According to a new ranking, Ferrari is currently the most valuable Formula 1 racing team—world champion McLaren is “only” in third place, with Haas bringing up the rear.
Although Ferrari has not won a Formula 1 world championship title since 2008, the Scuderia is currently the most valuable Formula 1 team. This was the result of an analysis by Sportico, which evaluated all ten current racing teams in the premier class.
Ferrari tops this ranking with a valuation of $6.4 billion (equivalent to around €5.5 billion), followed by Mercedes with $5.88 billion (€5.1 billion) and world champion McLaren with $4.73 billion (€4.1 billion).
Although Red Bull has been the most successful team in the premier class over the past five years, the Bulls are “only” in fourth place with a valuation of $4.32 billion (€3.7 billion).
The gap to the “midfield teams” in the rankings is similar to that in the real world championship. Aston Martin, for example, is in fifth place with a valuation of $3 billion (€2.6 billion), already more than a billion behind Red Bull.
Close behind are Alpine ($2.14 billion), Williams ($2.08 billion), Racing Bulls ($2.05 billion), Sauber ($1.88 billion), and Haas, which still has a valuation of $1.68 billion despite coming in last. “To determine the enterprise value of the ten teams in Formula 1, Sportico calculated each team’s revenue based on publicly available financial reports from annual reports, Companies House, the UK commercial register, and the Italian business register.”
“In cases where detailed information was not available, we used our own estimates. We conducted interviews with individuals familiar with the teams’ finances, including sports bankers, lawyers, and investors who have dealt with Formula 1 teams, as well as executives or owners of seven teams.“
”This information has been verified by several teams and industry experts,” it says.
