If we were to ask what Jacky Ickx, Alain Prost and Nigel Mansell have in common, the answer may not be obvious to everyone. Sure, they're all Formula 1 legends – though Ickx wrote the most glorious chapters of his career at Le Mans – but they're also the only three drivers who have raced Ferrari, McLaren and Williams cars at some point in their careers, with Carlos Sainz now set to join them in 2025.
With 34 drivers' titles and 33 constructors' crowns gathered between them, these squads enjoy an historic aura. Red Bull and Mercedes cannot necessarily say as much. They may be catching up with McLaren and Williams in terms of world championship victories, but they've been around since 2005 and 2010 only respectively – though the German brand did race briefly, yet successfully, in the 1950s. In comparison, McLaren has been around since the 1960s, Williams since the 1970s, while Ferrari prides itself on having been present since the first F1 season.
