The 10 power unit manufacturers with the most wins in F1 history

Ferrari may be the most iconic team in F1 history, with their scarlet liveries and roster of legendary drivers, but Mercedes drew alongside them at the top of the list of the most successful power unit manufacturers with Kimi Antonelli's win at the 2026 Spanish Grand Prix.

From these two motorsport powerhouses to defunct companies like Coventry Climax and BRM, here are the top 10 engine producers with the most Formula 1 wins over the last 76 years…

=1. Ferrari – 251 wins

Ferrari were part of the inaugural F1 season back in 1950 and haven’t missed a year since, enjoying vast success over the decades with drivers like Alberto Ascari, Niki Lauda and Michael Schumacher.

They’ve also managed to net a colossal 251 victories with their own engines in that time – Charles Leclerc celebrated the team’s 250th at the 2026 British Grand Prix, while the extra one came from Sebastian Vettel’s maiden win with Toro Rosso in 2008, when they were a customer of the Scuderia.

Taking it back even further, Ferrari’s very first Grand Prix triumph was thanks to Jose Froilan Gonzalez, otherwise known as the Pampas Bull. He joined the team for five rounds in 1951 and finished on the podium at every one, including taking the win at Silverstone.

=1. Mercedes – 251 wins

Mercedes only competed in two F1 campaigns (1954 and 1955) before taking a hefty sabbatical, returning in part as an engine supplier for Sauber and McLaren in the mid-1990s, with Brawn GP and Racing Point joining their customer list at a later date.

Their original stint produced two Drivers’ Championships for Juan Manuel Fangio, but their modern power unit achievements are largely down to McLaren’s Mika Hakkinen (1998 and 1999 World Champion), Brawn GP’s Jenson Button (2009 World Champion), and of course, Mercedes’ full re-entry to the sport in 2010.

Although they came back to the sport as a constructor with Schumacher and Nico Rosberg, it took two years to win a race, and another two before they clinched their first title.

By that time, Lewis Hamilton had signed for the squad and went on to claim 85 of Mercedes’ total wins while Rosberg, Kimi Antonelli, Valtteri Bottas and George Russell have also contributed to the record.

3. Ford Cosworth – 176 wins

The Cosworth DFV was one of the most dominant engines ever seen in F1, delivering 155 wins across outfits like Team Lotus, Brabham, Tyrrell and Williams. If a squad didn’t make their own engine between the 1960s and 1980s, this was the one they were all desperate to use.

Jim Clark secured its first win at the 1967 Dutch Grand Prix, where he drove from P8 to P1 in the Lotus 49, but a greater indicator of its success was the fact that every single race in the 1969 and 1973 seasons was won by a DFV-powered car.

The shift into the turbo era forced Ford Cosworth to evolve, with later variants of the engine clinching an additional 21 wins. These were predominantly achieved by Benetton and McLaren, but Giancarlo Fisichella holds the honour of netting the final victory at the 2003 Brazilian Grand Prix with Jordan.

4. Renault – 169 wins

You can’t speak of turbocharged engines without mentioning Renault. They were the first to regularly use the invention, and after two seasons of agonisingly poor reliability – it took 14 races to log their first finish – 1979 produced the breakthrough they needed.

Jean-Pierre Jabouille, who had patiently endured every retirement to that point, won that year’s French Grand Prix, but it was Alain Prost’s arrival in 1981 that unlocked Renault’s potential. After three years and nine triumphs, they declined as a works team once he departed, leading to their eventual withdrawal in 1986.

Ironically, they accomplished more when turbocharged engines were banned in 1989, when they began to supply Williams. Further collaborations with Benetton and Red Bull increased their number of wins to 169 overall, with Esteban Ocon taking their final one at the 2021 Hungarian Grand Prix.

Renault once again departed F1 at the end of the 2025 season, leading Alpine to switch from the French manufacturer to Mercedes under the new-for-2026 regulations.

5. Honda – 89 wins

Like Renault, Honda have had a somewhat fractured presence in F1, with their first entry occurring in 1964. They found early success by building their own engine and chassis as Richie Ginter reached the top step at the 1965 Mexican Grand Prix.

The company’s focus moved to road cars before they came back as a supplier for Spirit, Williams, Lotus, McLaren and Tyrrell at various times between 1983 and 1992. Not every team received the same level of factory support, but Nigel Mansell, Nelson Piquet, Ayrton Senna and Prost all proved that Honda could provide an unbeatable engine.

However, they pulled out again due to financial reasons before eventually purchasing BAR, which became Brawn GP when Honda suddenly exited again amid the 2008 economic crisis. Finally, they enjoyed a fruitful partnership with Red Bull from 2019 onwards, and Max Verstappen gave them their first win in the V6 turbo-hybrid era.

Their total ultimately reached 89 victories over four separate stints, with the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix marking their last, but that was far from the end of Honda’s time in F1 – more on that later.

6. Coventry Climax – 40 wins

Coventry Climax had manufactured engines since the turn of the 20th century, but it wasn’t until the 1950s that they began to appear in racing cars. Although Stirling Moss scored their first win at the 1958 Argentine Grand Prix, it was clear that their standard 2-litre engine wasn’t powerful enough to regularly compete with their rivals.

Things changed in 1959, when a 2.5-litre version took Jack Brabham to World Championship glory. The engine was also valuable in Lotus, Cooper, Brabham, and Lola chassis as it won 40 Grands Prix between 1958 and 1965.

It bowed out in style as Clark secured the 1965 title with his third and final career Grand Slam at the German Grand Prix, with Coventry Climax leaving the motorsport world when the 3-litre formula was introduced.

7. Honda RBPT – 38 wins

Verstappen’s hard-fought 2021 drivers’ title also marked Honda’s departure from F1, but they continued to help his team transition to their own in-house engine production named Red Bull Powertrains (RBPT).

As such, a new agreement was signed that saw the team take over the Honda engine IP to the end of the 2025 season, with the company providing support when required. This led to one of the most dominant years of recent memory as Red Bull won all bar one race in 2023, with the team scoring 860 points.

2024 and 2025 weren’t quite as productive, but they nevertheless ended with 38 victories overall to take seventh on the list.

8. TAG Porsche – 25 wins

Short-lived but immensely successful, this engine was used by McLaren between 1983 and 1987. Built by Porsche and funded by TAG, it was originally planned to debut in 1984, but Lauda insisted that they should test it beforehand and so the car was modified to accommodate the engine for the Dutch Grand Prix.

It was effective almost immediately and Prost made the most of it to win the season-opening 1984 Brazilian Grand Prix, though it was his team mate Lauda who would be crowned that season’s champion.

Between them, they netted 25 victories with the engine before McLaren changed their allegiance to Honda in 1988, inspired by the strong performances the Japanese company had logged with Williams.

9. BMW – 20 wins

The early years of F1 featured on-and-off private entries with BMW backing, but it was in the 1980s when the German manufacturer fully committed to the sport, deciding to directly challenge Renault’s turbo engines with their own version.

While they initially negotiated an exclusive deal with Brabham, the team opted to rely on Cosworth-powered cars, straining the fledgling relationship. Team Principal Bernie Ecclestone was convinced to give them a chance that paid off at the 1982 Canadian Grand Prix, won by Piquet.

More triumphs followed, but the ban on turbocharged engines for 1989 brought a temporary end to BMW’s involvement. They went on to take Renault’s place in a deal with Williams and delivered a competitive engine for the 2000 season, with a more aggressive evolution securing victory at the 2001 San Marino Grand Prix.

By 2003, Williams could consistently fight for wins but weren’t able to match Schumacher’s dominance with Ferrari, resulting in the end of the partnership in 2005.

BMW’s subsequent purchase of Sauber was a less successful venture – they only claimed one win, with Robert Kubica at the 2008 Canadian Grand Prix, and decided to sell the team back to Peter Sauber.

10. BRM – 18 wins

British Racing Motors, also known as BRM, got off to a shaky start in F1 as their overly ambitious engines didn’t generate the results they were hoping for. However, after some delayed development, Jo Bonnier claimed their first win at the 1959 Dutch Grand Prix to provide a much-needed boost.

Alfred Owen, a partner in the company, threatened to cancel the entire project if they didn’t start to achieve more, and chose to promote former Rolls-Royce employee Tony Rudd to the role of Chief Development Engineer. This proved to be a stroke of genius as he fixed basic problems that had plagued the team for years, culminating in Graham Hill’s triumph in the 1962 Drivers’ Championship.

BRM also began to sell engines to privateers, but their performances turned lacklustre and they left F1 in 1977 with 18 Grand Prix victories – 17 as a works team, and one under Team Lotus.