Red Bull has suffered a challenging first half of the 2025 F1 season, with Christian Horner having been axed as team principal after over 20 years.
Remarkably, the Milton Keynes-based outfit has scored 201 points less than after the opening 12 rounds last year, whilst McLaren has scored 165 more.
Red Bull finds itself fourth in the constructors' standings on 172 points, 165 of which have been scored by Max Verstappen.
Whilst other teams on the grid have scored fewer points than this time last year, no squad has suffered as dramatic a drop-off as Red Bull.
Despite sitting second in the standings, Ferrari has scored 80 points less than after 12 races in 2024, with Mercedes having scored 11 fewer.
McLaren is the only team to have experienced a triple-digit rise, to the extent that Red Bull's record-breaking 860 points from 2023 is within reach.
Elsewhere, Williams and Stake F1 have both improved on its points totals from the first half of last season, whilst Aston Martin has experienced a marginal drop.
View the constructors' championship standings after the first 12 races of 2024 as well as 2025 below.
F1 constructors' standings after 12 races in 2024 vs. 2025
| Team | Number of points 2024 | Number of points 2025 | Difference (+/-) |
|---|---|---|---|
| McLaren | 295 | 460 | +165 |
| Mercedes | 221 | 210 | -11 |
| Red Bull | 373 | 172 | -201 |
| Ferrari | 302 | 222 | -80 |
| Williams | 4 | 59 | +55 |
| Stake | 0 | 41 | +41 |
| Racing Bulls | 31 | 36 | +5 |
| Aston Martin | 68 | 36 | -32 |
| Haas | 27 | 29 | +2 |
| Alpine | 9 | 19 | +10 |
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