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Interlagos: Norris masters the rain as Mercedes clinch the constructors' title
On pole, beaten at the very first corner, Lando Norris still went on to win the Brazilian Grand Prix by more than 14 seconds from Max Verstappen, after 71 laps on a track that never stopped changing. Fourth and fifth for George Russell and Kimi Antonelli gave Mercedes the constructors' title, their first since 2021.
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Interlagos: Mercedes can seal the constructors' title this Sunday
Kimi Antonelli already has his drivers' crown. At Interlagos, it is Mercedes' turn to be able to celebrate the constructors' title, with a 126-point lead over Ferrari and three Grands Prix still to come. The weekend brings no Sprint, two straight-mode zones and a tight fight behind the champion.
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Antonelli champion in Austin? There is only one way, and it is a narrow one
Two days after Singapore, the real question is no longer whether Kimi Antonelli will be world champion, but where. Austin gives him a first chance. To take it, he will have to win, and hope his pursuers give him a little help.
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Singapore: Verstappen finally conquers Marina Bay as Antonelli earns his first title shot
Only one line was missing from Max Verstappen's CV: Singapore. Not anymore. Starting from pole, the Dutchman led from start to finish on his 250th Grand Prix start, ahead of Charles Leclerc and Kimi Antonelli. And while Red Bull celebrated, the championship leader earned the right to be crowned as early as Austin.
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Singapore: Verstappen Snatches Pole by 54 Thousandths as Ferrari Stay Within Reach
Under the lights of Marina Bay, Max Verstappen came out on top. The Dutchman will start from pole with both Ferraris on his tail, less than 0.13 seconds behind, while Mercedes ends a difficult night with Russell sent to the back of the grid.
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Russell to start from the back in Singapore: a double blow for Mercedes
Let down by his engine a few laps from the finish at Sepang, George Russell will pay the price again in Singapore. A fifth power unit will send him to the back of the grid on Sunday, at one of the hardest tracks on the calendar to overtake. Meanwhile, Mercedes is wondering whether its latest upgrades are heading in the right direction.
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Sepang: Verstappen tames the deluge to hand Red Bull its first win of 2026
It took until round sixteen. In rain that delayed the start by more than an hour, Max Verstappen turned pole into victory at Sepang, ahead of Kimi Antonelli and a Lewis Hamilton who came back from nowhere. George Russell, meanwhile, watched his title hopes fade with a retirement.
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Baku: Russell holds Verstappen off by two tenths as Red Bull return to a double podium
From pole position, George Russell claimed his third win of the season in Baku. But he had to hold on all the way to the flag against a Max Verstappen who finished just 0.196s behind, at the end of a race broken up by two safety cars and a long list of retirements.
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At Monza, Antonelli won the race he wasn't supposed to win
Kimi Antonelli had braced himself for one thing: absorbing, quietly, a race where winning wasn't part of the script. Starting 19th after an engine penalty, the Italian found himself leading after 18 laps, nearly threw it all away in the gravel five laps from home, and ended up giving Monza its first Italian winner in 60 years.
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At Zandvoort, Mercedes picked Antonelli over Russell — and stood by it
George Russell crossed the line at the Dutch Grand Prix with a third-place trophy and a slightly forced smile. A few laps earlier, he'd been told to let his teammate Kimi Antonelli, the championship leader, through. A team order that would normally be routine, except this one pitted two drivers from the same garage against each other in a title fight. Enough to reopen, for a weekend at least, the question of who really calls the shots at Mercedes.
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Kimi Antonelli, the teenager who outran F1 itself
A year ago, Kimi Antonelli was in tears on the pit wall after retiring from his home race, deep in the roughest patch of his rookie season. At the 2026 summer break, the 19-year-old Italian sits atop the world championship with a 50-point lead. The Mercedes driver hasn't just improved: he's playing in a different league.