Part 1 of Formula 1 2019 Season Review (the teams)

Two parter Formula One season review of the 2019 season. In this post I will review each team of 2019. Which, I will say one sentence that will be positive with each team. And one sentence that will be negative for each team. So starting with Mercedes below.

Mercedes:
+ As you were from 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018; Best car and driver on the grid with the W10 EQ Power+, Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas, with 10 poles, 15 race wins, a Constructors' Title and a Drivers' Title with Lewis Hamilton.
- Poor race at Mercedes home Grand Prix at Hockenheim, Hamilton spun out of the lead to finish ninth and Bottas crashed out; apart from that another great season from Mercedes.



Ferrari
+ Some great race performances from both Charles Leclerc, which includes two wins at Spa and Monza, and Sebastian Vettel wining a race at Singapore.
- SF90 has not been fast enough then the Mercedes nor the Red Bull in race pace this season, also poor pace and reliabilities problems has cost race wins for Sebastian Vettel at Montreal and for Leclerc at Bahrain, the Red Bull Ring, Singapore and Mexico City.



Red Bull:
+ Impressive performance from Max Verstappen includes race wins for Verstappen at Red Bull Ring, Hockinheim and Sao Paulo giving Honda their first win as an engine partner since 2006.
- Replacing Pierre Gasly for Alexander Albon midway through the sesaaon, Albon was much improve than Gasly, Albon going into next season needs to reduce the gap between himself and team-mate Verstappen giving Red Bull a better shot of wining both titles next season.



McLaren:
+ Some great race performances from Carlos Sainz Jr. and Lando Norris, which includes third place finish for Sainz Jr. at Sao Paulo; only 62 points at this stage last season, 145 points this season at this stage a much better improvement from McLaren; going into 2021 Mercedes power once again.
- Despite McLaren finished fourth in the Constructor's standings this season and best of the rest, there are still long way behind the likes of Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull.



Renault:
+ Fourth place finish for Daniel Ricciardo at Monza.
- Where to start, fifth place in the Constructor's standings; 122 points at this stage last season, 91 points this season shows the team has gone backwards, the Renault Power-Units are still around 50-60bhp less than the Mercedes Power-Units; R.S.19 has been too slow in races if not to too unreliable with eight DNF's and double DSQ at Suzuka; they must need to do better going into next season.



Scuderia Toro Rosso:
+ Some impressive performances from Daniil Kvyat, Alexander Albon and Pierre Gasly this season which include a second place for Gasly at Sao Paulo, a third place finish for Kvyat and a sixth place finish for Albon at Hockinheim; credit for Perre Gasly who was demoted back to Toro Rosso from Spa onwards could have lost his confidence but scored 32 points in 9 races; team finished sixth in the Constructor's standings with 85 points.
- Honda power-unit are still round 45-50bhp behind of the likes of Mercedes Power-Units; missed out on fifth in the Constructor's by 6 six points, apart from that a very good season from Toro Rosso possibly one of there best since Red Bull bought the team in 2005.



Racing Point:
+ Fourth place finish for Lance Stroll at Hockinheim and some impressive performances from Sergio Pérez this season with sixth place finishes at Baku and Spa.
- Still recovering from being put into administration last year resulting finishing seventh in the Constructors' Standings; despite finishing fourth at Hockinheim Stroll only scored 21 points compare to Pérez's tally of 52 points, results needs to be better going into 2020.



Alfa Romeo:
+ Some impressive performances from Kimi Räikkönen this season which include a fourth place finishes at Sao Paulo at the age of 40.
- Antonio Giovinazzi only scoring 14 point compare to Räikkönen's tally of 43 points this season meaning the team finished in eighth in the Constructor's standings once again, despite some great results Räikkönen pace has gone downhill in the second half of the season hopefully it doesn't continue into 2020 F1 season.



Haas:
+ Sixth place finish for Kevin Magnussen at Melbourne.
- Like Renault where to start, currently the the team finished ninth place in the Constructor's standings; 93 points at this stage last season, 28 points this season shows the team has gone backwards, VF-19 has been too slow in races if not to too unreliable with ten DNF's, main sponsor terminating their deal after Monza thankfully; the team need to do better going into the 2020 season.



Williams:
+ Robert Kubica finishing tenth place at Hockinheim is the teams only highlight this season.
- The FW42 been too slow and underdeveloped this season, concluded with tenth in the Constructors' with only one point, George Russell has not scored points despite being the fastest driver of the two; overall another disastrous season from Williams, nothing positive to say from the team this season once again.



In part 2 of Formula 1 2019 Season Review my top 10 Formula 1 drivers of 2019. And my final thoughts of Formula 1 2019.