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1 Antonelli Wins Spanish GP 2026 on a Lap 14 VSC Pit Stop Kimi Antonelli turned a mid-race Virtual Safety Car into his eighth win of the season, and Lando Norris never lost the Spanish Grand Prix lead on track, only in the pit lane. Race Spain 13 Sep 2026 7 MIN 2 Q1, Q2 and Q3 in F1 qualifying, explained Three sessions, three different jobs: survive, choose, and then risk it all on one lap. 7 Sep 2026 5 MIN 3 How F1 qualifying works: Q1, Q2 and Q3 explained Three timed sessions, three shrinking grids, and one clock that turns a Saturday afternoon into the tensest hour of the weekend. 7 Sep 2026 5 MIN 4 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. Race Monaco 7 Jun 2026 7 MIN 5 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. Race Canada 24 May 2026 6 MIN 6 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. Race United States 3 May 2026 7 MIN 7 China Sprint 2026: Russell Holds Off Leclerc After Safety Car George Russell had the fastest car in the race that mattered most, but a first-lap clash from teammate Antonelli and a late safety car turned a comfortable sprint into a three-lap sprint to the flag. Sprint China 14 Mar 2026 5 MIN 8 Baku 2019: Bottas Holds Off Hamilton by 1.5s From Pole Valtteri Bottas led every lap from pole in Baku, yet Lewis Hamilton's average race pace was actually the quickest on the day, and the margin between them never grew comfortable enough for anyone to relax. Race Azerbaijan 28 Apr 2019 6 MIN 9 Chinese GP 2019: Hamilton Beats Bottas Off the Line to Win Bottas had pole by two hundredths of a second, but Hamilton had the start, and the whole afternoon in Shanghai followed from that one exchange at Turn 1. Race China 14 Apr 2019 6 MIN 10 Chinese GP 2019: Bottas Beats Hamilton to Pole by 0.023s Valtteri Bottas found two hundredths of a second more than his own teammate when it mattered, and that was the whole story of a Shanghai qualifying hour Ferrari could not touch. Qualifying China 13 Apr 2019 4 MIN 11 Hamilton Wins Bahrain 2019 After Passing Leclerc on Lap 48 Charles Leclerc set the fastest lap of the entire race and led for most of the distance from a maiden pole, yet it was Lewis Hamilton standing on the top step after a lead change on lap 48 turned the result on its head. Race Bahrain 31 Mar 2019 6 MIN 12 US GP 2018: Raikkonen Wins, Verstappen Second From 18th Kimi Räikkönen nursed a shrinking lead to end the longest win drought in Formula 1 history, but it was Lewis Hamilton who carried the fastest car all afternoon and Max Verstappen who produced the drive everyone will remember. Race 21 Oct 2018 6 MIN 13 Hamilton Wins Japanese GP 2018 From Pole, Vettel Sixth Lewis Hamilton controlled Suzuka from the front row to the flag, but the number that actually tells you about the title fight belongs to Sebastian Vettel, who drove the fastest lap of the afternoon and still finished sixth. Race 7 Oct 2018 6 MIN 14 Russian GP 2018: Hamilton Beats Bottas on Pit Strategy Bottas led off pole and Verstappen inherited the net lead from nineteenth on the grid, but every swing on the timing screen in Sochi came from the pit lane rather than the track, and Hamilton was the one still holding it when the chequered flag fell. Race 30 Sep 2018 6 MIN 15 Russian GP 2018: Bottas Beats Hamilton to Pole by 0.145s Valtteri Bottas beat Lewis Hamilton to pole by a tenth and a half at Sochi, while Red Bull chose to abandon the fight before it started. Qualifying 29 Sep 2018 4 MIN 16 Hamilton Wins Singapore 2018 From Pole, Verstappen Second Lewis Hamilton controlled every lap of a physical Marina Bay night, but it was Ferrari's tyre call on Sebastian Vettel that turned a contest into a procession. Race 16 Sep 2018 6 MIN 17 Belgian GP 2018: Vettel Beats Hamilton by 11s at Spa Vettel's move on Hamilton was decided in the opening seconds, but it was a cleaner final tyre stint that turned a narrow launch-line pass into an eleven-second cruise to the flag. Race 26 Aug 2018 6 MIN 18 Hamilton Wins 2018 Hungarian GP, Raikkonen Fastest in Third Lewis Hamilton controlled the Hungaroring from pole to flag, but it was Kimi Räikkönen, not Hamilton or Vettel, who drove the fastest race of the afternoon and still finished third. Race 29 Jul 2018 6 MIN 19 Hamilton Wins German GP 2018 From 14th as Vettel Crashes Sebastian Vettel led his home race for over fifty laps on slick tyres, but Lewis Hamilton's one-stop gamble and a late Hockenheim downpour turned a Ferrari coronation into a Mercedes 1-2. Race 22 Jul 2018 6 MIN 20 Vettel Wins 2018 British GP; Hamilton Recovers to Second Vettel led off the start, lost the race to a Mercedes strategy gamble on lap one of the safety cars, and won it back with a bold dive at Brooklands that Hamilton's frantic recovery from the back of the grid couldn't quite catch. Race 8 Jul 2018 7 MIN 21 Verstappen Wins 2018 Austrian GP as Mercedes Double DNF Red Bull's home race was won as much in the Mercedes garage as on the Red Bull Ring's tarmac, and the pit stop that never came proved more decisive than anything Max Verstappen did on track. Race 1 Jul 2018 7 MIN 22 French GP 2018: Hamilton Wins From Pole as Vettel Hits Bottas Lewis Hamilton led every meaningful lap at Paul Ricard, but the story of this French Grand Prix was written in the first four hundred metres, where Sebastian Vettel's dive at Valtteri Bottas turned a title fight into a damage-limitation exercise. Race 24 Jun 2018 7 MIN 23 Hamilton Takes 2018 French GP Pole, Mercedes Lock Out Row 1 Hamilton beat Bottas by barely a blink to take pole on Formula 1's return to Paul Ricard, but the real story was the gulf that opened up two seconds behind the top six. Qualifying 23 Jun 2018 4 MIN 24 Vettel Wins 2018 Canadian GP, Takes Title Lead From Hamilton Sebastian Vettel turned a pole margin of less than a tenth into a lights-to-flag victory that snapped Ferrari's long Montreal drought, but it took a Valtteri Bottas mistake at Turn 1 to turn a close race into a comfortable one. Race 10 Jun 2018 6 MIN 25 Ricciardo Wins Monaco 2018 as Verstappen Sets Fastest Lap Daniel Ricciardo led every one of Monaco's 78 laps to win from pole, yet the fastest lap of the whole afternoon was set by the Red Bull that started twentieth. Race 27 May 2018 6 MIN 26 Hamilton Takes Spanish GP 2018 Win as Three Crash at Turn 1 Hamilton controlled every lap he needed to at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, but the race's real story was written in the opening seconds, when three cars never made it past Turn 1. Race 13 May 2018 6 MIN 27 Azerbaijan GP 2018: Hamilton Wins After Bottas Puncture Sebastian Vettel had the fastest car in Baku for forty-eight laps, but a Red Bull civil war, a lock-up under pressure and a shredded Mercedes tyre handed Lewis Hamilton a win his own pace never quite justified. Race 29 Apr 2018 7 MIN 28 Chinese GP 2018: Ricciardo Wins From Sixth on Fresh Softs Daniel Ricciardo climbed from sixth on the grid to steal the Chinese Grand Prix, riding a Red Bull safety-car gamble and a string of outside-line passes while Max Verstappen's collision with Sebastian Vettel wrecked the Ferrari's afternoon. Race 15 Apr 2018 7 MIN 29 Bahrain GP 2018: Vettel Holds Off Bottas by 0.75 Seconds Sebastian Vettel led every lap that mattered and still had to defend Sakhir's front straight with the lights out, while Lewis Hamilton's climb from ninth quietly out-paced everyone in front of him. Race 8 Apr 2018 7 MIN