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F1 Snapshot
Championship leader
Antonelli
219 pts · Mercedes
Title gap, P1 to P2
50 pts
Widened from 45
Bars show proximity to the championship leader, not raw points. Arrows show position change since the last race.
F1 Coverage
McLaren Won Both F1 Championships in 2025. Ferrari Still Got Paid More.
F1's prize money isn't just about who wins. A decade-long performance formula and a Ferrari-only heritage payment mean the sport's biggest paycheck doesn't always go to the team that actually won it. McLaren swept both 2025 titles and still wasn't the highest earner on the grid.
What Happens When an F1 Team Breaks the Cost Cap? It's Happened Once, and the Fine Wasn't the Real Penalty.
F1's cost cap has only been broken once, by Red Bull in 2021. Here's how the penalty tiers actually work, what happened in that case, and why the punishment cost more on track than on the balance sheet.
F1's 2026 Cost Cap Went Up by $80 Million. Half a Season In, Here's Who That Money Actually Helped.
F1 raised its cost cap by $80 million for the 2026 rules reset. Eleven rounds in, here's how that money is actually splitting Mercedes, Ferrari, Red Bull, Audi, and Honda, and what the cap increase did and didn't fix.
Mercedes Priced Kimi Antonelli Like a Rookie. Formula 1 May Not Let That Last.
Kimi Antonelli leads the 2026 F1 championship by 50 points on a contract still priced for a rookie. This is how F1 actually prices young drivers, and why a season like his is exactly what breaks that pricing.
Kimi Antonelli Was Supposed to Be the Backup Plan. He's Taking a 50-Point Lead Into F1's Summer Break.
Kimi Antonelli was supposed to be George Russell's backup act. He heads into F1's summer break with a 50-point championship lead instead, a red hot Red Bull on his tail, and a second half that already reeks of grid penalties.
George Russell's Title Fight Didn't Slip at Spa. It Slipped Between Bahrain and Monaco.
Kimi Antonelli leads his own teammate by 50 points heading into the summer break, with twelve rounds still to run. The gap didn't open today. It opened the week two races vanished from the calendar, and it never really closed.