The F1 records set to fall as McLaren marches to 2025 constructors' title

McLaren‘s march toward the 2025 Formula 1 constructors’ championship has been nothing short of emphatic.

It’s one strong result in Baku away from sealing back-to-back titles, and the team is also putting a string of long-standing records within reach.

What began as a long-awaited return to the front in 2024 has now transformed into a campaign that could rival the most dominant seasons in modern F1 history.

It now threatens to set new records for the total points scored, winning championship margin, podium hauls and fastest laps, McLaren’s consistency with Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri has been relentless.

If its dominance keeps going, 2025 is set to be a year that could rewrite the F1’s record books.

Earliest constructors’ championship win

Current holder: Red Bull Racing (2023, clinched with six races to go).

McLaren’s chance: By potentially securing the title at Baku with seven races left, McLaren could set the new record for the earliest constructors’ title in the modern F1 era.

The record for the earliest clinching of the constructors’ title belongs to Red Bull in 2023, when it wrapped up the championship with six races still to go.

Max Verstappen‘s crushing form, backed up by Sergio Pérez’s steady points scoring, meant Red Bull mathematically sealed the crown in Suzuka — a fitting venue given Honda‘s home race.

McLaren now stands on the brink of going one better.

If the team secures the title in Baku, it would do so with seven races remaining, setting a new benchmark for the earliest championship victory in the modern era, and underlining the scale of its 2025 dominance.

Most points in a single season

Current holder: Red Bull Racing, 860 points (2023).

McLaren’s chance: With its current average points per race, McLaren could surpass the 860-point benchmark and raise the record even higher by season’s end.

The benchmark for sheer dominance in the points era is Red Bull’s 860 points in 2023, achieved with Verstappen winning a record 19 races and Pérez adding a further two.

That season was defined by near-total control, with only Carlos Sainz’s victory for Ferrari in Singapore preventing Red Bull from taking a clean sweep of victories that year.

McLaren enters Baku on 617 points, having scored an average of 38.5 points in the first 16 races of the year. If it continues at that rate in the final eight rounds, the team’s total will exceed 920 points.

While the points system has changed over the years, Red Bull’s 2023 tally set a modern high bar; McLaren’s current consistency with Norris and Piastri means it has a realistic shot of surpassing it by season’s end.

Largest winning margin in the constructors’ championship

Current holder: Red Bull Racing, 451 points (2023)

McLaren’s chance: With a 337-point lead already and several races left, McLaren has a realistic shot at setting a new record for the biggest winning margin.

The biggest gap between first and second was also set by Red Bull in 2023, when it crushed Mercedes by a 451-point margin.

It was a reflection of the Verstappen-Pérez double act’s relentless scoring and the lack of a sustained challenge from any rival.

McLaren’s current cushion over Ferrari stands at around 337 points heading into Baku.

While still short of Red Bull’s record, the gap is growing, and another strong run of results could put McLaren within striking distance of rewriting this one by year’s end.

Most podiums in a single season

Current holder: Mercedes, 33 podiums (2016).

McLaren’s chance: With 27 podiums from 16 races, McLaren is on track to break this record with consistent high finishes in the remaining events.

The gold standard here belongs to Mercedes in 2016, when the dominant W07 collected 33 podium finishes in 21 races.

With Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg almost unchallenged for much of the year, the team averaged more than 1.5 podiums per race.

McLaren sits on 27 podiums so far in 2025, with both Norris and Piastri almost ever-present on the rostrum.

Matching Mercedes will require keeping that double-podium consistency through the remaining rounds – but given McLaren’s form, it’s one of the records most firmly in reach.

Most 1-2 finishes in a single season

Current holder: Mercedes, 12 one-twos (2015).

McLaren’s chance: McLaren has already recorded seven one-twos in 16 races and can still beat that record in the eight grands prix remaining.

This record is another set during Mercedes’ turbo hybrid era of success.

In 2015, Hamilton and Rosberg delivered 12 one-two finishes, the most in a single season. It was the ultimate display of dominance, with rivals rarely able to split the pair.

McLaren’s current 2025 tally stands at seven 1-2 finishes, so the record is still within reach, but it will require an almost flawless final run until Abu Dhabi, with six top-two finishes needed from eight races.

Most fastest laps in a single season

Current holder: Ferrari, 14 fastest laps (2004).

McLaren’s chance: McLaren has 11 fastest laps so far and could easily surpass Ferrari’s mark by the time the season ends.

The oldest of the records on McLaren’s radar dates back to 2004, when Ferrari and Michael Schumacher set 14 fastest laps in one year.

That season was the last great demonstration of the V10 era, as the F2004 combined raw speed with relentless efficiency.

McLaren has already secured 11 fastest laps so far in 2025, so there’s every chance it could overhaul Ferrari’s long-standing benchmark before the season is done.