Mercedes draws level with Ferrari atop F1 power unit win charts after Kimi Antonelli’s Spanish GP win

Mercedes has added to its Formula 1 power unit victory total with Kimi Antonelli’s win at the 2026 Spanish Grand Prix, pulling the engine manufacturer alongside Ferrari at the top of the most successful list, according to Formula 1’s latest historical look at engine producers over the last 76 years. Ferrari, which has been part of the inaugural 1950 F1 season and has never missed a year, is credited with 251 wins using its own engines. Formula 1 reports that Charles Leclerc celebrated Ferrari’s 250th win at the 2026 British Grand Prix, with the additional victory attributed to Sebastian Vettel’s maiden win with Toro Rosso in 2008, when Toro Rosso was a customer of the Scuderia. The source also notes Ferrari’s first Grand Prix triumph came from Jose Froilan Gonzalez’s win at Silverstone, after he joined the team for five rounds in 1951 and finished on the podium in each.

The same Formula 1 piece attributes Cosworth’s 155 wins to dominance across multiple teams, including a key period where every race won by DFV-powered cars occurred in the 1969 and 1973 seasons, and cites Benetton and McLaren as major beneficiaries in the turbo era. It also credits Renault with 169 wins overall, highlighting Alain Prost’s role in unlocking performance after Jean-Pierre Jabouille’s 1979 French Grand Prix breakthrough, and ending its Renault works era by 1986. Formula 1 further states that Renault left F1 at the end of the 2025 season, with Alpine switching from the French manufacturer to Mercedes under the new-for-2026 regulations.

On the Honda side, the source says Honda delivered 89 victories across four stints, with Esteban Ocon (final Renault win) and Max Verstappen marking key eras for their respective manufacturers, and that Honda’s last win in its original manufacturer period came at the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. After Honda’s 2021 departure, it says Red Bull Powertrains (RBPT) took over the Honda engine IP to the end of 2025 with support “when required,” a move tied to Red Bull’s 2023 win dominance. The review also covers other engine makers, including Coventry Climax’s 40 wins between 1958 and 1965, Porsche-powered TAG McLaren’s 25 victories with Prost and Lauda, BMW’s 2008 Canadian Grand Prix win with Robert Kubica, and BRM’s 18 victories before leaving F1 in 1977.

Written by Vancouver Television Sports Desk