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Every 2026 F1 retirement, counted: Aston Martin has had more than half its cars unclassified
71 cars have been left unclassified in the first seventeen Grands Prix of 2026. Aston Martin account for 18 of them, more than half their entries, and Lance Stroll for 12. Every one counted by team, engine and driver.
Oscar Piastri's 2026 season, measured: two races he never started, and a gearbox in Hungary
Oscar Piastri did not start either of the first two Grands Prix of 2026, then led Hungary until his gearbox failed. He is seventh on 138 points. Every race, and the radio, including the messages that show how stewards' investigations shape a race.
F1 2026 standings after Singapore: every driver and team, and how the top six got there
The 2026 Formula 1 drivers' and constructors' standings after the Singapore Grand Prix. Kimi Antonelli leads George Russell by 102 points with six rounds left, and Mercedes lead Ferrari by 134.
Charles Leclerc's 2026 season, measured: a first Silverstone win, and three races that ended off the track
Charles Leclerc won the British Grand Prix for his ninth career victory, was second in Singapore, and is fifth in the 2026 championship on 215 points. Three races ended off the track: no brakes at Monaco, a hydraulic failure in Barcelona, and a heavy crash at Monza. Every race, and what he said on the radio.
Lando Norris's 2026 season, measured: two wins, three poles, and four weekends his McLaren took away
Lando Norris is sixth in the 2026 championship on 201 points, with wins in Hungary and at Zandvoort. His car cost him four weekends: a non-start in China, failures in Canada and Monaco, and a grid penalty at Spa. Every race, and what he said on the radio.
George Russell's 2026 season, measured: three Grand Prix wins, three sprint wins, and the races taken away
George Russell is second in the 2026 championship on 238 points, with three Grand Prix wins and more sprint wins than anyone. He is also the driver who lost most to things outside his control: a battery failure from the lead in Canada, a power unit failure at Sepang, and a penalty Mercedes served wrongly in Monaco.
Max Verstappen's 2026 season, measured: no wins in fifteen rounds, then two in a row
Max Verstappen went fifteen rounds of 2026 without a win and retired four times, then won at Sepang and Singapore on consecutive weekends. Every race, every retirement, and what he said on the radio.
Lewis Hamilton's 2026 season, measured: the first Ferrari win, and points in 16 of 17 races
Lewis Hamilton won for Ferrari in Barcelona, 686 days after his previous victory, has scored in every race of 2026 but one, and gambled his way to a podium at Sepang. Every race, and what he said on the radio.
Kimi Antonelli's 2026 season, measured: eight wins, six poles and two races that got away
Kimi Antonelli has won eight of the seventeen Grands Prix of 2026 and leads the championship by 102 points at 20, with the title possible in Austin. Every race, where he started and finished, the two he lost, and what he said on the radio.
Every 2026 F1 circuit, drawn by the car itself
Fourteen maps of every Formula 1 track raced in 2026, each drawn from a real qualifying lap's position data rather than traced. Top speeds, slowest corners and the circuits that never drop below 100 km/h.
We counted every word of F1 radio this season. "Box box" was said five times.
Every broadcast team radio line of 2026, counted. Thank you appears 121 times, well done 69, mate 67. The most famous phrase in Formula 1 radio was said five times all season.
F1 broadcast 636 radio messages this season. A quarter of them were Mercedes.
We counted every team radio message Formula 1 broadcast in 2026. Kimi Antonelli has been played 85 times, Yuki Tsunoda and Lance Stroll four each, and the gap tracks the championship more closely than it tracks anything else.