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Mercedes' 2026 season, measured: eleven wins, and fifteen straight poles on Mercedes power
Mercedes have won eleven of the seventeen Grands Prix of 2026 and lead the constructors' championship by 134 points. The first fifteen poles all went to cars with a Mercedes power unit, until Red Bull took the last two. The season race by race, and what Toto Wolff says the advantage really is.
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.
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.
Mercedes W17: The 2026 Car, and What It Actually Does
The W17 is smaller, narrower and lighter than the car before it, and it has taken ten of the first thirteen poles. We measured where its advantage actually comes from.
Mercedes Took 10 of 13 Poles in 2026, Then Gasly Ended It
Antonelli six, Russell four, Norris two. Then Gasly took Alpine's first ever pole at Monza and ended the run. The qualifying data explains all of it.