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The factors that could end Mercedes F1 domination in 2020

While Mercedes marched to another Formula 1 title double in 2019, with greater ease than it perhaps expected, closest rivals Ferrari and Red Bull are getting ready to launch fresh challenges in 2020. Here, we assess their chances

Alex Kalinauckas Feb 18, 2020, 2:34 PM

It's been more than six years since a team other than Mercedes won a Formula 1 world championship. Since the introduction of the turbo-hybrid engine regulations, the Silver Arrows has racked up 89 wins with three drivers, 94 poles, 179 podiums, and the headline accomplishment of six title doubles.

But in 2020 there's more than just a chance that things could change. The main thinking behind this theory (which some fans hold as hope for a change, any change) is that because F1's rules are stable going from 2019 into the new campaign, the field will close up.

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Author Alex Kalinauckas

Alex Kalinauckas is Autosport's Grand Prix Editor, covering every Formula 1 race since the start of 2020. After completing a master's degree in journalism at Goldsmiths College University of London in 2014, he worked for a range of motorsport and technology publications while covering national racing as an Autosport freelancer.

A lifelong motorsport fan - no one in his family can explain quite how or why such a development first occurred - Alex joined the Autosport staff in April 2017 as the magazine’s Assistant Editor covering Formula 2 and GP3, before being made Formula E correspondent and Autosport.com’s Plus Editor in March 2018. He lives in north-east London and is constantly frustrated by the Central Line.