F1 developments since GTA 5: McLaren, Mercedes, Ferrari and Alonso

Since GTA 5 was released in September 2013, McLaren has moved from a winless 2013 season and a difficult period under Honda to reigning constructors' and drivers' champion status under Zak Brown's leadership. Lando Norris took the 2025 drivers' title, the first for McLaren since Lewis Hamilton's 2008 crown.

Mercedes, which had recorded just four wins in its first four seasons back as a works team by 2013, has since claimed eight successive constructors' titles between 2014 and 2021. Kimi Antonelli won the 2026 drivers' championship as the team regained the constructors' crown.

Ferrari, meanwhile, has gone through five team bosses and seven full-time drivers since 2013 without a title, with its last constructors' success coming in 2008. Fernando Alonso's career has also passed the halfway point without a win since his 2013 Spanish Grand Prix victory.