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Audi's first Formula 1 season, measured: two points in eight races, twenty-five in the next eleven
Audi entered Formula 1 in 2026 as a full works team with its own power unit, taking over Sauber. It scored two points in the first eight races and twenty-five in the eleven since. Every race for Gabriel Bortoleto and Nico Hulkenberg, measured.
Red Bull's 2026 season, measured: its own engine, three wins in four, and the best reliability record of any manufacturer
Red Bull build their own power unit for the first time in 2026, with Ford. After fifteen races without a win, Max Verstappen won at Sepang, Singapore and Mexico City, and cars with that engine have the lowest non-finish rate of the five manufacturers. The season race by race, with three drivers.
Mercedes' 2026 season, measured: twelve wins, a drivers' title, and fifteen straight poles on Mercedes power
Mercedes have won twelve of the nineteen Grands Prix of 2026, Kimi Antonelli is world champion, and the team leads the constructors' championship by 126 points. The season race by race, and what Toto Wolff says the advantage really is.
Every 2026 F1 retirement, counted: Aston Martin has had more than half its cars unclassified
79 cars have been left unclassified in the first nineteen Grands Prix of 2026. Aston Martin account for 20 of them, more than half their entries, and Lance Stroll for 13. Every one counted by team, engine and driver.