Key Highlights Kimi Antonelli lost the lead of the Brazilian Grand Prix after spinning at the opening corner on lap 20. The Mercedes driver reported an unstable rear end and suspected a geometry-related issue affecting left-hand corners. Despite his disappointment, Antonelli set aside his anger to celebrate Mercedes securing the Formula 1 constructors’ title. Kimi ...
Key Highlights Mercedes secured the 2026 Formula 1 constructors’ championship with three races remaining at the Brazilian Grand Prix. George Russell and Kimi Antonelli finished fourth and fifth in São Paulo, making the title mathematically certain. Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff claimed his ninth constructors’ championship, drawing level with Sir Frank Williams. Mercedes Wins 2026 ...
Key Highlights Kimi Antonelli, Charles Leclerc and Oliver Bearman have been summoned to the stewards after the Brazilian Grand Prix. Antonelli and Bearman are under investigation for alleged unsafe releases, while Leclerc is being investigated for potentially causing a collision with Liam Lawson. Mercedes secured its ninth constructors’ championship despite Antonelli’s difficult race at Interlagos. ...
Key Highlights: Mercedes clinched the 2026 Formula 1 constructors’ championship at the Brazilian Grand Prix, successfully achieving a championship double. Fourth and fifth-place finishes for George Russell and Kimi Antonelli earned enough points to keep closest rivals Ferrari out of reach. The triumph represents Mercedes’ ninth constructors’ title and marks their return to the top ...
Key Highlights: Mercedes Team Principal Toto Wolff revealed he lobbied the FIA to allow salary exemptions for junior team personnel under the Formula 1 budget cap. Wolff warned that the financial ceiling suppresses wages for engineering graduates during their first several years while also forcing teams to destroy historic car chassis. The FIA rejected the ...
Key Highlights: George Russell missed out on pole position at the rain-affected Brazilian Grand Prix qualifying after Mercedes instructed him to abandon his final flying lap. Lando Norris clinched pole position by two tenths of a second as worsening track conditions at Interlagos prevented any further lap improvements. Owing to a pre-existing five-place grid penalty ...
Key Highlights: Lando Norris clinched pole position for McLaren in a rain-affected qualifying session at Interlagos, topping George Russell by 0.204 seconds. A series of engine and power unit penalties reshuffled the starting order, promoting newly crowned world champion Kimi Antonelli to the front row alongside Norris. Front-running contenders face severe recovery drives, with Russell ...
Key Highlights: George Russell expressed anger over team radio after Mercedes instructed him to abandon a critical final qualifying push lap in wet conditions at Interlagos. Team Principal Toto Wolff defended the pit wall’s decision as a “50:50 call,” citing incoming rain and traffic from Alex Albon ahead on track. Russell will drop from second ...
Key Highlights: Mercedes Team Principal Toto Wolff authored a lengthy, emotional internal memo to staff following Andrea Kimi Antonelli’s Formula 1 World Championship triumph in Mexico City. Wolff explained that he wrote the message to deflect personal praise and ensure the factory workforce, engineers, and strategists received the credit for developing Antonelli after replacing Lewis ...
Key Highlights: Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff admitted that Andrea Kimi Antonelli would likely have been dropped by rival Formula 1 teams during a brutal nine-race scoreless drought in his 2025 rookie season. Mercedes deliberately shielded Antonelli from mounting media criticism and pressure, leaning on internal engineering telemetry and belief in his long-term potential. Wolff’s ...
Key Highlights: Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff disclosed that Fred Vasseur provided $1 million of his personal money to fund Esteban Ocon’s Manor Formula 1 seat in 2016. Mercedes supplied the other $1 million of the required $2 million budget to secure Ocon’s debut drive for the final nine races of that campaign. Both Wolff ...
Key Highlights Mercedes set the standard during Friday practice in Sao Paulo, with Andrea Kimi Antonelli topping both qualifying simulations and long-run pace. Ferrari endured a severe slump, with Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton falling more than a full second off the lead pace amid severe balance and energy deployment issues. High tyre degradation and ...