The most valuable F1 teams of 2025, ranked
The value of F1 teams is skyrocketing. It’s a good time to buy one, if you can afford it
By Cayle Reid
BUSINESS IS BOOMING in elite motorsport, and the numbers prove it. In 2024, F1 generated $5.6 billion in revenue, an almost 100 per cent increase on the $2.81 billion reported in 2018.
Much of this can be attributed to better management at the highest levels, but F1 itself has received a wholesale makeover in the last ten years. An entertainment-led approach has seen fan numbers surge, with series like Drive to Survive attracting new eyeballs and contributing to the growing profiles of drivers as celebrity figures.
The increased popularity has resulted in growth within the F1 structure. The calendar is now bigger, with more Grands Prix than ever before, and extended race weekends have been added to the schedule, with new events like sprints.
This all brings in far more revenue for everyone involved. As a result, the cost of entry into F1 is much higher than what it used to be. In 2024, Cadillac’s entry to F1 from 2026 was finally granted after owners agreed to pay a hefty anti-dilution fee priced at $700 million – and that’s just for privilege of entry. A decade ago, you could buy an entire team for less than that.
Clearly, it’s a good time to invest in an F1 team. But not all teams are created equal. Some, you can land for just over $1 billion, while others are approaching the $10 billion mark. Which is the most valuable of all? Scroll on to find out.
All figures are in AUD, were gathered from Sportico and are accurate as of August 7, 2025.
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10. Haas
Valuation: $1.57 million
Haas is the least valuable F1 team, but it is still valued at well over $1 billion – a sign of just how lucrative F1 has become. Haas’ entry into F1 depended on pioneering a low cost model. As a result, they relied heavy on a far-reaching partnership with Ferrari, who supplies the team’s engines and often, their reserve drivers. That business model doesn’t exactly lend itself to a high valuation.
9. Kick Sauber
Valuation: $1.84 billion
The soon-to-be-extinct Sauber has the honour of avoiding being the least valuable F1 team. With Audi set to take over from 2026, expect to see the team’s value rise as new ownership injects fresh funds into the constructor.
8. RB
Valuation: $1.88 billion
Unsurprisingly, being known as the farm team for a much bigger F1 team doesn’t do wonders for your value, as is the case with RB. As the lesser of the two teams owned by Red Bull GMBh, RB has been used as a proving ground for young, Red Bull-contracted drivers to get some F1 experience without taking up a competitive seat. Still, RB has some money behind it, which means it isn’t the least valuable F1 team.
7. Williams
Valuation: $1.91 billion
Williams is something of a sleeping giant. While ranking towards the least valuable of F1 teams, Williams has historically been one of the sport’s most successful outfits. The team has nine constructors’ championships and seven drivers’ championships (all accrued in the golden days of the ‘80s and ‘90s), with a roster of drivers including Keke Rosberg, Nelson Piquet, Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Jacques Villeneuve. The 21st century hasn’t been kind to the team, but greener pastures could soon arrive with an arguably overqualified driver lineup of Carlos Sainz and Alex Albon.
6. Alpine
Valuation: $2.31 billion
Alpine may not be the flashiest F1 team today, but its predecessors have produced some of the most iconic cars in history. As Benetton, the team won two drivers’ championships with Michael Schumacher. Then, once Renault took over, the team won another two championships with Fernando Alonso. The ensuing years were tougher on the team, which was bought by Lotus, and then again by Renault, with neither owner finding much success. Alpine took over in 2021, and while podiums have been heard to come by, the team’s value has steadily increased.
5. Aston Martin
Valuation: $3.18 billion
In 2018, Lawrence Stroll (the father of Aston Martin driver Lance Stroll and father-in-law of our recent cover star Scotty James) bought the Aston Martin F1 team for $182 million. That’s no paltry fee, but seeing as the team is now worth more than 17 times what Stroll paid for it, it’s safe to say he’s gotten a decent return on investment.
4. McLaren
Valuation: $4.07 billion
McLaren may be the most dominant F1 team right now as the reigning constructors’ champions and regular 1-2 finishers, but current success doesn’t necessarily translate to overall value. Before last season, they hadn’t won the constructors’ championship since 1998 and their drivers’ championship drought now sits at 17 years – although, that streak will almost certainly end this season. Plus, McLaren simply doesn’t carry as much prestige as a team like Ferrari or Mercedes.
3. Red Bull
Valuation: $5.38 billion
Despite only entering F1 in 2005, Red Bull are already one of the most valuable teams, thanks to a history of nearly constant success. The team already has eight drivers’ championships (with Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen contributing four apiece) and have looked like the team of the 2020s so far. McLaren has usurped Red Bull in recent times, however, which can be damaging to a team whose value primarily comes from the ability to achieve sustained success.
2. Mercedes
Valuation: $6.06 billion
Mercedes’ value was buoyed by the team’s decade of dominance in the 2010s that saw seven consecutive drivers’ championships and eight consecutive constructors’ championships. As a result, the team has launched itself towards the top of this list despite only entering F1 in 2010. Mercedes is in a rebuild phase now, but its value remains high.
1. Ferrari
Valuation: $7.35 billion
We have to wonder if aura points are taken into account for Ferrari’s valuation, because the team’s prestige and history is all it really has going for it at the moment. Ferrari currently sits second in the constructors’ standings, but is the only team in the top four without a win this season. Ferrari’s last drivers’ champion was Kimi Räikkönen in 2007, and the team’s win totals per season have steadily declined since then. Much of the Prancing Horse’s value can be put down to how iconic the Ferrari brand is. They’re the most successful team in F1 history, with legendary drivers like Räikkönen, Michael Schumacher, Fernando Alonso, Sebastian Vettel, Niki Lauda and now Lewis Hamilton all sitting behind the wheel at some stage. The Ferrari name simply carries more prestige than any other F1 team.
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