Goodbye to the largest duopoly in the history of F1. It has lasted fifteen years, and its fall will change the World Cup forever

The 2024 Formula 1 season is going to be historic. In a way they all are, but specifically this one aims to be one of the most remembered because it is the one that will end with one of the most overwhelming domains that are remembered. Fifteen years later, Someone other than Red Bull or Mercedes is going to win a Formula 1 world championship.

After the Brazilian Grand Prix it seems that it became clear, despite the victory, that Red Bull’s chances of winning this constructors’ world championship have slipped away. McLaren and Ferrari will play for the titlebut neither Red Bull nor much less Mercedes, which is trailing in fourth place, will be in the fight.

Fifteen years later, someone other than Mercedes or Red Bull is going to win a world championship

2009. That is the date you have to go back to to find the last time Neither Mercedes nor Red Bull won any Formula 1 World Cup. And it has a certain trick, since the champion of both titles that season was Brawn GP, ​​which was the foundation on which Mercedes rose a few months later.

We have to go back to 2008, when Lewis Hamilton won the drivers’ world championship driving a McLaren while Ferrari took the constructors’ titleto really find the latest data from a world championship not won by Red Bull or Mercedes. Fifteen years of duopoly that have changed much of Formula 1.

Since then, Sebastian Vettel’s four-world championship dominance with Red Bull became linked with the Mercedes dynasty with Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg that lasted eight seasons, to join the three world championships in a row for Max Verstappen with Red Bull. The Dutchman will keep the drivers’ title, but the constructors’ title is almost lost.

After the Brazilian Grand Prix, it seems that McLaren and Ferrari are left alone in the fight for the brands title. Sergio Pérez’s terrible results have destroyed all Red Bull’s options, which are already 49 points away, while Mercedes is off the hook in fourth position after a super irregular season.

Fifteen years in which Mercedes has gone from not having a constructor’s championship to being tied eight with McLaren in third position, and only one behind Williams. With Red Bull already lurking behind with six involved, one less than the mythical Lotus. Never have two brands extended a duopoly for so long exclusive in the history of Formula 1.

Now, finally, the two most classic constructors of Formula 1, McLaren and Ferrari seem willing to recover their lost territory.