilliant form, but their performance faded as the season progress. Although the Milton Keynes-based outfit slightly improved their car for the current season, they find themselves fourth in the teams' standings, 288 points behind McLaren.

Compared to what they have achieved last season, Red Bull have collected 201 points less than in the same period of previous year.