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🥇 US GP winner
👑 2pts from winning the #F1 title
🏎️💨 13sec ahead of everyone else.
Kimi Antonelli cruised to victory in Austin while his rivals floundered, writes Mark Hughes: go.motorsportmagazine.com/4B…
9th place in Mexico and Kimi Antonelli WILL be the 2026 F1 drivers’ world champion! 👀🏆
History awaits.
❌ Red Bull’s Max Verstappen is OUT of F1 world drivers’ championship contention for the first time since the 2020 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix…
…2142 days ago! 🤯
Lewis 🆚 Max: The off-track edition 👀
Hamilton’s age isn’t phasing him despite the tricky and bumpy track surface in Austin.
The seven-time F1 champion’s comments contrast to Verstappen’s earlier in the weekend about the bumps being “really bad”.
Was a sheepish Lando Norris slower after his telling-off in Singapore? #F1
Watch more from the Motor Sport F1 Show: go.motorsportmagazine.com/4B…
Then 🆚 now: F1 at Turn 1 in Austin 👀
The landscape looking up at the first turn at COTA has changed dramatically over the past 12 months thanks to the brand new clubhouse called “The Circuit”.
The official private members club will open in 2027 and is rumoured to have an initiation fee of between $500,000 to $1mil.
Circuit of the Americas, venue for this weekend's #USGP , is loved by drivers and fans alike. Is it the best circuit that pre-eminent #F1 track designer Hermann Tilke has created?
Watch more in the Motor Sport F1 Show: go.motorsportmagazine.com/4B…
If each active title challenger finishes the 2026 US Grand Prix where they start, just one would be left standing against Kimi Antonelli…
…George Russell.
It would leave Antonelli needing just five points in Mexico to be crowned F1 champion regardless of what Mercedes team-mate Russell did.
The difference two hours - and a likely quiet word from somewhere - can make… 👀
Williams F1 star Carlos Sainz on the Qatar and Abu Dhabi Grands Prix 🗣️
Do YOU think we’ll see Formula 1 race there this year? 🤔
True sportsmanship 👏
It’s been an incredible 50 years since James Hunt became the 1976 F1 world champion.
The British driver beat Niki Lauda after the Ferrari star pulled out of the treacherously wet Japanese Grand Prix - Lauda admitted afterwards his prior near-fatal crash at the Nurburgring just months prior had spooked him enough to stop taking those kinds of risks.
Hunt on Lauda’s decision: “I feel really sorry for Niki. I feel sorry for everybody that the race had to be run in such ridiculous circumstances because the conditions were dangerous and I fully appreciate Niki’s decision. After an accident like he had, what else could he do?“
Hunt’s path to the title in Japan after Lauda’s withdrawal from the race still wasn’t easy.
He led easily in the early monsoon conditions, but when the track began to dry to started to slip back down the order.
His McLaren team attempted to warn him to cool his wet-weather tyre using the pit board, but Hunt carried on down the dry line, running his tyres way above their recommended temperature, seemingly oblivious to the warnings.
Eventually Hunt suffered not one, but two punctures and was forced to pit, dropping him down to fifth. He needed third to be champion.
By the final lap the Briton had successfully fought back to that crucial third position - something he had no idea about when pulling into the pits at the end of the race.
He was famously photographed shouting at his McLaren team believing they’d all thrown away the championship.
13 grands prix in Austin, 6 different winning F1 drivers! 🏁
Will we see a new face take the top spot in 2026? 🤔
Lewis Hamilton: 5 wins
Max Verstappen: 4 wins
Sebastian Vettel: 1 win
Kimi Raikkonen: 1 win
Valtteri Bottas: 1 win
Charles Leclerc: 1 win
Skip an autograph session, get a grid penalty…
…that’s the fate which faces MotoGP riders who continually miss PR events during race weekends 😬
The Race reports that riders will face being docked time from practice sessions, fines and even grid penalties for the offence.
Tell us YOUR thoughts about it in the comments ✍️
What a way to cap off a great year for Kimi! 🧢🏁
The Mercedes star and world champion-elect recreates @sog_goog’s famous F1 caps art in Austin 👏
Who is really fastest at COTA? Mark Hughes on the pre-race mind games as Red Bull, Ferrari and Mercedes all point elsewhere #F1
go.motorsportmagazine.com/4s…
Will Lando Norris find his race-winning form again in Austin? 🤔
It’s been a tough few races for the reigning world champion since he won the Dutch Grand Prix in August - errors, lost opportunities and disappointing results leaving the McLaren man a distant 6th in the standings.
Click below for our full Austin preview 🇺🇸
motorsportmagazine.com/artic…
Imagine if this was the 2026 F1 drivers’ championship battle with a handful of rounds to go…
…unfortunately for us, Kimi Antonelli has been brilliant this year and looks set to clinch the title imminently.
Instead, George Russell, Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen are fighting to seal the runner-up spot - but who’ll come out on top!? 🤔
