Race recaps, technical explainers and historic deep-dives.
Antonelli takes an engine penalty at his home race, Norris arrives on a two-win streak, and Ferrari wear Schumacher red. Round 13 is the first real test of the 2026 cars' batteries at full stretch.
George Russell controlled Zandvoort's only sprint from pole as the rain held off until the flag. Leclerc took second with the pass of the race, and Lawson's Red Bull debut ended out of the points.
F1 returns from the break for Zandvoort's farewell - a sprint weekend, an injured Hadjar replaced by Lawson, and a home crowd whose hero just signed until 2030 in a car that can't currently win.
Lando Norris took pole by 0.012s, won on the overcut after McLaren refused him the undercut, and Piastri's gearbox broke while running second. Verstappen split the Mercedes on a 55°C afternoon.
Round 11 closes the first half at the Hungaroring, where track position is everything and overtaking is a rumour. Antonelli's Spa win pushed his lead to 45 - Hamilton has won here eight times.
Antonelli lost the lead to Leclerc under a virtual safety car and retook it with a lap-34 pass before Les Combes. Hamilton put Russell out on lap one, and Hadjar drove from 21st to 6th.
Round 10 goes to Spa-Francorchamps with the title fight closer than it has been since May. Antonelli leads Russell by 25 and Hamilton by 32 - and the Ardennes writes its own weather.
Charles Leclerc won a frantic British GP by 0.4s from Russell and Hamilton - his first win of 2026. Antonelli took pole and fastest lap but finished 15th, and his title lead is down to 25.
Kimi Antonelli passed polesitter Lewis Hamilton to win the British GP sprint for Mercedes. Norris climbed from sixth to third, Verstappen slid to sixth - and the title lead grew again.
Round 09 brings a sprint weekend to Silverstone. Russell and Hamilton race at home off the back of wins, Norris chases at McLaren - and all three are looking up at a 19-year-old Italian leading by 40.
Antonelli's second year is a title charge. Hadjar's is the one hiding underneath it - 42 points, eighth in the standings, and four straight top-sixes from a Red Bull with no business scoring them.
Russell controlled the Red Bull Ring from pole for his second win of 2026. Verstappen took second on Red Bull's home weekend, Antonelli third with fastest lap - and Leclerc fell from P2 to P8.
DRS is gone. In its place: front and rear wings that move every lap, a low-drag mode every car can use, and an overtake button that boosts power not grip. How 2026's active aero actually works.
