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Round 08 takes the grid to the Red Bull Ring with the home team fourth and winless. Antonelli leads by 41, Ferrari are surging - and Spielberg's braking zones reward exactly what Red Bull lack.

Lewis Hamilton won for Ferrari at 41, the oldest Grand Prix winner since Jack Brabham. Antonelli retired from second with five laps left and watched his 66-point lead fall to 41.

Round 07 leaves Monaco for the circuit that has measured F1 cars for thirty years. Antonelli leads by 66 after five wins from six - Barcelona shows whether the Mercedes is fast or just well driven.

Antonelli became the youngest winner in Monaco history with a grand slam. Behind him: a red flag, a standing restart, six retirements, and a Gasly podium that took a Right of Review to confirm.

Round 06 takes the 2026 cars to Monte Carlo, where pole is half the win and a 43-point lead means nothing for two hours. Antonelli has four wins from five - Monaco is the best chance yet to stop him.

Russell led from pole then retired lap 29. Norris stopped lap 38. Antonelli won his fourth in five, Hamilton second, Verstappen took Red Bull's first podium of 2026.

Montreal's first-ever sprint ended with 1.8s covering the top three - and wheel-banging between Russell and Antonelli that sent the championship leader across the grass and straight to Toto Wolff.

Round 5 in Montreal on May 24 - sprint format, low-grip surface, Wall of Champions. Antonelli leads the championship by 26 points after three wins from four. Here's what's at stake.

Four rounds into a new regulations era, Andrea Kimi Antonelli leads the championship with three wins. Mercedes are 1-2 in the standings and Red Bull are fourth. Here's how we got here.

Three wins in four for Kimi Antonelli. Lando Norris took fastest lap and second from fourth on the grid - McLaren's first real Sunday of 2026. Oscar Piastri completed a 2-3. Verstappen finished fifth.

A McLaren 1-2 from sprint pole - the first non-Mercedes win of 2026 in any format. Audi lost one car to fire and one to the scrutineers, and Antonelli's lead shrank to seven points.

Round 4 in Miami on May 3 is a sprint weekend - the first long-haul flyaway after a five-week gap. Antonelli has won the last two. Can anyone stop a third?

The 2026 regulations dropped the MGU-H, tripled MGU-K output, mandated fully sustainable fuel and brought Audi and Cadillac onto the grid. Here's what changed and why the cars look different.

Two from two for Kimi Antonelli at Suzuka - pole, fastest lap, lights-to-flag win. Oscar Piastri took McLaren's first podium of 2026. The Mercedes advantage is now circuit-agnostic.