Key Highlights: Mercedes driver George Russell suggests Ferrari’s smaller turbo design could give the team a distinct advantage in the high-altitude conditions of Mexico City. Mercedes continues to grapple with a narrow operating window for its latest aerodynamic upgrade, which Russell struggled to optimize at the United States Grand Prix. Championship leader Kimi Antonelli enters ...
Key Highlights: Former Haas team principal Guenther Steiner stated that Kimi Antonelli has the potential to win more championships and enjoy a more successful career than four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel. Andrea Kimi Antonelli can clinch his maiden Formula 1 world championship at the Mexican Grand Prix by securing a top-nine finish, breaking Vettel’s record ...
Key Highlights: Formula 1 championship leader Kimi Antonelli was excused from Thursday media activities at the Mexico Grand Prix due to a viral illness. Cadillac driver Valtteri Bottas also sat out media day as an illness precaution, though both drivers are anticipated to return for on-track action. Antonelli arrives in Mexico with his first opportunity ...
Key Highlights: Mercedes driver Andrea Kimi Antonelli is planning to establish his own young driver academy to create accessible pathways into professional motorsport. Inspired partly by Max Verstappen’s involvement in sports cars, Antonelli’s program will focus on professional GT racing as well as single-seaters. Antonelli also intends to team up with his father, Marco Antonelli, ...
Key Highlights: Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team principal Toto Wolff revealed that a candid remark comparing Pastor Maldonado to Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg helped him land his leadership role at Mercedes. While an executive and shareholder at Williams in 2012, Wolff told Mercedes board members in Stuttgart that their high budget was heavily skewed toward ...
Key Highlights: Mercedes Formula 1 team principal Toto Wolff strongly pushed back against Helmut Marko’s claim that George Russell will never secure another opportunity to fight for a Formula 1 world championship. Former Red Bull motorsport adviser Helmut Marko asserted that rookie sensation Kimi Antonelli has definitively displaced Russell as the primary driver at the ...
Key Highlights Mercedes executed an extraordinary turnaround at the Circuit of the Americas, converting a dismal Friday practice into a Grand Prix victory for 19-year-old Andrea Kimi Antonelli. Trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin revealed that recent upgrades introduced in Malaysia have narrowed the operating setup window of the W17, creating distinct challenges for the drivers. ...
Key Highlights: Mercedes experienced sharply contrasting fortunes at the United States Grand Prix, with Andrea Kimi Antonelli claiming a dominant victory while George Russell struggled with poor grip and an early penalty. Team principal Toto Wolff and former driver David Coulthard openly criticized the FIA stewards over the five-second track-limits penalty handed to Russell on ...
Key Highlights: Alpine Academy junior Gabriele Mini will make his official Formula 1 weekend debut in Free Practice 1 at the Mexico Grand Prix, driving Franco Colapinto’s car. F1 teams are heavily utilizing the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez session to satisfy the mandatory quota of running rookie drivers in four practice sessions per season. Multiple changes ...
Key Highlights: The Mercedes driver has secured his ninth victory of the racing season. A margin of just two additional championship points stands between the driver and the world title. The decisive win places the team on the absolute brink of sealing the championship crown. Championship Within Reach Following Ninth Seasonal Victory In a commanding ...
Key Highlights: Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli rates his commanding win from pole at the United States Grand Prix in Austin higher than his dramatic drive from 19th to first at Monza. Antonelli executed a bold one-stop strategy to beat Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc by 13 seconds, securing his ninth victory of the 2026 season. Holding a ...
Key Highlights: Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli secured his ninth Grand Prix victory of the season at the United States Grand Prix from pole position. Antonelli can clinch his maiden Formula 1 World Championship with a top-nine finish at the upcoming Mexican Grand Prix. Despite closing in on the title, Antonelli pinpointed key errors—including track limits ...