Ferrari is the most valuable Formula 1 team in 2026 at about $6.8 billion, but the highest price any buyer has actually paid is for Mercedes, valued at about $6 billion when George Kurtz bought into it in November 2025. McLaren changed hands at a reported $5 billion or more in 2025, and Aston Martin investors paid $3.2 billion to $3.5 billion for slices of that team.
F1 teams almost never sell outright, so we anchor each one on stake sales, takeover bids and the entry fee Cadillac paid, then fill the gaps with a blend of two published estimates. Every entry says which kind of number it is.
| Rank | Team | 2026 value | Latest deal or anchor | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Cadillac | $1.6B | Entry fee of about $450M paid to existing teams | Single estimate |
| 10 | Haas | About $1.8B | No stake sale on record | Blend of two estimates |
| 9 | Racing Bulls | About $2.2B | Takeover bid near $2B rejected, 2025 | Blend with bid floor |
| 8 | Audi (ex Sauber) | About $2.2B | Carmaker controls the team | Blend, no outside sale |
| 7 | Alpine | $2.3B | 24% sold for 200M euros in 2023; new bids $2.1B to $2.6B | Deal and bids |
| 6 | Williams | About $2.4B | Dorilton purchase, 2020 | Blend, old deal |
| 5 | Aston Martin | $3.5B | 4.6% at a $3.2B value, 2025; new investor at about $3.5B, Aug 2026 | Reported deals |
| 4 | Red Bull Racing | About $4.6B | No outside stake sold | Blend, no deal |
| 3 | McLaren | $5.0B+ | Full buyout of minority holders, 2025, reported about $5B | Reported deal |
| 2 | Mercedes | $6.4B | 15% of one owner’s third, about $6B team value, Nov 2025 | Deal plus surveys |
| 1 | Ferrari | About $6.8B | Listed carmaker, no stake for sale | Blend of two estimates |
The 11 most valuable F1 teams, ranked
Our ‘blend’ averages a November 2025 valuation survey and a 2026 estimate by a motorsport site, which builds enterprise values from filed accounts, recent transactions and third-party reports. Where a deal exists we use it as the anchor and the surveys as a cross-check.
11. Cadillac: about $1.6 billion
The 11th team made its debut in 2026, backed by General Motors and TWG. Instead of a valuation, it has a bill: roughly $450 million in anti-dilution payments split among the existing teams, more than double the $200 million in the old Concorde Agreement. Toto Wolff called the fee too low, and Helmut Marko said it was not enough.
A motorsport-site estimate gives the team a value of $1.6 billion. Because Cadillac has no results or accounts yet, this is a single-source figure.
We list it last, with the entry fee as the only hard number.
10. Haas: about $1.8 billion
The lowest-valued of the ten long-standing teams still sits close to $2 billion. Estimates run from $1.68 billion to $1.9 billion. Haas has no stake sale on record.
The number is the average of the two estimates.
9. Racing Bulls: about $2.2 billion
Red Bull’s second team rejected a takeover bid of around $2 billion in 2025, which tells you the owners think it is worth more. Estimates are $2.05 billion and $2.4 billion.
The bid is a floor; our figure is the blend.
8. Audi: about $2.2 billion
The team formerly known as Sauber becomes the Audi works team in 2026. It was valued at $1.88 billion in November 2025 and at about $2.6 billion in a 2026 estimate. There is no outside stake sale to test either number, because the carmaker now controls the team.
An average of two estimates.
7. Alpine: about $2.3 billion
Alpine has the cleanest before-and-after in the sport. Otro Capital bought 24 percent in June 2023 for 200 million euros, which valued the whole team at roughly 833 million euros. In 2026, Mercedes was reported to be in talks to buy the stake and Renault, the majority owner, stepped in. Reported bids value the team at $2.1 billion (Mercedes) and $2.6 billion (a bid linked to Steve Cohen).
Flavio Briatore, an Alpine executive, thinks the stake is worth around 600 million euros. That is his opinion, not a price.
Our $2.3 billion sits in the middle of the live bids and the two estimates.
6. Williams: about $2.4 billion
Dorilton Capital bought Williams from the founding family in 2020, reportedly for about 152 million pounds, and has put hundreds of millions of pounds into it since. Estimates now run from $2.14 billion to $2.7 billion.
The 2020 price is too old to anchor anything, so this ranking rests on the blend of the two estimates.
5. Aston Martin: about $3.5 billion
Aston Martin has the most active price history on the grid. In 2025, the carmaker signed a letter of intent to sell its remaining 4.6 percent for about $146 million, valuing the team at $3.2 billion. Stroll’s Yew Tree group has also been raising its own holding. In August 2026, a motorsport site reported that Woody Johnson took a significant stake in a deal valuing the team at about $3.5 billion, with an investment believed to exceed $500 million.
The 2026 deal comes from a single report, so we hedge it. The 2025 deal appears in several.
We use $3.5 billion, with the 2025 deal as the confirmed floor.
4. Red Bull Racing: about $4.6 billion
Red Bull bought the Jaguar team in 2004 for one pound. No stake has been sold, and the estimates are $4.32 billion and $4.9 billion, excluding its engine business. We average them.
Treat this as the least certain big number on the list. A team this successful, owned by a drinks company that keeps its books private, is mostly a guess.
3. McLaren: about $5 billion
McLaren Racing was fully bought out in 2025 when Bahrain’s Mumtalakat and Abu Dhabi’s CYVN Holdings acquired the shares held by MSP Sports Capital and other minority holders. Early reports in September 2025 put the value at more than 3 billion pounds, about $4 billion. Completion reports later put the full-team value at roughly $5 billion. MSP had invested in 2020 at a value of 560 million pounds, when the team needed cash to survive the pandemic.
The terms stayed confidential, so the price is reported by sources, not published. If the $5 billion figure is right, the team’s value rose roughly sevenfold in five years.
Our figure uses the reported buyout price, set against survey estimates of $4.73 billion and $5.2 billion.
2. Mercedes: about $6.4 billion
The Mercedes team has three owners, each with a third: the carmaker, Ineos and a group led by Toto Wolff. In November 2025, CrowdStrike founder George Kurtz bought 15 percent of Wolff’s holding, about 5 percent of the whole team, reportedly for around $300 million. That implies a team value of $6 billion, the highest valuation attached to an F1 team in a transaction.
Ineos paid about 208 million pounds ($272 million) for its third in 2020, so the team’s value has risen more than sevenfold since. Kurtz will join the steering committee but not the main board.
We start from the $6 billion deal and move up to the 2026 estimate of $6.4 billion, since the deal is almost a year old.
1. Ferrari: about $6.8 billion
Ferrari’s F1 team is part of a listed carmaker, so no one can buy a slice of it, and no price has been paid. The two estimates we use are $6.4 billion (November 2025) and $7.1 billion (2026). The average is our figure. The team earns from the sport’s prize pool, sponsorship and a brand that sells cars and licensed merchandise at the same time.
The number is an estimate with no transaction behind it.
Records set in 2025 and 2026
- Mercedes at about $6 billion, November 2025: the highest valuation implied by an F1 transaction.
- McLaren at a reported $5 billion or more, 2025: a whole team bought out by Gulf investors.
- Aston Martin at $3.2 billion in 2025 and a reported $3.5 billion in August 2026.
- Cadillac’s anti-dilution fee of about $450 million, more than twice the old $200 million entry price.
- The average team value in one survey rose 48 percent in 2025 to about $3.42 billion.
What drives these prices
- Scarcity. There are 11 slots and the cost to add one is now $450 million before a single car is built.
- Cost control. Spending limits and a shared prize pool make team finances more predictable, which makes the cash flow easier to value.
- Gulf and tech money. Sovereign funds and software founders are the buyers, not other racing teams.
- Public pricing. Stake sales happen in the open now, so each deal resets the bar for the next one.
- Hype. Briatore argues that teams could reach $10 billion in a few years. That is a forecast from a team executive, not a market price.
FAQ
What is the most valuable F1 team in 2026?
Ferrari, at about $6.4 billion to $7.1 billion by estimate. No outside buyer has priced it, so it is an estimate.
How much is Mercedes F1 worth?
About $6 billion, based on the November 2025 sale of a stake by Toto Wolff to George Kurtz. A 2026 estimate puts it at $6.4 billion.
How much did McLaren sell for?
Gulf investors Mumtalakat and CYVN Holdings bought out the remaining shareholders in 2025 at a value reported at about $5 billion. Terms were not published.
How much did it cost to join F1 as Cadillac?
The team reportedly paid about $450 million in anti-dilution fees to the existing teams, against a $200 million figure in the old rules.
How much is the Alpine F1 stake worth?
Otro Capital paid 200 million euros for 24 percent in 2023. New reported bids value the team at $2.1 billion to $2.6 billion, which would put the stake at roughly $500 million to $620 million.
Which F1 team is worth the least?
Among established teams, Haas, at about $1.7 billion to $1.9 billion. Cadillac’s debut team is estimated at $1.6 billion.
How we put this list together
We ranked teams by 2026 value, anchoring on reported stake sales, takeover bids and entry fees, and averaging a late 2025 survey with a 2026 estimate where no deal exists. Prices are approximate, many deal terms are reported by sources and not published, and values change with each new transaction.
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Last updated: October 2026.
