@freelittlebirds that’s a really nice idea actually, I’d never thought of that. Though there could be issues agreeing who is worthy of it

@alonshow well if we’re including name changes, Brawn and Mercedes were originally Tyrrell, so that’s a gap of 28 years

While you're right, that doesn't contradict Elias' observation: Benetton recovered the title as Renault after nine years. Brawn recovered it as Mercedes after seven years. Red Bull never had it as Stewart. Ferrari is still the only one which has recovered the title after more than ten years.

It can be argued, though, that McLaren has had remarkable success after 1999, even though not enough to become world champions.

Theres not really a pattern on the chart at all…

Brawn is the same team as Mercedes
Benetton is the same team as Renault

If you knock out the early year teams, it's a lot smaller than one might think..

Red Bull also started as Stewart Racing..

It's just names changing really!

Did Lotus have more Championships than Ferrari after that last 78-79 Championship?

In looking at it, it seems that it's possible that Mercedes will win 4-5 WCCs in a row. That might give Lewis the chance to win 5-6 WDCs. Nico could have the chance to win 30-35 poles and 20-25 victories which even without a WDC would put him in very rarefied air - he might end up like Dani Pedrosa who's a hell of a rider as we've seen in the two MotoGP races. He may not have a championship but there's no denying his abilities with 50 wins and at least 1 win over 10 years even going against riders on fire like Marquez was the past 2 years.

This is correct: Williams did win the constructors' championship in 1994. Schumacher won the drivers' title but Benetton were second in the constructors' points.

Schumacher won in the Benetton in 1994 and '95, but this says that a Williams held the constructors until Nov '95. I know morally Hill should have won the title after Schumi took Hill out in Adelaide to win the title by 1 point, but the FIA still gave it to Schumacher!!