The German team Mercedes started the 2026 season with a performance that harks back to its years of greatest dominance in Fórmula 1. The team has won all five races held so far in the current championship. The feat marks the team’s biggest positive streak since 2020. The last time the group achieved this number of consecutive victories coincided with winning the drivers’ world championship. Agora the German automaker’s cars are preparing for the Grande Prêmio of Mônaco, which takes place this weekend at the Circuito of Monte Carlo.
The undefeated streak began in the opening stage of the championship. The team secured first place in Grande Prêmio from Austrália. Nas following weeks, Mercedes maintained its dominance on the tracks and crossed the finish line ahead in the races held in China, Japão, Miami and Canadá. The most recent result on Canadian soil consolidated the team’s technical leadership in this initial phase of the championship. Andrea Kimi Antonelli was responsible for securing this last victory on the Montreal circuit. The young driver climbed to the highest place on the podium for the fourth time in his career in the category.
Apesar of the impressive results and the momentum generated by the five consecutive victories, the team members remain cautious for the next challenge. The team recognizes the favoritism of local competitors for the race on the streets of the principality. Ferrari presents itself as the main force for the Monte Carlo stage due to the characteristics of the urban layout. The red cars demonstrated good performance on winding tracks in internal simulations. Mesmo with the forecast of strong competition, the recent retrospect increases the confidence of German engineers for the sixth stage of the year.
Recorde equals historic mark of Lewis Hamilton’s seventh championship
Para finds a similar moment in the team’s recent history, it is necessary to go back six years in the category’s time. Mercedes’s last run of five victories took place during the final phase of the 2020 world championship. Naquele period, the British driver Lewis Hamilton commanded the actions on the track and established a series of four consecutive victories in Europa. The competitor consecutively won Grandes Prêmios and Eifel, in Alemanha; of Portugal, in the circuit of Portimão; from Emilia-Romagna, on the Imola track; and from Turquia, into Istambul.
The victory on Turkish soil mathematically guaranteed Lewis Hamilton’s seventh world championship. The driver equaled Michael Schumacher’s all-time title record. The English competitor also won the next race held at Bahrein, when he already had the trophy secured. Aquela season marked Mercedes’s last world drivers’ title in Fórmula 1. The team also secured that year’s constructors’ cup. The German team extended its dominance among the teams until the following championship, in 2021, when it reached its eighth championship.
- Eifel’s GP at Alemanha (Lewis Hamilton’s win)
- Portugal’s GP on Portimão (Lewis Hamilton’s win)
- Emilia-Romagna GP in Imola (Lewis Hamilton victory)
- Turquia GP in Istambul (winning the seventh championship)
- Bahrein GP in Sakhir (fifth consecutive victory in the series)
Escuderia overcomes fasting period against Red Bull and McLaren
The current victorious phase ends a period of oscillation that the team faced in previous years of Fórmula 1. Após lost the drivers’ title in the 2021 season to Max Verstappen, the team lost space at the top of the championship. Changes in technical regulations implemented in the following seasons altered the strengths of the grid. The German team began to find it difficult to keep up with the pace of development of its main competitors. Red Bull took the lead and established a new era of hegemony with consecutive achievements.
McLaren also showed considerable progress in the last championships and started to compete for the top positions. Mercedes needed to restructure internal sectors and modify the concept of its cars to try to reduce the disadvantage. The start of the 2026 championship indicates that the engineering work has had the expected effect. Lewis Hamilton is no longer part of the German team and has transferred to rival Ferrari. The veteran’s absence made room for a new driver configuration that now leads the table. The group’s current focus is on maintaining consistency to seek new titles.
