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Indy Gill
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Explained · 7 Sep 2026
The F1 hybrid system, explained: brake to boost
Every lap is a battery cycle: brake hard, bank the energy, then decide exactly when to spend it back.
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Explained · 7 Sep 2026
The F1 power unit explained: six parts and a grid penalty
Six sealed components make up every F1 engine, and in 2026 the FIA tore up the recipe that had stood since 2014.
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Explained · 7 Sep 2026
ERS in F1, explained
The hybrid system that turns braking heat and exhaust gas into a 160-horsepower shove down the straight, and why 2026 is about to simplify it.
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Explained · 7 Sep 2026
DRS in F1, explained
The rear wing flap that decided a decade of overtakes, and the one-second rule that governed when a driver was allowed to open it.
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14 Jun 2026
Barcelona GP 2026: Hamilton Wins on a Three-Stop Ferrari Plan
George Russell led for most of the afternoon and Kimi Antonelli had second place in his pocket with four laps to go, yet it was Lewis Hamilton who crossed the line first, and the timing sheets say the race was won away from the cameras entirely.
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7 Jun 2026
Monaco GP 2026: Antonelli Wins After Red Flag Wipes Lead
Kimi Antonelli built a lead nearing half a minute around Monte Carlo, watched it shrink to less than a second at a red-flag restart, and still found six seconds by the flag.
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24 May 2026
Antonelli Canada 2026: Fourth Win in Five as Russell Stops
Kimi Antonelli banked his fourth win of the season in Montreal, but only after teammate George Russell's Mercedes went silent from the lead; behind them Hamilton edged Verstappen for the final podium spot while McLaren's front-row start collapsed into a lost weekend.
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23 May 2026
Russell Holds Off Antonelli to Win Canada 2026 Sprint
George Russell converted pole into a sprint victory at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, defending for 23 laps against his own furious teammate even though it was Lando Norris, not either Mercedes, who carried the fastest average pace of the whole field.
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22 May 2026
Russell Beats Antonelli to Canada Sprint Pole in Final Sector
George Russell matched his teammate corner for corner around Montreal, but found the extra fraction where it mattered most, at the Wall of Champions, on the lap that decided the sprint's front row.
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3 May 2026
Miami Grand Prix 2026: Antonelli Holds Off Norris for a Third Straight Win
Lando Norris had the faster car for most of a Sunday that swung through five lead changes, yet Kimi Antonelli still crossed the line three seconds clear because he owned the one stretch of the Miami International Autodrome that decided everything else.
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2 May 2026
Antonelli Takes Miami Pole With Four Teams Inside Four Tenths
Antonelli topped the timesheet again in Miami, but the real story is that Verstappen, Leclerc and Norris all had a puncher's chance at pole, and Alpine wasn't far behind them either.
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2 May 2026
Miami Sprint 2026: Norris Wins as Antonelli Drops to Sixth
Lando Norris led every lap of Saturday's sprint from pole, but the story of this one is as much about who beat themselves as who won it.