F1 is a very Us vs Them sport
It is not a spec series meaning that each team runs their own custom car, vs Indycar where the chassis are all fundamentally the same.
Only a handful of the teams in any given year have the money and resources the win races consistently. They have a clear advantage over the other teams.
The rest of the teams are then categorized as the mid-field and back-markers depending how they are doing.
Best of the Rest refers to the non-able-to-win races team that scored the highest in the race.
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