The Constructors Championship is a title awarded by the FIA to the most successful Formula One constructor over the course of a season through a points system. The championship measures the performance of the ten teams in the F1 World Championship, and points are awarded to each team based on the number of points scored by any driver for that constructor. From the inaugural season of the World Constructors' Championship in 1958 up until the 1978 season, only the highest-scoring driver in each race for each constructor contributed points towards the World Constructors' Championship. Since the 1979 season, points from all cars entered by each constructor have counted towards their championship total.
The Constructors' Championship is won when it is no longer mathematically possible for another constructor to overtake another's points total regardless of the outcome of the remaining races, although it is not officially awarded until the FIA Prize Giving Ceremony held in various cities following the conclusion of the season. Ferrari is the most successful team in the Constructors' Championship, having won the title 16 times.
