At 20 years, two months and seven days of age, Kimi Antonelli has become F1’s youngest ever world champion after securing a podium finish at the 2026 Mexico City GP, beating Sebastian Vettel’s previous record that had stood for nearly 16 years. Antonelli talks through “critical move” on Leclerc in 2026 F1 Mexico City GP…
20-year-old Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli has delivered his first words as the new F1 World Champion following the 2026 Mexico City GP. In the process, he has become the youngest one in the history of the sport. The Italian has had a remarkable campaign. Following a P2 finish at the Australian GP behind teammate George…
The 2026 F1 Mexico City GP is a historic one already, with Lewis Hamilton starting on pole for the first time at Ferrari. Add to that a possible youngest world champion after the 71 planned laps, and there is a recipe for an exciting race. After being disqualified from qualifying, Racing Bulls have opted to…
Round 19 of the 2026 F1 season was completed at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez for the Mexico City GP. View the full race results here. Lewis Hamilton started from pole position after securing his first pole for Ferrari and the 105th of his F1 career. The seven-time World Champion edged out George Russell by just…
Ferrari Team Principal Fred Vasseur believes Lewis Hamilton found the “perfect balance” on tyre preparation and usage en route to securing pole position for the 2026 Mexico City GP, which was Hamilton’s first in F1 since the 2023 Hungarian GP, and Ferrari’s first since the 2025 Hungarian GP. Vasseur: Hamilton found “perfect balance” with tyres…
Lando Norris was left with mixed emotions after qualifying P6 at the 2026 F1 Mexico City GP, having been unable to replicate his impressive Q2 pace in the final segment. Norris had shown flashes of front-running pace throughout the weekend, finishing P2 in FP2 before topping the timesheets in FP3. In qualifying, the Briton progressed…
Red Bull’s Isack Hadjar finished P7 in the F1 2026 Mexico City GP Qualifying. The Frenchman was shocked by how fast his car was, given it was “so difficult to drive”. Hadjar climbed to P2 in Q1 having used a second new set of softs, but fell back to P6 in Q2 and set a…
McLaren driver Oscar Piastri suffered a surprisingly early elimination during qualifying for the 2026 F1 Mexico City GP, qualifying down in P13. He starts 12th thanks to Liam Lawson’s DSQ. After showing promising pace and comfortable balance throughout FP3 on Saturday and the opening stages of qualifying, Piastri’s performance dropped unexpectedly in Q2. Speaking in…
Racing Bulls’ Liam Lawson apologised for the incident with Max Verstappen during FP2 at the F1 2026 Mexico City GP and reacted to the Red Bull driver’s comments. Both Verstappen and Lawson had missed out on FP1 due to their seats being taken by rookie drivers Ayumu Iwasa and Nikola Tsolov. Later on Friday, they…
Kimi Antonelli endured a difficult qualifying at the 2026 F1 Mexico City GP, struggling to find grip and put together a clean Q3 lap amid growing championship pressure. The Mercedes driver had already faced challenges earlier in the weekend, missing media day due to illness. Despite having little time to recover, Antonelli showed pace across…
