How McLaren can set the record of a constructors in Baku | Racer

McLaren can close the Formula 1 Constructors’ Championship title 2025 during the Azerbaijan Grand Prix this weekend, so that a new record is set.

The current leader will darken the previous brand of Red Bull of the earliest confirmation of the constructors’ championship in terms of remaining races if it secures the title this weekend, with seven rounds that still run behind Baku. During the dominant season 2023 – when Red Bull won one after all 24 races – there were six laps left when it confirmed the constructors championship.

To beat that brand, McLaren must first surpass Ferrari with nine points. That means that a one-two or one-three finish is sufficient to guarantee the title, regardless of what the second place Ferrari achieves. If Ferrari takes a two or one-three, then McLaren cannot mathematically secure the championship in Baku, but if Ferrari wins with one of his cars, second and third would be sufficient for McLaren.

Secondary from the points situation against Ferrari, McLaren must also ensure that it does not lose points to two other teams. Mercedes and Red Bull are both still mathematical within reach, but it would cost a considerable swing in the results in Azerbaijan to keep them in the frame.

In addition to beating Ferrari, as long as McLaren does not lose more than 12 points to Mercedes, and more than 33 points for Red Bull, the title is confirmed.

Only once this season – in Canada – has a team conquered McLaren, where three did this after Lando Norris retired after contact with Oscar Piastri. On that occasion, Mercedes scored strongly with a victory for George Russell and third place for Kimi Antonelli, earned 40 points and scored McLaren with 28, while Ferrari and Red Bull each picked up 18 points to McLaren’s 12.

From the perspective of a drivers, only the top six of Piastri, Norris, Max Verstappen, Russell, Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton mathematically able to win the title, but Hamilton will be officially excluded after Baku unless he doesn’t win Piasti with eight points like Hamilton).