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Lance Stroll's 2026 season, measured: thirteen non-finishes in nineteen races, the most on the grid
Lance Stroll has failed to finish thirteen of nineteen races in 2026, four more than any other driver, in an Aston Martin shaken by vibration from Honda's new power unit. His best result is twelfth, at Sepang. Every race, measured, and the radio.
Nico Hulkenberg's 2026 season, measured: nothing for ten rounds, then 13 points and five eleventh places
Nico Hulkenberg did not score in the first ten rounds of Audi's first season. Then came ninth in Hungary, eighth at Zandvoort, tenth in Madrid and a Singapore weekend worth six points, and five eleventh places along the way. Every race, measured.
Gabriel Bortoleto's 2026 season, measured: eleventh five times, eighth in Mexico, and a home race next
Gabriel Bortoleto has finished eleventh, one place outside the points, five times in 2026. His 14 points came from ninth in Melbourne and eighth at Silverstone, Spa and Mexico City, and his home race in Sao Paulo is next. Every race, measured, and the radio.
Franco Colapinto's 2026 season, measured: 27 points after a year with none, and eighth in Mexico taken away
Franco Colapinto went through 2025 without a point. In 2026 he has 27, a career-best sixth in Canada, and finished the first fourteen races. Then three retirements in five, and an eighth place in Mexico City lost to a yellow flag penalty. Every race, measured.
Alex Albon's 2026 season, measured: 100 races for Williams, five points, and a contract to 2027
Alex Albon became the first driver to start 100 races for Williams in 2026, in a season with five points, six cars unclassified including a start he never made in China. In August the team extended his contract to 2027. Every race, measured, and the radio.
Esteban Ocon's 2026 season, measured: replaced for 2027, then stood down in Mexico
Haas named Rafael Camara as Esteban Ocon's 2027 replacement on 15 October, then stood Ocon down for the rest of the Mexico City weekend after a run plan row on the radio. Seven points from eighteen races, measured.
Oliver Bearman's 2026 season, measured: fifth in China, then six points in seventeen rounds
Oliver Bearman scored 17 of his 23 points in the first two rounds of 2026, seventh in Melbourne and fifth in China. In the seventeen rounds since he has six points and six retirements. Every race for the Haas driver, measured, and the radio.
Pierre Gasly's 2026 season, measured: a first pole at Monza, and a point lost in Mexico
Pierre Gasly took the first pole of his career at Monza in 2026, the first of the year not taken by Mercedes or McLaren. He has 42 points, tenth in the championship, and lost another in Mexico City to a yellow flag penalty. Every race, measured.
Valtteri Bottas's 2026 season, measured: back on the grid with Cadillac, and still waiting for a point
Valtteri Bottas won ten Grands Prix for Mercedes, went a whole season without a point at Sauber, spent 2025 as a reserve, and returned with Cadillac in 2026. Nineteen races in, his best result is still thirteenth. Every race, measured.
Carlos Sainz's 2026 season, measured: three ninth places by May, then one point in fourteen races
Carlos Sainz scored six points in the first five rounds of 2026, ninth three times, and one in the fourteen races since, for tenth in Baku. In August he signed a new multi-year contract with Williams anyway. Every race, measured, and the radio.
Sergio Perez's 2026 season, measured: the comeback at Cadillac, and a home race finish
Red Bull dropped Sergio Perez after 2024. In 2026 he is back in Formula 1 with Cadillac, the sport's newest team, on a deal that runs to at least the end of 2027. Nineteen races in, his best result is fourteenth, and he finished his home race in Mexico City sixteenth. Every race, measured.
Fernando Alonso's 2026 season, measured: 45 years old, a record 437 starts, and a contract that ends in December
Fernando Alonso is the oldest driver in Formula 1 for more than 50 years and holds the record for Grand Prix starts. In 2026 he has seven points from nineteen races in an Aston Martin shaken by its Honda engine, and his contract ends this year. Every race, and what he has said about his future.