#2027 - Cadillac: America's F1 Rebuild

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jaunty maple
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Lap 7: Well that didn't work, Norris just blew like a stormy wind past Perez

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Bottas past Bearman up to 5th, ahead of him now is Tsunoda and Verstappen, who is also reporting mechanical issues

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Lap 9: Albon and Leclerc past Bottas, down to 7th and now under threat from Hadjar. Yeah this car isn't suitable for combat anymore.

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Lap 10: Hadjar and Piastri past Bottas, down to 9th, while Perez is already down to 16th

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Lap 12: Bearman past Bottas for 9th, how the f*ck is that possible?

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Lap 13: Norris past Bottas into 10th, we're already outside the points... just end this misery

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Lap 15: Russell and Ocon past Bottas, down to 13th, I swear I am going to have an aneurysm at some point

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Lap 17: Another lap, another place gone, Hamilton past Bottas, down to 14th

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Lap 21: Alonso pits from the lead, Leclerc now reporting a mechanical issue as well

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And yet another place gone, Sainz past Bottas, down to net 14th (a few cars pit)

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Lap 22: Verstappen now pits, and Bearman is 2nd?! Well, only lap 22, still has to pit anyway

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Lap 23: Antonelli is now the net leader, Tsunoda in 4th reports that his problem is getting worse

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Lap 24: Perez has managed to climb his way back to pass Bottas

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He also managed to form enough of a gap that we can pit both cars this lap

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Lap 25: Antonelli dropped back from the two Aston Martins, Alonso takes the lead from Leclerc, yet to pit

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We exit 19th and 20th... it just keeps getting harder to find motivation to complete this season at this point

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Lap 29: And to make matters even worse if it's not crisis mode already, Norris is up in 6th. If Russell and Hamilton could actually do something, they could catch him though

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Lap 34: Perez and Bottas gained a few places to 14th and 16th, does it make a difference though?

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Lap 37: And as if we didn't have enough problems, now we're even more in crisis, Perez's gearbox is deciding to fail, but we can't replace any component for either car because we have no f*cking money

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Lap 39: Bottas' ERS is also fading, and Verstappen's car has completely packed up giving Norris 4th. Honestly I just can't at this point

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Lap 43: Now EVEN MORE parts are fading, Bottas' engine this time, and now he's been passed by Hulkenberg down to 16th

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We're pitting this lap, hards to the end

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Lap 44: Now EVEN MORE parts are fading, Perez's engine is developing issues as well

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And Leclerc's car is also almost giving way so he can't challenge Norris ahead

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Lap 49: Perez's gearbox fault has progressed, as if we aren't already about to fall completely unstable by a fingernail

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Lap 55: Leclerc's car has given way, giving Sainz another position in the points. You know, this is just all luck for Williams at this point

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Lap 65: Now EVEN MORE parts are failing, Bottas' engine is letting go more

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And the ERS followed suite

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AND PEREZ'S GEARBOX IS NOW MAJOR AS WELL. Just, no

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Lap 66: We've been lapped by Norris... I genuinely want to break something now

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Lap 68: Perez's gearbox has gone, have to retire

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Lap 70: Hamilton got past Norris, but Williams still score 16 points like the lucky frauds they are

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Lap 71: As the cherry on top of this 💩 cake, Bottas ran out of fuel just before line

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Race:

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Finishing Order:

  1. 🇪🇸 Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin)
  2. 🇯🇵 Yuki Tsunoda +9.462 (Aston Martin)
  3. 🇮🇹 Kimi Antonelli +24.121 (Mercedes)
  4. 🇬🇧 Lewis Hamilton +14.338 (Ferrari)
  5. 🇬🇧 Lando Norris +3.849 (Williams)
  6. 🇬🇧 George Russell +9.515 (McLaren)
  7. 🇪🇸 Carlos Sainz +1 lap (Williams)
  8. 🇬🇧 Oliver Bearman +1 lap (Haas)
  9. 🇹🇭 Alexander Albon +1 lap (Red Bull)
  10. 🇫🇷 Esteban Ocon +1 lap (Haas)
  11. 🇩🇪 Nico Hulkenberg +1 lap (Audi)
  12. 🇫🇷 Isack Hadjar +1 lap (Red Bull)
  13. 🇳🇿 Liam Lawson +1 lap (Racing Bulls)
  14. 🇯🇵 Ayumu Iwasa +1 lap (Racing Bulls)
    DNF. 🇫🇮 Valtteri Bottas (Cadillac)
  15. 🇧🇷 Gabriel Bortoleto +2 laps (Audi)
  16. 🇨🇳 Zhou Guanyu +2 laps (Alpine)
  17. 🇫🇷 Pierre Gasly +2 laps (Alpine)
    DNF. 🇲🇽 Sergio Perez (Cadillac)
    DNF. 🇲🇨 Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
    DNF. 🇦🇺 Oscar Piastri (McLaren)
    DNF. 🇳🇱 Max Verstappen (Mercedes)
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Cadillac:

Sergio Perez and Valtteri Bottas DNF

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Main Highlights:

Alonso wins 8th race of the season and gets even closer to that 3rd title
Antonelli gets 2nd podium of the season
Hamilton comes back from 19th to take 4th
Russell comes back from 17th to take 6th

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2026 Standings After Round 20:

Constructors:

  1. 🇬🇧 Aston Martin, 587 points
  2. 🇩🇪 Mercedes, 455 points
  3. 🇮🇹 Ferrari, 449 points
  4. 🇬🇧 McLaren, 385 points
    5. 🇺🇸 Cadillac, 134 points
  5. 🇬🇧 Williams, 127 points
  6. 🇦🇹 Red Bull, 20 points
  7. 🇺🇸 Haas, 7 points
  8. 🇩🇪 Audi, 0 points
  9. 🇬🇧 Racing Bulls, 0 points
  10. 🇫🇷 Alpine, 0 points

Drivers:

  1. 🇪🇸 Fernando Alonso, 409 points (Aston Martin)
  2. 🇳🇱 Max Verstappen, 313 points (Mercedes)
  3. 🇲🇨 Charles Leclerc, 283 points (Ferrari)
  4. 🇬🇧 George Russell, 196 points (McLaren)
  5. 🇦🇺 Oscar Piastri, 189 points (McLaren)
  6. 🇯🇵 Yuki Tsunoda, 178 points (Aston Martin)
  7. 🇬🇧 Lewis Hamilton, 166 points (Ferrari)
  8. 🇮🇹 Kimi Antonelli, 142 points (Mercedes)
  9. 🇬🇧 Lando Norris, 89 points (Williams)
    10. 🇫🇮 Valtteri Bottas, 74 points (Cadillac)
    11. 🇲🇽 Sergio Perez, 60 points (Cadillac)
  10. 🇪🇸 Carlos Sainz, 38 points (Williams)
  11. 🇹🇭 Alexander Albon, 20 points (Red Bull)
  12. 🇬🇧 Oliver Bearman, 4 points (Haas)
  13. 🇫🇷 Esteban Ocon, 3 points (Haas)
  14. 🇩🇪 Nico Hulkenberg, 0 points (Audi)
  15. 🇫🇷 Isack Hadjar, 0 points (Red Bull)
  16. 🇳🇿 Liam Lawson, 0 points (Racing Bulls)
  17. 🇯🇵 Ayumu Iwasa, 0 points (Racing Bulls)
  18. 🇧🇷 Gabriel Bortoleto, 0 points (Audi)
  19. 🇫🇷 Pierre Gasly, 0 points (Alpine)
  20. 🇨🇳 Zhou Guanyu, 0 points (Alpine)
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We're last in the pit stop championship as well, so it won't help our finances in the slightest

jaunty maple
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🇧🇷 Brazil 2026:

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Sprint Qualifying:

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SQ1 Knockouts:

  1. 🇫🇷 Isack Hadjar (Red Bull)
  2. 🇫🇷 Pierre Gasly (Alpine)
  3. 🇫🇷 Esteban Ocon (Haas)
  4. 🇯🇵 Ayumu Iwasa (Racing Bulls)
  5. 🇨🇳 Zhou Guanyu (Alpine)
  6. 🇩🇪 Nico Hulkenberg (Audi)
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SQ2 Knockouts:

  1. 🇬🇧 Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari)
  2. 🇬🇧 Oliver Bearman (Haas)
  3. 🇧🇷 Gabriel Bortoleto (Audi)
    14. 🇲🇽 Sergio Perez (Cadillac)
  4. 🇳🇿 Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls)
    16. 🇫🇮 Valtteri Bottas (Cadillac)
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SQ3 Top 10:

  1. 🇪🇸 Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin)
  2. 🇲🇨 Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
  3. 🇦🇺 Oscar Piastri (McLaren)
  4. 🇳🇱 Max Verstappen (Mercedes)
  5. 🇬🇧 George Russell (McLaren)
  6. 🇯🇵 Yuki Tsunoda (Aston Martin)
  7. 🇬🇧 Lando Norris (Williams)
  8. 🇪🇸 Carlos Sainz (Williams)
  9. 🇮🇹 Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes)
  10. 🇹🇭 Alexander Albon (Red Bull)
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Sprint Starting Grid:

  1. 🇪🇸 Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin)
  2. 🇲🇨 Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
  3. 🇦🇺 Oscar Piastri (McLaren)
  4. 🇳🇱 Max Verstappen (Mercedes)
  5. 🇬🇧 George Russell (McLaren)
  6. 🇯🇵 Yuki Tsunoda (Aston Martin)
  7. 🇬🇧 Lando Norris (Williams)
  8. 🇪🇸 Carlos Sainz (Williams)
  9. 🇮🇹 Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes)
  10. 🇹🇭 Alexander Albon (Red Bull)
  11. 🇬🇧 Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari)
  12. 🇬🇧 Oliver Bearman (Haas)
  13. 🇧🇷 Gabriel Bortoleto (Audi)
    14. 🇲🇽 Sergio Perez (Cadillac)
  14. 🇳🇿 Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls)
    16. 🇫🇮 Valtteri Bottas (Cadillac)
  15. 🇫🇷 Isack Hadjar (Red Bull)
  16. 🇫🇷 Pierre Gasly (Alpine)
  17. 🇫🇷 Esteban Ocon (Haas)
  18. 🇯🇵 Ayumu Iwasa (Racing Bulls)
  19. 🇨🇳 Zhou Guanyu (Alpine)
  20. 🇩🇪 Nico Hulkenberg (Audi)
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Lap 1: Bortoleto spins at the first few corners, we're up to 13th and 14th

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Lap 4: Albon has developed a major car issue

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Bortoleto spins again at turn 4 and taps the wall, a rough sprint for the Brazilian

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Lap 12: Perez's ERS is going faulty, we're actually running out of powertrain parts that can't be replaced

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Lap 13: Leclerc takes the lead from Alonso

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Lap 14: Bottas' engine is also faulty, but still past Bearman up to 11th

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Lap 18: Antonelli locks up and drops to 10th, bad news as Williams are now 7th and 8th as a result

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Lap 21: Leclerc runs wide, Alonso and Tsunoda go through

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Lap 23: Norris past Hamilton up to 5th, if Sainz also goes through, we officially lose 5th in the constructors due to that lucky 2nd in Singapore for them

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Lap 24: Tsunoda takes the lead, but can he hang on down the final straight?

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Sprint:

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Finishing Order:

  1. 🇯🇵 Yuki Tsunoda (Aston Martin)
  2. 🇪🇸 Fernando Alonso +0.057 (Aston Martin)
  3. 🇲🇨 Charles Leclerc +3.110 (Ferrari)
  4. 🇳🇱 Max Verstappen +0.111 (Mercedes)
  5. 🇬🇧 Lewis Hamilton +3.667 (Ferrari)
  6. 🇬🇧 Lando Norris +0.380 (Williams)
  7. 🇪🇸 Carlos Sainz +0.236 (Williams)
  8. 🇦🇺 Oscar Piastri +3.513 (McLaren)
  9. 🇬🇧 George Russell +0.649 (McLaren)
  10. 🇮🇹 Kimi Antonelli +4.214 (Mercedes)
    11. 🇫🇮 Valtteri Bottas +17.840 (Cadillac)
  11. 🇬🇧 Oliver Bearman +2.672 (Haas)
    13. 🇲🇽 Sergio Perez +4.526 (Cadillac)
  12. 🇳🇿 Liam Lawson +2.396 (Racing Bulls)
  13. 🇹🇭 Alexander Albon +0.454 (Red Bull)
  14. 🇫🇷 Isack Hadjar +0.026 (Red Bull)
  15. 🇫🇷 Esteban Ocon +0.162 (Haas)
  16. 🇩🇪 Nico Hulkenberg +9.035 (Audi)
  17. 🇯🇵 Ayumu Iwasa +5.579 (Racing Bulls)
  18. 🇫🇷 Pierre Gasly +2.525 (Alpine)
  19. 🇨🇳 Zhou Guanyu +3.953 (Alpine)
  20. 🇧🇷 Gabriel Bortoleto +1 lap (Audi)
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We still hold 5th in the constructors standings
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The mechanical issues fixed themselves so we can live for another race

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Qualifying:

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Q1 Knockouts:

  1. 🇯🇵 Ayumu Iwasa (Racing Bulls)
  2. 🇫🇷 Pierre Gasly (Alpine)
  3. 🇬🇧 Oliver Bearman (Haas)
  4. 🇳🇿 Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls)
  5. 🇨🇳 Zhou Guanyu (Alpine)
  6. 🇪🇸 Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) (Out with no time)
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Q2 Knockouts:

  1. 🇬🇧 Lando Norris (Williams)
    12. 🇫🇮 Valtteri Bottas (Cadillac)
  2. 🇩🇪 Nico Hulkenberg (Audi)
  3. 🇫🇷 Isack Hadjar (Red Bull)
  4. 🇧🇷 Gabriel Bortoleto (Audi)
    16. 🇲🇽 Sergio Perez (Cadillac)
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Q3 Top 10:

  1. 🇮🇹 Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes)
  2. 🇲🇨 Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
  3. 🇬🇧 George Russell (McLaren)
  4. 🇳🇱 Max Verstappen (Mercedes)
  5. 🇬🇧 Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari)
  6. 🇹🇭 Alexander Albon (Red Bull)
  7. 🇯🇵 Yuki Tsunoda (Aston Martin)
  8. 🇦🇺 Oscar Piastri (McLaren)
  9. 🇪🇸 Carlos Sainz (Williams)
  10. 🇫🇷 Esteban Ocon (Haas)
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Notes:

Tsunoda, Hulkenberg, and Bortoleto take 5 place grid penalties for exceeding powertrain component limits
Verstappen and Albon take 10 place grid penalties for exceeding powertrain component limits
Leclerc takes a 21 place grid penalty for exceeding powertrain component limits

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Starting Grid:

  1. 🇮🇹 Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes)
  2. 🇬🇧 George Russell (McLaren)
  3. 🇬🇧 Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari)
  4. 🇦🇺 Oscar Piastri (McLaren)
  5. 🇪🇸 Carlos Sainz (Williams)
  6. 🇫🇷 Esteban Ocon (Haas)
  7. 🇬🇧 Lando Norris (Williams)
    8. 🇫🇮 Valtteri Bottas (Cadillac)
  8. 🇫🇷 Isack Hadjar (Red Bull)
    10. 🇲🇽 Sergio Perez (Cadillac)
  9. 🇯🇵 Ayumu Iwasa (Racing Bulls)
  10. 🇯🇵 Yuki Tsunoda (Aston Martin)
  11. 🇫🇷 Pierre Gasly (Alpine)
  12. 🇳🇱 Max Verstappen (Mercedes)
  13. 🇬🇧 Oliver Bearman (Haas)
  14. 🇹🇭 Alexander Albon (Red Bull)
  15. 🇳🇿 Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls)
  16. 🇩🇪 Nico Hulkenberg (Audi)
  17. 🇨🇳 Zhou Guanyu (Alpine)
  18. 🇧🇷 Gabriel Bortoleto (Audi)
  19. 🇪🇸 Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin)
  20. 🇲🇨 Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
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Championship requirements:

Alonso leads Verstappen by 98 points heading into the race, and there are a maximum of 108 points on offer in the final 4 races and 1 sprint. All Alonso has to do is finish 5th to claim the title here in Brazil.

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Lap 1: It's a wet start, looking to be inter conditions for 3/4 of the race. Bottas past Norris up to 7th and Perez past Hadjar up to 9th

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Lap 2: Hamilton takes the lead from Antonelli

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Worth noting that 12 drivers started on used inters, so when they pit they might not have any new sets left for the 2nd stint

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Lap 6: An Interlagos classic: Everyone wears out their intermediate tires. The highest percent of tire the AI are on is 87% (Hamilton and Zhou), both Perez and Bottas are on 91%

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The lowest is Sainz at 79% already, he's running 113 degree celsius tires

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Lap 7: Bottas past Ocon into 6th

jaunty maple
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Lap 9: Norris overtook Ocon and Bottas and ran instantly, not much we can do other than hope the tire wear hits hard

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Lap 15: Perez's ERS is already going faulty again, this is the worst time for this to happen now. It also has to be examined after the race, so there's one of his ERS gone

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He's also been passed by Tsunoda and Verstappen down to 11th

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Lap 19: Antonelli is the first of the leaders to pit, I think most the AI might be doing 3 stoppers

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Verstappen spins at the first corner, Perez back past him after also passing Ocon

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Lap 20: Perez's engine is also going on strike with a drivability issue, and also examined after the race. Passed by Ocon

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Lap 21: Then re-passes Ocon and runs with it, tire wear difference in action

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Lap 24: Hamilton pits from the lead, Piastri also pits

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We are yet to pit, but as a result, Bottas now leads the race

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Antonelli undercut Hamilton but there is a massive tire offset between them

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Lap 25: Perez's engine fault has worsed, surprising he's still in 4th, also yet to pit but still

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Speaking of, we're pitting this lap, another set of inters

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Lap 26: We exit 8th and 10th, still in the points but hoping that our 1 less stop will gain us a few places later on

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Lap 27: Perez is defending really well from championship protagonists Alonso and Verstappen, I've slowed him down to increase their gap to the cars in front, namely Bottas

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Lap 28: The gap went from 3 to 5.5 seconds to the next car after Verstappen passed Perez, that went really well there

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Lap 32: Perez did what he could, but he is dropping like a stone due to these car issues and is now down to 15th and under pressure from Ocon

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And now down to 16th

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Lap 39: Hamilton now under a second behind Antonelli for the race lead

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Lap 40: Bottas now has his own drivability issue, even when things go our way, unreliability just strikes

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Perez is down to 18th now, his issues are really bad

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Lap 42: Perez spins and drops to 19th behind Lawson

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Lap 43: Hamilton re-takes the lead from Antonelli

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Russell in 3rd is 14 seconds behind, so it's looking like it's those two for the win

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Lap 45: Hamilton has developed an issue! Is this going to hamper his race against Antonelli?

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Alonso past Bottas, down to 10th

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Lap 54: Track is considered dry, and Sainz gets a puncture! Time to switch to slicks

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Lap 56: Perez changed to mediums and immedieatly locked up out of the pits

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Everyone is on mediums bar Norris on softs

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Lap 57: Leclerc past Bottas, there's no use trying to fight back

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Lap 61: Bottas' issue has worsened, this really isn't getting taken away from us, is it?

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Lap 67: Albon past Bottas, it really has been stolen from us, f*ck

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Lap 69: Sainz past Bottas, down to 12th. Just more and more problems mounting every single race weekend

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Lap 70: Russell locks up into turn 1 and loses time to Tsunoda in the battle for 3rd

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Race:

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Finishing Order:

  1. 🇬🇧 Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari)
  2. 🇮🇹 Kimi Antonelli +4.236 (Mercedes)
  3. 🇯🇵 Yuki Tsunoda +1.734 (Aston Martin)
  4. 🇬🇧 George Russell +6.357 (McLaren)
  5. 🇳🇱 Max Verstappen +4.211 (Mercedes)
  6. 🇪🇸 Fernando Alonso +5.352 (Aston Martin)
  7. 🇬🇧 Lando Norris +0.396 (Williams)
  8. 🇦🇺 Oscar Piastri +0.327 (McLaren)
  9. 🇲🇨 Charles Leclerc +11.382 (Ferrari)
  10. 🇹🇭 Alexander Albon +19.286 (Red Bull)
  11. 🇪🇸 Carlos Sainz +1.984 (Williams)
    12. 🇫🇮 Valtteri Bottas +2.401 (Cadillac)
  12. 🇫🇷 Esteban Ocon +1 lap (Haas)
  13. 🇬🇧 Oliver Bearman +1 lap (Haas)
  14. 🇩🇪 Nico Hulkenberg +1 lap (Audi)
  15. 🇫🇷 Isack Hadjar +1 lap (Red Bull)
  16. 🇳🇿 Liam Lawson +1 lap (Racing Bulls)
  17. 🇧🇷 Gabriel Bortoleto +1 lap (Audi)
    19. 🇲🇽 Sergio Perez +1 lap (Cadillac)
  18. 🇯🇵 Ayumu Iwasa +1 lap (Racing Bulls)
  19. 🇫🇷 Pierre Gasly +2 laps (Alpine)
  20. 🇨🇳 Zhou Guanyu +2 laps (Alpine)
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Cadillac:

Sergio Perez P19
Valtteri Bottas P12

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Main Highlights:

Hamilton finally wins for Ferrari and his first win of the season
Antonelli gets 3rd podium of the season
Alonso comes back from 21st to take 6th

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Worst of all, we've lost 5th in the constructors 😔

jaunty maple
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Fernando Alonso wins 2026 Drivers Title

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After multiple near misses and many, many horribly unlucky seasons, Fernando Alonso has finally won his 3rd drivers championship 20 years after his 2nd title in 2006. This has become the longest streak between championships in F1 history. Aston Martin nailed the 2026 regulation changes and Alonso has used it to perfection, beating out even Max Verstappen with 3 rounds left and almost a 100 point lead.

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2026 Standings After Round 21:

Constructors:

  1. 🇬🇧 Aston Martin, 625 points
  2. 🇩🇪 Mercedes, 488 points
  3. 🇮🇹 Ferrari, 486 points
  4. 🇬🇧 McLaren, 402 points
  5. 🇬🇧 Williams, 138 points
    6. 🇺🇸 Cadillac, 134 points
  6. 🇦🇹 Red Bull, 21 points
  7. 🇺🇸 Haas, 7 points
  8. 🇩🇪 Audi, 0 points
  9. 🇬🇧 Racing Bulls, 0 points
  10. 🇫🇷 Alpine, 0 points

Drivers:

  1. 🇪🇸 (C) Fernando Alonso, 424 points (Aston Martin)
  2. 🇳🇱 Max Verstappen, 328 points (Mercedes)
  3. 🇲🇨 Charles Leclerc, 291 points (Ferrari)
  4. 🇬🇧 George Russell, 208 points (McLaren)
  5. 🇯🇵 Yuki Tsunoda, 201 points (Aston Martin)
  6. 🇬🇧 Lewis Hamilton, 195 points (Ferrari)
  7. 🇦🇺 Oscar Piastri, 194 points (McLaren)
  8. 🇮🇹 Kimi Antonelli, 160 points (Mercedes)
  9. 🇬🇧 Lando Norris, 98 points (Williams)
    10. 🇫🇮 Valtteri Bottas, 74 points (Cadillac)
    11. 🇲🇽 Sergio Perez, 60 points (Cadillac)
  10. 🇪🇸 Carlos Sainz, 40 points (Williams)
  11. 🇹🇭 Alexander Albon, 21 points (Red Bull)
  12. 🇬🇧 Oliver Bearman, 4 points (Haas)
  13. 🇫🇷 Esteban Ocon, 3 points (Haas)
  14. 🇩🇪 Nico Hulkenberg, 0 points (Audi)
  15. 🇫🇷 Isack Hadjar, 0 points (Red Bull)
  16. 🇳🇿 Liam Lawson, 0 points (Racing Bulls)
  17. 🇯🇵 Ayumu Iwasa, 0 points (Racing Bulls)
  18. 🇧🇷 Gabriel Bortoleto, 0 points (Audi)
  19. 🇫🇷 Pierre Gasly, 0 points (Alpine)
  20. 🇨🇳 Zhou Guanyu, 0 points (Alpine)
jaunty maple
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Bad news:

Bottas is out of healthy engines, all of them have faults. All we can do is try to get to the end of the season and finish the races, but if we are at risk of completely blowing up all 3 of them, we must "withdraw" him from the rest of the races after so.

mellow hamlet
jaunty maple
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🇺🇸 Las Vegas, USA 2026:

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Qualifying:

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Q1 Knockouts:

  1. 🇩🇪 Nico Hulkenberg (Audi)
  2. 🇳🇿 Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls)
    19. 🇲🇽 Sergio Perez (Cadillac)
  3. 🇫🇷 Pierre Gasly (Alpine)
  4. 🇨🇳 Zhou Guanyu (Alpine)
    22. 🇫🇮 Valtteri Bottas (Cadillac)
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Q2 Knockouts:

  1. 🇪🇸 Carlos Sainz (Williams)
  2. 🇫🇷 Esteban Ocon (Haas)
  3. 🇹🇭 Alexander Albon (Red Bull)
  4. 🇫🇷 Isack Hadjar (Red Bull)
  5. 🇧🇷 Gabriel Bortoleto (Audi)
  6. 🇯🇵 Ayumu Iwasa (Racing Bulls)
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Q3 Top 10:

  1. 🇪🇸 Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin)
  2. 🇳🇱 Max Verstappen (Mercedes)
  3. 🇬🇧 Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari)
  4. 🇲🇨 Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
  5. 🇬🇧 Lando Norris (Williams)
  6. 🇯🇵 Yuki Tsunoda (Aston Martin)
  7. 🇬🇧 George Russell (McLaren)
  8. 🇬🇧 Oliver Bearman (Haas)
  9. 🇦🇺 Oscar Piastri (McLaren)
  10. 🇮🇹 Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes)
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Notes:

Hamilton and Iwasa take 10 place grid penalties for exceeding powertrain component limits

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Starting Grid:

  1. 🇪🇸 Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin)
  2. 🇳🇱 Max Verstappen (Mercedes)
  3. 🇲🇨 Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
  4. 🇬🇧 Lando Norris (Williams)
  5. 🇯🇵 Yuki Tsunoda (Aston Martin)
  6. 🇬🇧 George Russell (McLaren)
  7. 🇬🇧 Oliver Bearman (Haas)
  8. 🇦🇺 Oscar Piastri (McLaren)
  9. 🇮🇹 Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes)
  10. 🇪🇸 Carlos Sainz (Williams)
  11. 🇫🇷 Esteban Ocon (Haas)
  12. 🇹🇭 Alexander Albon (Red Bull)
  13. 🇬🇧 Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari)
  14. 🇫🇷 Isack Hadjar (Red Bull)
  15. 🇧🇷 Gabriel Bortoleto (Audi)
  16. 🇩🇪 Nico Hulkenberg (Audi)
  17. 🇳🇿 Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls)
    18. 🇲🇽 Sergio Perez (Cadillac)
  18. 🇫🇷 Pierre Gasly (Alpine)
  19. 🇨🇳 Zhou Guanyu (Alpine)
    21. 🇫🇮 Valtteri Bottas (Cadillac)
  20. 🇯🇵 Ayumu Iwasa (Racing Bulls)
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The board asked to view this race before the weekend. Yeah with how many problems we have right now, I quite immediately declined that, would like to keep board confidence high

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Lap 2: Bortoleto spun and almost clipped Perez's front wing

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Lap 8: Bottas' first faulty engine has already died, have to retire

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Lap 9: Hamilton locks up into turn 1 and falls outside of the points

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Lap 11: In response to Bottas' car dying, Perez's car has decided to try and follow with a gearbox problem. Looks temporary though

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Lap 12: LECLERC AND VERSTAPPEN ARE OUT, RED FLAG!

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Tsunoda took the lead just before then

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Lap 16: Perez gained 3 places off the restart but the gearbox fault is still there and showing it's presence by losing a position

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Lap 17: VSC, Sainz out

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Lap 18: The fault has worsened, it ain't temporary, they lied

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Perez is currently P13 but I don't think it's going to last for long

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And immediately after a major ERS fault appears as well

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Lap 20: Already down to 18th and last, this is only getting worse

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Lap 23: Bearman and Gasly have developed mechanical issues as well, even in cold weather these cars cannot help themselves

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Lap 24: For the first time this season, Audi are running the points, Hulkenberg past Ocon up to 10th

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Lawson is also in 8th for Racing Bulls, their first points running this season as well

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Lap 29: Ocon tapped the wall in turn 2 and damages the car, he might be out of points contention now

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Antonelli takes the lead from both Aston Martins

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Lap 31: Alonso and Antonelli pit, how do the others at the front respond?

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Lap 34: Piastri now leads a McLaren 1-2, for now

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Lap 37: Piastri and Norris pit, they'll be looking to chase down Alonso who has the oldest tires of anyone in the net top 5

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Lap 38: Russell pits, but I think it's a bit too late now

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Alonso re-takes the lead

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Lap 39: Antonelli hits the same wall as Ocon did earlier, might have cost him a chance at a win

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Lap 44: We've got the two Racing Bulls' fighting for the final points place, will become for 9th once they pass Hulkenberg who for some reason didn't pit

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Iwasa 9th, Lawson 10th

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Hulkenberg only now pits, you ruined that one quite badly Audi

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Lap 47: Lawson past Iwasa for 9th, but they're still within a second of each other

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Lap 50: Hulkenberg somehow overturned an entire pit stop deficet to the Racing Bulls and has now joined their fight for 9th place

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Race:

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Finishing Order:

  1. 🇪🇸 Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin)
  2. 🇯🇵 Yuki Tsunoda +2.434 (Aston Martin)
  3. 🇦🇺 Oscar Piastri +4.894 (McLaren)
  4. 🇬🇧 George Russell +0.972 (McLaren)
  5. 🇬🇧 Lando Norris +2.215 (Williams)
  6. 🇬🇧 Lewis Hamilton +9.364 (Ferrari)
  7. 🇮🇹 Kimi Antonelli +3.433 (Mercedes)
  8. 🇹🇭 Alexander Albon +7.604 (Red Bull)
  9. 🇯🇵 Ayumu Iwasa +14.554 (Racing Bulls)
  10. 🇳🇿 Liam Lawson +0.158 (Racing Bulls)
  11. 🇩🇪 Nico Hulkenberg +0.086 (Audi)
  12. 🇫🇷 Esteban Ocon +0.508 (Haas)
  13. 🇬🇧 Oliver Bearman +12.497 (Haas)
  14. 🇧🇷 Gabriel Bortoleto +8.141 (Audi)
  15. 🇫🇷 Pierre Gasly +4.046 (Alpine)
  16. 🇨🇳 Zhou Guanyu +0.460 (Alpine)
  17. 🇫🇷 Isack Hadjar +0.420 (Red Bull)
    18. 🇲🇽 Sergio Perez +1 lap (Cadillac)
    DNF. 🇪🇸 Carlos Sainz (Williams)
    DNF. 🇲🇨 Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
    DNF. 🇳🇱 Max Verstappen (Mercedes)
    DNF. 🇫🇮 Valtteri Bottas (Cadillac)
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Cadillac:

Sergio Perez P18
Valtteri Bottas DNF

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Main Highlights:

Alonso wins 9th race of the season
Iwasa comes back from dead last to take 9th and first points in F1
Racing Bulls overtake Audi for 9th in the constructors standings

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Aston Martin win 2026 Constructors Championship

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After Fernando Alonso won the drivers championship in Brazil, Aston Martin have done the double with a follow up constructors championship wrap up in Las Vegas. There was initial competition from Mercedes, but come the end, the Silverstone based team are mostly untouchable, ending, as of after the Las Vegas Grand Prix, 174 points ahead of Mercedes. Despite Yuki Tsunoda's atrocious luck with tons of reliability issues, he still managed to contribute a decent share of Aston Martin's points and is still in the fight for 4th in the drivers standings.

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If anything, this shows we have a lot of work to do to get into the fight for championships with Aston Martin

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2026 Standings After Round 22:

Constructors:

  1. 🇬🇧 (C) Aston Martin, 668 points
  2. 🇩🇪 Mercedes, 494 points
  3. 🇮🇹 Ferrari, 494 points
  4. 🇬🇧 McLaren, 429 points
  5. 🇬🇧 Williams, 148 points
    6. 🇺🇸 Cadillac, 134 points
  6. 🇦🇹 Red Bull, 25 points
  7. 🇺🇸 Haas, 4 points
  8. 🇬🇧 Racing Bulls, 3 points
  9. 🇩🇪 Audi, 0 points
  10. 🇫🇷 Alpine, 0 points

Drivers:

  1. 🇪🇸 (C) Fernando Alonso, 449 points (Aston Martin)
  2. 🇳🇱 Max Verstappen, 328 points (Mercedes)
  3. 🇲🇨 Charles Leclerc, 291 points (Ferrari)
  4. 🇬🇧 George Russell, 220 points (McLaren)
  5. 🇯🇵 Yuki Tsunoda, 219 points (Aston Martin)
  6. 🇦🇺 Oscar Piastri, 209 points (McLaren)
  7. 🇬🇧 Lewis Hamilton, 203 points (Ferrari)
  8. 🇮🇹 Kimi Antonelli, 166 points (Mercedes)
  9. 🇬🇧 Lando Norris, 108 points (Williams)
    10. 🇫🇮 Valtteri Bottas, 74 points (Cadillac)
    11. 🇲🇽 Sergio Perez, 60 points (Cadillac)
  10. 🇪🇸 Carlos Sainz, 40 points (Williams)
  11. 🇹🇭 Alexander Albon, 25 points (Red Bull)
  12. 🇬🇧 Oliver Bearman, 4 points (Haas)
  13. 🇫🇷 Esteban Ocon, 3 points (Haas)
  14. 🇯🇵 Ayumu Iwasa, 2 points (Racing Bulls)
  15. 🇳🇿 Liam Lawson, 1 point (Racing Bulls)
  16. 🇩🇪 Nico Hulkenberg, 0 points (Audi)
  17. 🇫🇷 Isack Hadjar, 0 points (Red Bull)
  18. 🇧🇷 Gabriel Bortoleto, 0 points (Audi)
  19. 🇫🇷 Pierre Gasly, 0 points (Alpine)
  20. 🇨🇳 Zhou Guanyu, 0 points (Alpine)
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🇶🇦 Qatar 2026:

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Sprint Qualifying:

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SQ1 Knockouts:

  1. 🇨🇳 Zhou Guanyu (Alpine)
  2. 🇳🇿 Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls)
  3. 🇧🇷 Gabriel Bortoleto (Audi)
    20. 🇲🇽 Sergio Perez (Cadillac)
    21. 🇫🇮 Valtteri Bottas (Cadillac)
  4. 🇫🇷 Pierre Gasly (Alpine)
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SQ2 Knockouts:

  1. 🇬🇧 Oliver Bearman (Haas)
  2. 🇹🇭 Alexander Albon (Red Bull)
  3. 🇫🇷 Esteban Ocon (Haas)
  4. 🇫🇷 Isack Hadjar (Red Bull)
  5. 🇩🇪 Nico Hulkenberg (Audi)
  6. 🇯🇵 Ayumu Iwasa (Racing Bulls)
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SQ3 Top 10:

  1. 🇳🇱 Max Verstappen (Mercedes)
  2. 🇪🇸 Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin)
  3. 🇯🇵 Yuki Tsunoda (Aston Martin)
  4. 🇦🇺 Oscar Piastri (McLaren)
  5. 🇮🇹 Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes)
  6. 🇲🇨 Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
  7. 🇬🇧 George Russell (McLaren)
  8. 🇬🇧 Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari)
  9. 🇬🇧 Lando Norris (Williams)
  10. 🇪🇸 Carlos Sainz (Williams)
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Sprint Starting Grid:

  1. 🇳🇱 Max Verstappen (Mercedes)
  2. 🇪🇸 Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin)
  3. 🇯🇵 Yuki Tsunoda (Aston Martin)
  4. 🇦🇺 Oscar Piastri (McLaren)
  5. 🇮🇹 Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes)
  6. 🇲🇨 Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
  7. 🇬🇧 George Russell (McLaren)
  8. 🇬🇧 Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari)
  9. 🇬🇧 Lando Norris (Williams)
  10. 🇪🇸 Carlos Sainz (Williams)
  11. 🇬🇧 Oliver Bearman (Haas)
  12. 🇹🇭 Alexander Albon (Red Bull)
  13. 🇫🇷 Esteban Ocon (Haas)
  14. 🇫🇷 Isack Hadjar (Red Bull)
  15. 🇩🇪 Nico Hulkenberg (Audi)
  16. 🇯🇵 Ayumu Iwasa (Racing Bulls)
  17. 🇨🇳 Zhou Guanyu (Alpine)
  18. 🇳🇿 Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls)
  19. 🇧🇷 Gabriel Bortoleto (Audi)
    20. 🇲🇽 Sergio Perez (Cadillac)
    21. 🇫🇮 Valtteri Bottas (Cadillac)
  20. 🇫🇷 Pierre Gasly (Alpine)
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Lap 1: Iwasa locked up and clipped Bortoleto into turn 1

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There's actually some differing strategies unlike other sprints:

Our drivers, Tsunoda, Hamilton, and Norris are on softs
Antonelli, Piastri, and Russell are on hards
Everyone else is on mediums

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Lap 9: We're on the back of Bortoleto for 17th, passed Zhou a few laps ago

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Lap 10: Bottas' second ERS has gone faulty, I think that if one fails because they're both on major faults, we might have to "withdraw" him from the final 2 races (basically retire him on lap 1 and don't run in practice and qualifying)

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Lap 11: Despite this, both cars past Bortoleto up to 17th and 18th, next car is Lawson

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Leclerc has also developed his own car issue

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Lap 16: Albon also reporting a car issue and Tsunoda as well, I think this is the worst counts of car failures in any save on this game I've had, at least 6 cars develop faults every weekend.

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Lap 18: Perez's ERS is impending a failure, we don't have to retire though as it's only battery related

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Lap 19: Perez past Lawson up to 16th despite the ERS failure

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Sprint:

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Finishing Order:

  1. 🇳🇱 Max Verstappen (Mercedes)
  2. 🇯🇵 Yuki Tsunoda +5.163 (Aston Martin)
  3. 🇪🇸 Fernando Alonso +0.236 (Aston Martin)
  4. 🇬🇧 George Russell +8.774 (McLaren)
  5. 🇮🇹 Kimi Antonelli +3.300 (Mercedes)
  6. 🇦🇺 Oscar Piastri +0.342 (McLaren)
  7. 🇲🇨 Charles Leclerc +6.172 (Ferrari)
  8. 🇬🇧 Lewis Hamilton +1.738 (Ferrari)
  9. 🇬🇧 Lando Norris +5.229 (Williams)
  10. 🇪🇸 Carlos Sainz +2.872 (Williams)
  11. 🇹🇭 Alexander Albon +9.835 (Red Bull)
  12. 🇫🇷 Esteban Ocon +2.972 (Haas)
  13. 🇬🇧 Oliver Bearman +3.263 (Haas)
  14. 🇩🇪 Nico Hulkenberg +4.962 (Audi)
  15. 🇫🇷 Isack Hadjar +3.390 (Red Bull)
    16. 🇲🇽 Sergio Perez +6.604 (Cadillac)
  16. 🇳🇿 Liam Lawson +3.104 (Racing Bulls)
    18. 🇫🇮 Valtteri Bottas +5.738 (Cadillac)
  17. 🇧🇷 Gabriel Bortoleto +6.018 (Audi)
  18. 🇨🇳 Zhou Guanyu +8.941 (Alpine)
  19. 🇯🇵 Ayumu Iwasa +1 lap (Racing Bulls)
  20. 🇫🇷 Pierre Gasly +1 lap (Alpine)
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Qualifying:

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Q1 Knockouts:

  1. 🇳🇿 Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls)
    18. 🇲🇽 Sergio Perez (Cadillac)
  2. 🇨🇳 Zhou Guanyu (Alpine)
    20. 🇫🇮 Valtteri Bottas (Cadillac)
  3. 🇫🇷 Pierre Gasly (Alpine)
  4. 🇯🇵 Ayumu Iwasa (Racing Bulls)
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Q2 Knockouts:

  1. 🇪🇸 Carlos Sainz (Williams)
  2. 🇬🇧 Oliver Bearman (Haas)
  3. 🇫🇷 Esteban Ocon (Haas)
  4. 🇫🇷 Isack Hadjar (Red Bull)
  5. 🇩🇪 Nico Hulkenberg (Audi)
  6. 🇧🇷 Gabriel Bortoleto (Audi)
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Q3 Top 10:

  1. 🇯🇵 Yuki Tsunoda (Aston Martin)
  2. 🇪🇸 Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin)
  3. 🇮🇹 Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes)
  4. 🇳🇱 Max Verstappen (Mercedes)
  5. 🇬🇧 George Russell (McLaren)
  6. 🇲🇨 Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
  7. 🇬🇧 Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari)
  8. 🇦🇺 Oscar Piastri (McLaren)
  9. 🇬🇧 Lando Norris (Williams)
  10. 🇹🇭 Alexander Albon (Red Bull)
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Notes:

Verstappen takes a 3 place grid penalty for an unserved time penalty in the previous round due to retirement
Ocon and Bortoleto take 5 place grid penalties for exceeding powertrain component limits
Bearman takes a 10 place grid penalty for exceeding powertrain component limits

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Starting Grid:

  1. 🇯🇵 Yuki Tsunoda (Aston Martin)
  2. 🇪🇸 Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin)
  3. 🇮🇹 Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes)
  4. 🇬🇧 George Russell (McLaren)
  5. 🇲🇨 Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
  6. 🇬🇧 Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari)
  7. 🇳🇱 Max Verstappen (Mercedes)
  8. 🇦🇺 Oscar Piastri (McLaren)
  9. 🇬🇧 Lando Norris (Williams)
  10. 🇹🇭 Alexander Albon (Red Bull)
  11. 🇪🇸 Carlos Sainz (Williams)
  12. 🇫🇷 Isack Hadjar (Red Bull)
  13. 🇩🇪 Nico Hulkenberg (Audi)
  14. 🇳🇿 Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls)
    15. 🇲🇽 Sergio Perez (Cadillac)
  15. 🇨🇳 Zhou Guanyu (Alpine)
    17. 🇫🇮 Valtteri Bottas (Cadillac)
  16. 🇫🇷 Esteban Ocon (Haas)
  17. 🇫🇷 Pierre Gasly (Alpine)
  18. 🇯🇵 Ayumu Iwasa (Racing Bulls)
  19. 🇧🇷 Gabriel Bortoleto (Audi)
  20. 🇬🇧 Oliver Bearman (Haas)
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Lap 3: Alonso takes the lead and both Aston Martins build 2 and a half seconds to Antonelli

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Perez down to 17th, Bottas down to 18th

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Lap 7: Perez up to 16th as Zhou is unusually slow, even for an Alpine. Bottas down to 20th though

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Lap 8: Alonso built a gap of 1.8 seconds to Tsunoda in 2nd who is 7 seconds ahead of 3rd, so the main battle there is between Russell and Antonelli, maybe Leclerc and Verstappen as well

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Lap 9: Bottas past Zhou up to 19th

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Lap 11: Verstappen past Leclerc and Antonelli, now sets his sights on Russell for 3rd

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Lap 14: Tsunoda first of the leaders to pit

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Lap 18: Russell and Antonelli pit, and they are a long way behind Tsunoda, Aston Martin once again looking untouchable

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Lap 19: Alonso pits from the lead, and it's really slow on the car release! He exits 8 seconds behind Tsunoda as a result

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Lap 20: We pit this lap, 2 stopper

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And Bottas' ERS has shut down

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Lap 23: Tsunoda leads, but has a big tire offset to Alonso, he's gaining a second a lap on his teammate

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Lap 26: Alonso forces his way down the inside into turn 1 but makes it stick, he now leads again

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Safety car deployed, Gasly stopped in the middle of the road due to total engine failure

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And it's at a point where the Aston Martins passed the pit lane onto the next lap, but the safety car came out of the pit lane to pick them up. This gives Verstappen and co behind the chance to pit and close the gap while the Aston Martins weren't able to pit

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Lap 27: Aston Martin now pit both cars, but with the safety car train forming up, they're now 9th and 11th, disaster timing there

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Lap 29: Only Leclerc, Norris, Perez, and Bottas didn't pit because our strategies were screwed by this safety car

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Lap 30: Safety car ended, Bottas barely caught up to the safety car train

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Lap 31: Hulkenberg didn't give room to Perez and now we have front wing damage

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Lap 34: Perez already down to 15th from 12th at the restart, with all of these mechanical issues and front wing damage, we are now 3 seconds a lap slower than anyone else

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Lap 36: Perez down to 17th and now with a gearbox problem, Iwasa who is 33 seconds behind might actually catch us with all of these issues

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Lap 40: We pit for the 2nd stop

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Lap 42: More gearbox issues for Perez

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Lap 44: Antonelli has his own car issue, and Perez's ERS has also shut down

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Lap 47: Bottas' engine has died, have to retire this time

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Perez's engine has now developed it's own problem as well, all 3 car parts having mechanical issues, first time I've seen it in action

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Lap 49: Verstappen and the rest pit a few laps ago, but Alonso stayed out and I think is going to try to go the end, I don't know if he can hang on to the lead though

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Bearman and Hulkenberg involved in a collision at turn 1, the Audi sustaining major wing damage and has to pit

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Bearman awarded a 5 second time penalty

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Lap 50: Alonso is losing 3 seconds a lap to Verstappen, the gap is already 1.2 seconds

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Lap 51: Verstappen came from so far back on the straight to re-take the lead of the race

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Lap 52: Yet another Tsunoda mechanical issue, I've lost count of how many he's had this season, probably more than a dozen at least

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Lap 57: Russell and Antonelli past Alonso, the Aston Martin's tires are on 16%

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Race:

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Finishing Order:

  1. 🇳🇱 Max Verstappen (Mercedes)
  2. 🇬🇧 George Russell +19.149 (McLaren)
  3. 🇮🇹 Kimi Antonelli +2.493 (Mercedes)
  4. 🇦🇺 Oscar Piastri +8.457 (McLaren)
  5. 🇯🇵 Yuki Tsunoda +1.829 (Aston Martin)
  6. 🇲🇨 Charles Leclerc +7.922 (Ferrari)
  7. 🇬🇧 Lewis Hamilton +1.795 (Ferrari)
  8. 🇬🇧 Lando Norris +10.146 (Williams)
  9. 🇪🇸 Fernando Alonso +5.525 (Aston Martin)
  10. 🇪🇸 Carlos Sainz +6.656 (Williams)
  11. 🇹🇭 Alexander Albon +3.256 (Red Bull)
  12. 🇫🇷 Esteban Ocon +14.919 (Haas)
  13. 🇫🇷 Isack Hadjar +5.400 (Red Bull)
  14. 🇬🇧 Oliver Bearman +1.514 (Haas) (+5 seconds - 1 position)
  15. 🇩🇪 Nico Hulkenberg +1 lap (Audi)
  16. 🇳🇿 Liam Lawson +1 lap (Racing Bulls)
    17. 🇲🇽 Sergio Perez +1 lap (Cadillac)
  17. 🇯🇵 Ayumu Iwasa +1 lap (Racing Bulls)
  18. 🇧🇷 Gabriel Bortoleto +1 lap (Audi)
  19. 🇨🇳 Zhou Guanyu +2 laps (Alpine)
    DNF. 🇫🇮 Valtteri Bottas (Cadillac)
    DNF. 🇫🇷 Pierre Gasly (Alpine)
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Cadillac:

Sergio Perez P17
Valtteri Bottas DNF

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Main Highlights:

Verstappen wins 8th race of the season
Aston Martin have horrible luck from a 1-2 to a 5-9 due to safety car timing, with Alonso getting a puncture on the final lap

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2026 Standings After Round 23:

Constructors:

  1. (C) 🇬🇧 Aston Martin, 693 points
  2. 🇩🇪 Mercedes, 546 points
  3. 🇮🇹 Ferrari, 511 points
  4. 🇬🇧 McLaren, 467 points
  5. 🇬🇧 Williams, 153 points
    6. 🇺🇸 Cadillac, 134 points
  6. 🇦🇹 Red Bull, 25 points
  7. 🇺🇸 Haas, 4 points
  8. 🇬🇧 Racing Bulls, 3 points
  9. 🇩🇪 Audi, 0 points
  10. 🇫🇷 Alpine, 0 points

Drivers:

  1. (C) 🇪🇸 Fernando Alonso, 457 points (Aston Martin)
  2. 🇳🇱 Max Verstappen, 361 points (Mercedes)
  3. 🇲🇨 Charles Leclerc, 301 points (Ferrari)
  4. 🇬🇧 George Russell, 243 points (McLaren)
  5. 🇯🇵 Yuki Tsunoda, 236 points (Aston Martin)
  6. 🇦🇺 Oscar Piastri, 224 points (McLaren)
  7. 🇬🇧 Lewis Hamilton, 210 points (Ferrari)
  8. 🇮🇹 Kimi Antonelli, 185 points (Mercedes)
  9. 🇬🇧 Lando Norris, 112 points (Williams)
    10. 🇫🇮 Valtteri Bottas, 74 points (Cadillac)
    11. 🇲🇽 Sergio Perez, 60 points (Cadillac)
  10. 🇪🇸 Carlos Sainz, 41 points (Williams)
  11. 🇹🇭 Alexander Albon, 25 points (Red Bull)
  12. 🇬🇧 Oliver Bearman, 4 points (Haas)
  13. 🇫🇷 Esteban Ocon, 3 points (Haas)
  14. 🇯🇵 Ayumu Iwasa, 2 points (Racing Bulls)
  15. 🇳🇿 Liam Lawson, 1 point (Racing Bulls)
  16. 🇩🇪 Nico Hulkenberg, 0 points (Audi)
  17. 🇫🇷 Isack Hadjar, 0 points (Red Bull)
  18. 🇧🇷 Gabriel Bortoleto, 0 points (Audi)
  19. 🇫🇷 Pierre Gasly, 0 points (Alpine)
  20. 🇨🇳 Zhou Guanyu, 0 points (Alpine)
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Gasly's car on fire, the most smoke I've seen in an F1M game

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I have to make this decision for Abu Dhabi tomorrow

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Cadillac to not race in Abu Dhabi

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With their known late season financial struggles and lack of components, Cadillac have decided to not race at the final round of the season at Abu Dhabi in order to preserve what they have left (spoiler: not a lot).

"We've had no prize money because it's our first season, and Sergio and Valtteri's contracts have put our monthly balance into the red, so sponsor targets are the only thing keeping us running and me in my job position here. With no money came a multitude of problems like our car drastically went downhill to the point where we lost 5th in the constructors, our facilities need refurbishing, we can't afford to replace powertrain components, etc. We have been able to do something with a car, but we've definitely been hampered, especially now where we might run out of useable powertrain parts for sessions if we were to race": Cadillac team principal on the situation.

This will be the first time an officially entered team has been unable to race in a grand prix since 2014

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🇦🇪 Abu Dhabi 2026:

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Qualifying:

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Q1 Knockouts:

  1. 🇧🇷 Gabriel Bortoleto (Audi)
  2. 🇨🇳 Zhou Guanyu (Alpine)
  3. 🇯🇵 Ayumu Iwasa (Racing Bulls)
  4. 🇫🇷 Pierre Gasly (Alpine)
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Q2 Knockouts:

  1. 🇪🇸 Carlos Sainz (Williams)
  2. 🇹🇭 Alexander Albon (Red Bull)
  3. 🇬🇧 Oliver Bearman (Haas)
  4. 🇩🇪 Nico Hulkenberg (Audi)
  5. 🇫🇷 Isack Hadjar (Red Bull)
  6. 🇳🇿 Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls)
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Q3 Top 10:

  1. 🇳🇱 Max Verstappen (Mercedes)
  2. 🇪🇸 Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin)
  3. 🇯🇵 Yuki Tsunoda (Aston Martin)
  4. 🇲🇨 Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
  5. 🇬🇧 George Russell (McLaren)
  6. 🇦🇺 Oscar Piastri (McLaren)
  7. 🇬🇧 Lando Norris (Williams)
  8. 🇬🇧 Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari)
  9. 🇮🇹 Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes)
  10. 🇫🇷 Esteban Ocon (Haas)
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Notes:

Leclerc takes a 10 place grid penalty for exceeding powertrain component limits
Both Alpines will start at the back of the grid for exceeding powertrain component limits

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Starting Grid:

  1. 🇳🇱 Max Verstappen (Mercedes)
  2. 🇪🇸 Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin)
  3. 🇯🇵 Yuki Tsunoda (Aston Martin)
  4. 🇬🇧 George Russell (McLaren)
  5. 🇦🇺 Oscar Piastri (McLaren)
  6. 🇬🇧 Lando Norris (Williams)
  7. 🇬🇧 Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari)
  8. 🇮🇹 Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes)
  9. 🇫🇷 Esteban Ocon (Haas)
  10. 🇪🇸 Carlos Sainz (Williams)
  11. 🇹🇭 Alexander Albon (Red Bull)
  12. 🇬🇧 Oliver Bearman (Haas)
  13. 🇩🇪 Nico Hulkenberg (Audi)
  14. 🇲🇨 Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
  15. 🇫🇷 Isack Hadjar (Red Bull)
  16. 🇳🇿 Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls)
  17. 🇧🇷 Gabriel Bortoleto (Audi)
  18. 🇯🇵 Ayumu Iwasa (Racing Bulls)
  19. 🇨🇳 Zhou Guanyu (Alpine)
  20. 🇫🇷 Pierre Gasly (Alpine)
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Lap 2: Verstappen and Tsunoda fighting hard for the lead of the race

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Lap 3: Russell locks up into turn 4 and drops from 4th to 8th

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Lap 4: Tsunoda dives down the inside into turn 9 and takes the lead from Verstappen

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Lap 6: Verstappen re-takes the lead at the hotel section

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Still a 3 way battle between Verstappen, Tsunoda, and Alonso

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Lap 7: Aston Martin are giving Alonso a chance to attack Verstappen, they swap places

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Lap 8: Alonso now leads the race

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Lap 10: Albon and Bearman make contact at the hotel section, Ocon goes through on his teammate for 12th

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Lap 11: Tsunoda passes both Verstappen and Alonso to re-take the lead of the race, this is a great battle early on

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Lap 15: Alonso re-took the lead from his teammate and built a 2 second gap in front

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Lap 17: Seems like Aston Martin played a team game with Tsunoda holding up Verstappn before he pit, the gap increased from 2 to 4 seconds

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Lap 19: Verstappen pits, does Alonso react or is he trying a 1 stop?

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Lap 21: Wait, where's Piastri come from? He's past Tsunoda up to 2nd and the net race lead

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Lap 25: Alonso is still going, so he is 100% trying a 1 stop

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And now he pits, hard tires to the end

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Lap 30: Tsunoda spins! He drops to 3rd behind Verstappen

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Lap 32: Verstappen takes the lead, Alonso past Russell up to 6th, 11 seconds behind the leaders

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Lap 39: Alonso past Leclerc and Antonelli before they pit, 9.5 seconds behind Verstappen

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Lap 44: Verstappen pits, he was 5.7 seconds ahead of Alonso so he's got a lot of work to do to overturn the gap, but he's held for a backmarker and loses time!

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Lap 45: It's Piastri and Tsunoda fighting for 2nd but with a bullseye in front them of Alonso, they have 10 seconds to gain

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Lap 48: The gap has already come down to 5.4 seconds led by Tsunoda, Verstappen's now joining this battle as well

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He's past Piastri up to 3rd, with 6 seconds to Alonso and 3 seconds to Tsunoda

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Lap 52: Alonso has developed a mechanical issue! That gap is going to start going down again

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Lap 53: Verstappen and Tsunoda have caught up to Alonso, the race leader is in big trouble

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Lap 56: Alonso isn't going down without a fight though, he's re-passed Verstappen twice down into turn 9

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Lap 58: Verstappen took the lead, Alonso tried to re-pass into turn 9, but it got covered off

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Race:

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Finishing Order:

  1. 🇳🇱 Max Verstappen (Mercedes)
  2. 🇪🇸 Fernando Alonso +0.812 (Aston Martin)
  3. 🇯🇵 Yuki Tsunoda +0.203 (Aston Martin)
  4. 🇦🇺 Oscar Piastri +9.506 (McLaren)
  5. 🇲🇨 Charles Leclerc +1.954 (Ferrari)
  6. 🇬🇧 George Russell +2.070 (McLaren)
  7. 🇮🇹 Kimi Antonelli +1.100 (Mercedes)
  8. 🇬🇧 Lewis Hamilton +16.140 (Ferrari)
  9. 🇪🇸 Carlos Sainz +28.395 (Williams)
  10. 🇹🇭 Alexander Albon +15.574 (Red Bull)
  11. 🇫🇷 Esteban Ocon +1.030 (Haas)
  12. 🇬🇧 Oliver Bearman +1 lap (Haas)
  13. 🇬🇧 Lando Norris +1 lap (Williams)
  14. 🇩🇪 Nico Hulkenberg +1 lap (Audi)
  15. 🇫🇷 Isack Hadjar +1 lap (Red Bull)
  16. 🇯🇵 Ayumu Iwasa +1 lap (Racing Bulls)
  17. 🇧🇷 Gabriel Bortoleto +1 lap (Audi)
  18. 🇨🇳 Zhou Guanyu +2 laps (Alpine)
  19. 🇫🇷 Pierre Gasly +2 laps (Alpine)
    DNF. 🇳🇿 Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls)
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Main Highlights:

Verstappen wins 9th race of the season after last lap pass on Alonso
Leclerc comes back from 14th to take 5th

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End of Season Standings:

Constructors:

1: 🇬🇧 (C) Aston Martin, 726 points
2. 🇩🇪 Mercedes, 577 points
3. 🇮🇹 Ferrari, 525 points
4. 🇬🇧 McLaren, 487 points
5. 🇬🇧 Williams, 155 points
6. 🇺🇸 Cadillac, 134 points
7. 🇦🇹 Red Bull, 25 points
8. 🇺🇸 Haas, 4 points
9. 🇬🇧 Racing Bulls, 3 points
10. 🇩🇪 Audi, 0 points
11. 🇫🇷 Alpine, 0 points

Drivers:

  1. 🇪🇸 (C) Fernando Alonso, 475 points (Aston Martin)
  2. 🇳🇱 Max Verstappen, 386 points (Mercedes)
  3. 🇲🇨 Charles Leclerc, 311 points (Ferrari)
  4. 🇬🇧 George Russell, 251 points (McLaren)
  5. 🇯🇵 Yuki Tsunoda, 251 points (Aston Martin)
  6. 🇦🇺 Oscar Piastri, 236 points (McLaren)
  7. 🇬🇧 Lewis Hamilton, 214 points (Ferrari)
  8. 🇮🇹 Kimi Antonelli, 191 points (Mercedes)
  9. 🇬🇧 Lando Norris, 112 points (Williams)
    10. 🇫🇮 Valtteri Bottas, 74 points (Cadillac)
    11. 🇲🇽 Sergio Perez, 60 points (Cadillac)
  10. 🇪🇸 Carlos Sainz, 43 points (Williams)
  11. 🇹🇭 Alexander Albon, 26 points (Red Bull)
  12. 🇬🇧 Oliver Bearman, 4 points (Haas)
  13. 🇫🇷 Esteban Ocon, 3 points (Haas)
  14. 🇯🇵 Ayumu Iwasa, 2 points (Racing Bulls)
  15. 🇳🇿 Liam Lawson, 1 point (Racing Bulls)
  16. 🇩🇪 Nico Hulkenberg, 0 points (Audi)
  17. 🇫🇷 Isack Hadjar, 0 points (Red Bull)
  18. 🇧🇷 Gabriel Bortoleto, 0 points (Audi)
  19. 🇫🇷 Pierre Gasly, 0 points (Alpine)
  20. 🇨🇳 Zhou Guanyu, 0 points (Alpine)
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Season Statistics:

5 drivers won a race (Alonso, Verstappen, Russell, Tsunoda, Hamilton)

10 drivers stood on the podium (Alonso, Verstappen, Leclerc, Russell, Tsunoda, Piastri, Hamilton, Antonelli, Norris, Perez)

6 drivers started from pole position (Alonso, Verstappen, Leclerc, Tsunoda, Piastri, Antonelli

4 drivers won a sprint (Alonso, Verstappen, Leclerc, Tsunoda)

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Personal Team Statistics:

Constructors Championship Position: 6th, 134 points

Drivers Championship Positions: Sergio Perez P11, 60 points. Valtteri Bottas P10, 74 points

x2 podiums (2 for Perez)
x15 times points scored in races (11x for Perez, 12x for Bottas)
x1 fastest lap (Perez)

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2027 - Cadillac: America's F1 Rebuild

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2027 Driver Lineups:

Aston Martin:

🇨🇦 Lance Stroll
🇯🇵 Yuki Tsunoda

Mercedes:

🇳🇱 Max Verstappen
🇮🇹 Kimi Antonelli

Ferrari:

🇬🇧 Lewis Hamilton
🇲🇨 Charles Leclerc

McLaren:

🇦🇺 Oscar Piastri
🇬🇧 George Russell

Williams:

🇪🇸 Carlos Sainz
🇬🇧 Lando Norris

Cadillac:

🇲🇽 Sergio Perez
🇫🇮 Valtteri Bottas

Red Bull:

🇹🇭 Alexander Albon
🇫🇷 Isack Hadjar

Haas:

🇫🇷 Esteban Ocon
🇬🇧 Oliver Bearman

Racing Bulls:

🇯🇵 Ayumu Iwasa
🇳🇿 Liam Lawson

Audi:

🇩🇪 Nico Hulkenberg
🇦🇺 Daniel Ricciardo

Alpine:

🇫🇷 Pierre Gasly
🇨🇳 Zhou Guanyu

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We have 14 contracts ending this year, the mid season is going to have a field day

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Hertz Team Jota inspired livery for season 2

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Pre-Australia:

We managed to get chassis, underfloor, and sidepods upgrades with the time we had, and our high speed cornering is looking decent. We didn't have time for wing upgrades though so low speed is again a weakness of our car just like last year, but we should have a front wing ready for the next round.

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🇦🇺 Australia 2027:

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Qualifying:

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Q1 Knockouts:

  1. 🇬🇧 Oliver Bearman (Haas)
  2. 🇫🇷 Isack Hadjar (Red Bull)
  3. 🇨🇳 Zhou Guanyu (Alpine)
  4. 🇮🇹 Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes)
  5. 🇯🇵 Ayumu Iwasa (Racing Bulls)
  6. 🇫🇷 Pierre Gasly (Alpine)
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Q2 Knockouts:

  1. 🇫🇷 Esteban Ocon (Haas)
  2. 🇳🇿 Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls)
  3. 🇩🇪 Nico Hulkenberg (Audi)
  4. 🇦🇺 Daniel Ricciardo (Audi)
  5. 🇳🇱 Max Verstappen (Mercedes)
  6. 🇪🇸 Carlos Sainz (Williams)
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Q3 Top 10:

  1. 🇬🇧 George Russell (McLaren)
  2. 🇦🇺 Oscar Piastri (McLaren)
  3. 🇲🇨 Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
  4. 🇨🇦 Lance Stroll (Aston Martin)
  5. 🇹🇭 Alexander Albon (Red Bull)
  6. 🇬🇧 Lando Norris (Williams)
    7. 🇫🇮 Valtteri Bottas (Cadillac)
    8. 🇲🇽 Sergio Perez (Cadillac)
  7. 🇯🇵 Yuki Tsunoda (Aston Martin)
  8. 🇬🇧 Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari)
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Starting Grid:

  1. 🇬🇧 George Russell (McLaren)
  2. 🇦🇺 Oscar Piastri (McLaren)
  3. 🇲🇨 Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
  4. 🇨🇦 Lance Stroll (Aston Martin)
  5. 🇹🇭 Alexander Albon (Red Bull)
  6. 🇬🇧 Lando Norris (Williams)
    7. 🇫🇮 Valtteri Bottas (Cadillac)
    8. 🇲🇽 Sergio Perez (Cadillac)
  7. 🇯🇵 Yuki Tsunoda (Aston Martin)
  8. 🇬🇧 Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari)
  9. 🇫🇷 Esteban Ocon (Haas)
  10. 🇳🇿 Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls)
  11. 🇩🇪 Nico Hulkenberg (Audi)
  12. 🇦🇺 Daniel Ricciardo (Audi)
  13. 🇳🇱 Max Verstappen (Mercedes)
  14. 🇪🇸 Carlos Sainz (Williams)
  15. 🇬🇧 Oliver Bearman (Haas)
  16. 🇫🇷 Isack Hadjar (Red Bull)
  17. 🇨🇳 Zhou Guanyu (Alpine)
  18. 🇮🇹 Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes)
  19. 🇯🇵 Ayumu Iwasa (Racing Bulls)
  20. 🇫🇷 Pierre Gasly (Alpine)
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Lap 1: Perez got a sluggish start and dropped to 10th, Bottas past Norris and Stroll up to 5th

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Lap 3: Leclerc takes the lead, Perez past Norris up to 9th

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Man, it feels good to fight for something again

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Lap 4: Bottas past Piastri up to 4th, while Albon passed both McLarens up to 2nd and is looking at Leclerc for the lead

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Perez also past Ocon up to 8th

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Lap 5: Albon leads! Red Bull lead for the first time in over a year

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Lap 6: Perez past Piastri who was forced wide and ended up blocking everyone from 8th downwards, up to 7th

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Bottas overtaken by Tsunoda, down to 5th

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In order: Albon, Leclerc, Russell, Tsunoda, Bottas, Stroll, Perez

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Lap 7: Russell past Leclerc and Albon to re-take the lead

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Bottas past Tsunoda back up to 4th

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Lap 9: Bottas past Leclerc and Albon up to 2nd! Russell ran away with a 3 second lead though

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Lap 11: Albon was forced wide by Tsunoda, so everyone 6th and below (including Perez) lost 2.5 seconds to the rest up front

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Lap 16: Perez past Albon and Stroll up to 5th

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Lap 17: For 2nd, it's a 3 way battle between Tsunoda, Bottas, and Leclerc

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Albon and Piastri make contact! It was going so well for Red Bull until then

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Seems like Piastri tried to pit but Albon was still there, Piastri came out of the pits with the broken front wing

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Albon awarded a 5 second penalty

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Lap 18: Bottas pitting this lap, Perez is on a different strategy due to avaliable tires

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Leclerc also pits, and has a huge delay on the jack up! Bottas regains the place

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Lap 20: Perez now pitting this lap

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Strategies are:

Perez: M-S-H
Bottas: M-M-H

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Lap 21: Perez lost a place to Norris in the pits, exits 10th for now

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Lap 22: Ferrari played some cheeky tactics to get Leclerc past Bottas by using Hamilton to hold us up before he pit

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Lap 23: This Bottas-Leclerc battle is still going on by the way

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Everyone has done a pit stop at this point, Bottas 2nd and Perez 7th

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Lap 26: Leclerc managed to get away, Bottas now battling for 3rd with Norris and Tsunoda

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Lap 28: Bottas down to 5th, but still in the battle for 3rd. Perez past Stroll up to 6th

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Lap 31: Tsunoda got away, but Norris is still there. I'm still a little bitter about Williams taking 5th from us last season so this is an important battle to win now

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Lap 33: Bearman awarded a 5 second penalty for contact with Antonelli

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Perez pitting this lap, last stop of his strategy, Bottas pitting soon

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Lap 34: I'm going to pit Bottas a lap earlier than planned to try and get a massive undercut on Norris

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Lap 38: Norris pits, hoping the undercut will work, but Albon is being a bit of a pest

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We have about a 4 second gap, now to build up resources to defend for when he comes back

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Lap 41: Norris and Stroll have caught up to us, we are currently 5th and 6th, Tsunoda and Verstappen are yet to pit for the 2nd time

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Lap 44: Tsunoda pit and came out a few seconds ahead of the battle for 5th, so when Verstappen pits, the maximum position we can achieve here is 4th

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Lap 46: Verstappen pits, and looking where we are on the track map compared to him, we are definitely not getting close to him

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Perez now 6th behind Norris, Bottas down to 8th after being passed by Stroll

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Lap 47: Perez overtook Norris, but Stroll overtook both of them, still 6th and 8th

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Lap 49: Leclerc caught up to Russell and is fighting for the lead! Have Ferrari found something over the winter break?

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Lap 53: Perez overtook Norris back up to 6th

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Many battles are occurring on track:

Leclerc and Russell fighting for 1st
Verstappen and Tsunoda fighting for 3rd
Stroll, Norris, Perez, and Bottas fighting for 5th
Piastri and Sainz fighting for 10th

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Lap 55: Stroll dropped 2 places to Norris and Perez, Perez back up to 6th

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Lap 57: Using everything we have now, Perez past Norris up to 5th, Bottas trying to get past for 6th

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Lap 58: Bottas past Norris up to 6th, this was an important race to finish ahead of both Williams', we are back and swinging

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Race:

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Finishing Order:

  1. 🇬🇧 George Russell (McLaren)
  2. 🇲🇨 Charles Leclerc +0.745 (Ferrari)
  3. 🇳🇱 Max Verstappen +12.945 (Mercedes)
  4. 🇯🇵 Yuki Tsunoda +0.350 (Aston Martin)
    5. 🇲🇽 Sergio Perez +13.660 (Cadillac)
    6. 🇫🇮 Valtteri Bottas +4.952 (Cadillac)
  5. 🇬🇧 Lando Norris +0.824 (Williams)
  6. 🇨🇦 Lance Stroll +1.024 (Aston Martin)
  7. 🇬🇧 Lewis Hamilton +1.427 (Ferrari)
  8. 🇦🇺 Oscar Piastri +6.554 (McLaren)
  9. 🇪🇸 Carlos Sainz +1.840 (Williams)
  10. 🇹🇭 Alexander Albon +3.114 (Red Bull)
  11. 🇫🇷 Esteban Ocon +7.534 (Haas)
  12. 🇦🇺 Daniel Ricciardo +12.096 (Audi)
  13. 🇮🇹 Kimi Antonelli +4.090 (Mercedes)
  14. 🇩🇪 Nico Hulkenberg +1 lap (Audi)
  15. 🇫🇷 Isack Hadjar +1 lap (Red Bull)
  16. 🇬🇧 Oliver Bearman +1 lap (Haas)
  17. 🇳🇿 Liam Lawson +1 lap (Racing Bulls)
  18. 🇯🇵 Ayumu Iwasa +1 lap (Racing Bulls)
  19. 🇨🇳 Zhou Guanyu +1 lap (Alpine)
  20. 🇫🇷 Pierre Gasly +1 lap (Alpine)
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Cadillac:

Sergio Perez P5
Valtteri Bottas P6

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Main Highlights:

Russell wins 1st race of the season and leads the drivers standings for the first time in his career
Verstappen comes back from 15th to take 3rd

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2027 Standings After Round 1:

Constructors:

  1. 🇬🇧 McLaren, 26 points
  2. 🇮🇹 Ferrari, 20 points
    3. 🇺🇸 Cadillac, 18 points
  3. 🇬🇧 Aston Martin, 16 points
  4. 🇩🇪 Mercedes, 15 points
  5. 🇬🇧 Williams, 6 points
  6. 🇦🇹 Red Bull, 0 points
  7. 🇺🇸 Haas, 0 points
  8. 🇩🇪 Audi, 0 points
  9. 🇬🇧 Racing Bulls, 0 points
  10. 🇫🇷 Alpine, 0 points

Drivers:

  1. 🇬🇧 George Russell, 25 points (McLaren)
  2. 🇲🇨 Charles Leclerc, 18 points (McLaren)
  3. 🇳🇱 Max Verstappen, 15 points (Mercedes)
  4. 🇯🇵 Yuki Tsunoda, 12 points (Aston Martin)
    5. 🇲🇽 Sergio Perez, 10 points (Cadillac)
    6. 🇫🇮 Valtteri Bottas, 8 points (Cadillac)
  5. 🇬🇧 Lando Norris, 6 points (Williams)
  6. 🇨🇦 Lance Stroll, 4 points (Aston Martin)
  7. 🇬🇧 Lewis Hamilton, 2 points (Ferrari)
  8. 🇦🇺 Oscar Piastri, 1 point (McLaren)
  9. 🇪🇸 Carlos Sainz, 0 points (Williams)
  10. 🇹🇭 Alexander Albon, 0 points (Red Bull)
  11. 🇫🇷 Esteban Ocon, 0 points (Haas)
  12. 🇦🇺 Daniel Ricciardo, 0 points (Audi)
  13. 🇮🇹 Kimi Antonelli, 0 points (Mercedes)
  14. 🇩🇪 Nico Hulkenberg, 0 points (Audi)
  15. 🇫🇷 Isack Hadjar, 0 points (Red Bull)
  16. 🇬🇧 Oliver Bearman, 0 points (Haas)
  17. 🇳🇿 Liam Lawson, 0 points (Racing Bulls)
  18. 🇯🇵 Ayumu Iwasa, 0 points (Racing Bulls)
  19. 🇨🇳 Zhou Guanyu, 0 points (Alpine)
  20. 🇫🇷 Pierre Gasly, 0 points (Alpine)
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Pre-China:

We have a rear wing and suspension upgrade in development, but we'll have to remain as we are for a few rounds. Upgrades likely to be put into action in Saudi Arabia

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🇨🇳 China 2027:

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Sprint Qualifying:

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SQ1 Knockouts:

17. 🇲🇽 Sergio Perez (Cadillac)
18. 🇦🇺 Daniel Ricciardo (Audi)
19. 🇨🇳 Zhou Guanyu (Alpine)
20. 🇳🇿 Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls)
21. 🇫🇷 Pierre Gasly (Alpine)
22. 🇯🇵 Ayumu Iwasa (Racing Bulls) (Out)

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SQ2 Knockouts:

  1. 🇫🇷 Esteban Ocon (Haas)
  2. 🇩🇪 Nico Hulkenberg (Audi)
  3. 🇫🇷 Isack Hadjar (Red Bull)
  4. 🇬🇧 Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari)
  5. 🇹🇭 Alexander Albon (Red Bull)
  6. 🇯🇵 Yuki Tsunoda (Aston Martin) (Out with no time)
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SQ3 Top 10:

  1. 🇳🇱 Max Verstappen (Mercedes)
  2. 🇪🇸 Carlos Sainz (Williams)
  3. 🇨🇦 Lance Stroll (Aston Martin)
  4. 🇲🇨 Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
  5. 🇮🇹 Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes)
  6. 🇦🇺 Oscar Piastri (McLaren)
  7. 🇬🇧 George Russell (McLaren)
    8. 🇫🇮 Valtteri Bottas (Cadillac)
  8. 🇬🇧 Lando Norris (Williams)
  9. 🇬🇧 Oliver Bearman (Haas)
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Notes:

Tsunoda and Iwasa start from the pit lane due to breaking parc ferme (changing spec parts)

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Sprint Starting Grid:

  1. 🇳🇱 Max Verstappen (Mercedes)
  2. 🇪🇸 Carlos Sainz (Williams)
  3. 🇨🇦 Lance Stroll (Aston Martin)
  4. 🇲🇨 Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
  5. 🇮🇹 Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes)
  6. 🇦🇺 Oscar Piastri (McLaren)
  7. 🇬🇧 George Russell (McLaren)
    8. 🇫🇮 Valtteri Bottas (Cadillac)
  8. 🇬🇧 Lando Norris (Williams)
  9. 🇬🇧 Oliver Bearman (Haas)
  10. 🇫🇷 Esteban Ocon (Haas)
  11. 🇩🇪 Nico Hulkenberg (Audi)
  12. 🇫🇷 Isack Hadjar (Red Bull)
  13. 🇬🇧 Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari)
  14. 🇹🇭 Alexander Albon (Red Bull)
    16. 🇲🇽 Sergio Perez (Cadillac)
  15. 🇦🇺 Daniel Ricciardo (Audi)
  16. 🇨🇳 Zhou Guanyu (Alpine)
  17. 🇳🇿 Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls)
  18. 🇫🇷 Pierre Gasly (Alpine)

Pit Lane:

🇯🇵 Yuki Tsunoda (Aston Martin)
🇯🇵 Ayumu Iwasa (Racing Bulls)

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Lap 2: We stay where we are for now, Verstappen is running with it from Sainz with a 1.7 second gap already

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Lap 3: Bottas dropped 3 places to 11th, Perez dropped 1 place to 17th, Stroll past Sainz up to 2nd

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Lap 6: Piastri's been climbing up the order lately, he's now past Stroll up to 2nd

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Bottas back past both Haas' up to 9th, can we get back to the points though?

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Lap 7: Stroll back past Piastri and also goes through on Verstappen to lead?!

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(What the f*ck is going on?)

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My power decided to go on strike and now I have to restart, events above are now invalid

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Lap 2: Bottas up to 7th, Perez up to 14th after Hulkenberg spun

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Lap 4: Stroll takes the lead from Verstappen, again, hopefully this doesn't cause my power to go out again

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Lap 6: Perez past Hadjar up to 13th and in the train that Bottas leads up in 7th

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Lap 7: Russell past Bottas, down to 8th

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Lap 8: Leclerc now takes the lead

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Lap 10: Stroll re-took the lead and built a 2 second gap to Leclerc and Verstappen

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Lap 11: Perez past Bearman up to 12th, but Norris past Bottas, down to 9th

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Lap 12: Perez past Ocon up to 11th

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Lap 13: Leclerc re-takes the lead and has a 2 second gap in front

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Lap 15: Piastri past Stroll up to 2nd, looking to go after Leclerc for the lead now

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Lap 16: Perez past Hamilton up to 10th, but we're still stuck behind Sainz and Antonelli, Norris is getting away

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Piastri takes the lead from Leclerc

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Lap 17: Bottas past Antonelli up to 8th, now to chase after the Williams'

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Lap 18: Leclerc re-takes the lead, Perez past Antonelli up to 9th

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Bottas overtook both Williams' in one go, now for Perez to follow through onto the last lap

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Lap 19: Perez also through on both Williams', mission success this sprint

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Sprint:

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Finishing Order:

  1. 🇲🇨 Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
  2. 🇳🇱 Max Verstappen +0.957 (Mercedes)
  3. 🇨🇦 Lance Stroll +0.997 (Aston Martin)
  4. 🇦🇺 Oscar Piastri +0.459 (McLaren)
  5. 🇬🇧 George Russell +5.273 (McLaren)
    6. 🇫🇮 Valtteri Bottas +1.596 (Cadillac)
    7. 🇲🇽 Sergio Perez +2.412 (Cadillac)
  6. 🇬🇧 Lando Norris +0.741 (Williams)
  7. 🇪🇸 Carlos Sainz +0.513 (Williams)
  8. 🇬🇧 Lewis Hamilton +0.492 (Ferrari)
  9. 🇮🇹 Kimi Antonelli +0.747 (Mercedes)
  10. 🇫🇷 Esteban Ocon +2.996 (Haas)
  11. 🇬🇧 Oliver Bearman +3.306 (Haas)
  12. 🇹🇭 Alexander Albon +0.790 (Red Bull)
  13. 🇯🇵 Yuki Tsunoda +3.922 (Aston Martin)
  14. 🇦🇺 Daniel Ricciardo +4.930 (Audi)
  15. 🇫🇷 Isack Hadjar +0.677 (Red Bull)
  16. 🇳🇿 Liam Lawson +11.606 (Racing Bulls)
  17. 🇯🇵 Ayumu Iwasa +0.657 (Racing Bulls)
  18. 🇨🇳 Zhou Guanyu +0.826 (Alpine)
  19. 🇫🇷 Pierre Gasly +0.306 (Alpine)
  20. 🇩🇪 Nico Hulkenberg +10.813 (Audi)
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Qualifying:

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Q1 Knockouts:

  1. 🇳🇿 Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls)
  2. 🇹🇭 Alexander Albon (Red Bull)
  3. 🇬🇧 Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari)
  4. 🇫🇷 Pierre Gasly (Alpine)
  5. 🇨🇳 Zhou Guanyu (Alpine)
  6. 🇦🇺 Daniel Ricciardo (Audi)
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Q2 Knockouts:

11. 🇲🇽 Sergio Perez (Cadillac)
12. 🇫🇷 Esteban Ocon (Haas)
13. 🇪🇸 Carlos Sainz (Williams)
14. 🇫🇷 Isack Hadjar (Red Bull)
15. 🇩🇪 Nico Hulkenberg (Audi)
16. 🇯🇵 Ayumu Iwasa (Racing Bulls)

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Q3 Top 10:

  1. 🇬🇧 George Russell (McLaren)
  2. 🇦🇺 Oscar Piastri (McLaren)
  3. 🇮🇹 Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes)
  4. 🇨🇦 Lance Stroll (Aston Martin)
  5. 🇯🇵 Yuki Tsunoda (Aston Martin)
  6. 🇲🇨 Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
  7. 🇳🇱 Max Verstappen (Mercedes)
  8. 🇬🇧 Lando Norris (Williams)
    9. 🇫🇮 Valtteri Bottas (Cadillac)
  9. 🇬🇧 Oliver Bearman (Haas)
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Starting Grid:

  1. 🇬🇧 George Russell (McLaren)
  2. 🇦🇺 Oscar Piastri (McLaren)
  3. 🇮🇹 Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes)
  4. 🇨🇦 Lance Stroll (Aston Martin)
  5. 🇯🇵 Yuki Tsunoda (Aston Martin)
  6. 🇲🇨 Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
  7. 🇳🇱 Max Verstappen (Mercedes)
  8. 🇬🇧 Lando Norris (Williams)
    9. 🇫🇮 Valtteri Bottas (Cadillac)
  9. 🇬🇧 Oliver Bearman (Haas)
    11. 🇲🇽 Sergio Perez (Cadillac)
  10. 🇫🇷 Esteban Ocon (Haas)
  11. 🇪🇸 Carlos Sainz (Williams)
  12. 🇫🇷 Isack Hadjar (Red Bull)
  13. 🇩🇪 Nico Hulkenberg (Audi)
  14. 🇯🇵 Ayumu Iwasa (Racing Bulls)
  15. 🇳🇿 Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls)
  16. 🇹🇭 Alexander Albon (Red Bull)
  17. 🇬🇧 Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari)
  18. 🇫🇷 Pierre Gasly (Alpine)
  19. 🇨🇳 Zhou Guanyu (Alpine)
  20. 🇦🇺 Daniel Ricciardo (Audi)
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Lap 2: Both cars past Verstappen up to 8th and 9th, the Mercedes is weirdly off the pace at the start

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Contrast to Antonelli in the other Mercedes who's overtaken both McLarens into the lead

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Lap 3: Bottas put a huge divebomb on Norris and Stroll, passing both of them up to 6th

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Lap 5: Perez past Norris up to 8th

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Bottas past Leclerc up to 5th. Bottas 3.0, maybe?

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Lap 7: Piastri takes the lead, Perez past Stroll up to 7th

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Lap 8: Bottas back down to 6th, still within reach of Leclerc though

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(Speaking of Ferrari, Hamilton is still down in 19th)

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Lap 13: Antonelli is rapidly falling behind from the McLarens and Leclerc caught Tsunoda, we might actually be in a battle for the last podium spot

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Lap 14: Perez and Bottas past Antonelli and Tsunoda pits, we're up to 4th and 5th now led by Perez

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Tsunoda isn't a threat now, he's had contact with Hadjar and broke his front wing

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Hadjar given a 5 second penalty for that incident

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Lap 18: Perez past Leclerc up to 3rd

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Piastri pits, make that 2nd

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Lap 20: Leclerc pits, we're going to react with both cars next lap

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Lap 21: Smooth stops, and our pit stop times have already gone down by 3-4 tenths from last season

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We don't stay ahead of Leclerc though, in fact he's more than a second away

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Lap 22: Russell, Verstappen, and Stroll are yet to pit, I think they might be trying one stoppers

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Lap 25: Russell pits, and it's the hard tires, they are indeed trying one stoppers

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Bottas caught up to Perez, I don't know whether to let him through to try and go after Leclerc or not

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Lap 26: Verstappen now pits, just Stroll remaining who needs to stop

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We're going to try with Bottas to catch Leclerc, Perez won't fight him for now

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Lap 27: Stroll pits, the last of the one stoppers and the group we need to catch once we do our second stops

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Lap 31: We haven't really managed to catch Leclerc, but what we did has prevented us from losing time to Russell behind

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Lap 32: In fact, Leclerc takes the lead from Piastri, maybe weren't going to catch him anyway

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Lap 33: VSC, Iwasa out, perfect time to pit our cars

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Piastri pits, but Leclerc doesn't, and neither will any of the three one stoppers, nor Antonelli and Norris either, this is very odd no one is taking this opportunity to pit now

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Lap 35: VSC ended, our second stint charge begins

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Lap 38: Hamilton is finally into the points, it took him this long

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Lap 40: Bottas past Norris as Antonelli pits, up to 6th

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Lap 41: Leclerc pits for softs, Bottas comes out ahead, but only by 2 seconds

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Lap 45: Bottas past Stroll, but Leclerc past both of them, so still 5th

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Perez is 7th a few seconds back

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Lap 47: Hulkenberg, in 19th, passed Stroll and unlapped himself, then let him back through again. Gets us time though

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Lap 49: Perez past Stroll up to 6th

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Lap 55: Bottas past Verstappen up to 4th, Russell is only 4 seconds ahead in 3rd

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Finishing Order:

  1. 🇦🇺 Oscar Piastri (McLaren)
  2. 🇲🇨 Charles Leclerc +5.395 (Ferrari)
  3. 🇬🇧 George Russell +12.284 (McLaren)
    4. 🇫🇮 Valtteri Bottas +1.143 (Cadillac)
  4. 🇳🇱 Max Verstappen +3.218 (Mercedes)
    6. 🇲🇽 Sergio Perez +3.288 (Cadillac)
  5. 🇨🇦 Lance Stroll +10.428 (Aston Martin)
  6. 🇮🇹 Kimi Antonelli +3.315 (Mercedes)
  7. 🇬🇧 Lando Norris +4.839 (Williams)
  8. 🇬🇧 Lewis Hamilton +4.515 (Ferrari)
  9. 🇪🇸 Carlos Sainz +21.420 (Williams)
  10. 🇫🇷 Esteban Ocon +2.036 (Haas)
  11. 🇯🇵 Yuki Tsunoda +3.928 (Aston Martin)
  12. 🇹🇭 Alexander Albon +4.958 (Red Bull)
  13. 🇬🇧 Oliver Bearman +7.529 (Haas)
  14. 🇦🇺 Daniel Ricciardo +4.317 (Audi)
  15. 🇫🇷 Isack Hadjar +1 lap (Red Bull)
  16. 🇳🇿 Liam Lawson +1 lap (Racing Bulls)
  17. 🇩🇪 Nico Hulkenberg +1 lap (Audi)
  18. 🇫🇷 Pierre Gasly +1 lap (Alpine)
  19. 🇨🇳 Zhou Guanyu +1 lap (Alpine)
    DNF. 🇯🇵 Ayumu Iwasa (Racing Bulls)
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Cadillac:

Sergio Perez P6
Valtteri Bottas P4

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Main Highlights:

Piastri wins 1st of the season
Leclerc ties with Russell for the lead of the drivers standings
Mercedes overtake Aston Martin for 4th in the constructors standings
Haas overtake Red Bull for 7th in the constructors standings

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2027 Standings After Round 2:

Constructors:

  1. 🇬🇧 McLaren, 75 points
  2. 🇮🇹 Ferrari, 47 points
    3. 🇺🇸 Cadillac, 43 points
  3. 🇩🇪 Mercedes, 36 points
  4. 🇬🇧 Aston Martin, 28 points
  5. 🇬🇧 Williams, 9 points
  6. 🇺🇸 Haas, 0 points
  7. 🇦🇹 Red Bull, 0 points
  8. 🇩🇪 Audi, 0 points
  9. 🇬🇧 Racing Bulls, 0 points
  10. 🇫🇷 Alpine, 0 points

Drivers:

  1. 🇬🇧 George Russell, 44 points (McLaren)
  2. 🇲🇨 Charles Leclerc, 44 points (Ferrari)
  3. 🇳🇱 Max Verstappen, 32 points (Mercedes)
  4. 🇦🇺 Oscar Piastri, 31 points (McLaren)
    5. 🇫🇮 Valtteri Bottas, 23 points (Cadillac)
    6. 🇲🇽 Sergio Perez, 20 points (Cadillac)
  5. 🇨🇦 Lance Stroll, 16 points (Aston Martin)
  6. 🇯🇵 Yuki Tsunoda, 12 points (Aston Martin)
  7. 🇬🇧 Lando Norris, 9 points (Williams)
  8. 🇮🇹 Kimi Antonelli, 4 points (Mercedes)
  9. 🇬🇧 Lewis Hamilton, 3 points (Ferrari)
  10. 🇪🇸 Carlos Sainz, 0 points (Williams)
  11. 🇫🇷 Esteban Ocon, 0 points (Haas)
  12. 🇹🇭 Alexander Albon, 0 points (Red Bull)
  13. 🇦🇺 Daniel Ricciardo, 0 points (Audi)
  14. 🇬🇧 Oliver Bearman, 0 points (Haas)
  15. 🇩🇪 Nico Hulkenberg, 0 points (Audi)
  16. 🇫🇷 Isack Hadjar, 0 points (Red Bull)
  17. 🇳🇿 Liam Lawson, 0 points (Racing Bulls)
  18. 🇯🇵 Ayumu Iwasa, 0 points (Racing Bulls)
  19. 🇫🇷 Pierre Gasly, 0 points (Alpine)
  20. 🇨🇳 Zhou Guanyu, 0 points (Alpine)
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🇯🇵 Japan 2027:

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Qualifying:

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Q1 Knockouts:

  1. 🇦🇺 Daniel Ricciardo (Audi)
  2. 🇳🇿 Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls)
  3. 🇨🇳 Zhou Guanyu (Alpine)
  4. 🇫🇷 Pierre Gasly (Alpine)
  5. 🇯🇵 Ayumu Iwasa (Racing Bulls)
  6. 🇩🇪 Nico Hulkenberg (Audi) (Out with no time)
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Q2 Knockouts:

  1. 🇪🇸 Carlos Sainz (Williams)
  2. 🇫🇷 Esteban Ocon (Haas)
  3. 🇬🇧 Oliver Bearman (Haas)
    14. 🇲🇽 Sergio Perez (Cadillac)
  4. 🇬🇧 Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari)
  5. 🇫🇷 Isack Hadjar (Red Bull)
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Q3 Top 10:

  1. 🇮🇹 Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes)
  2. 🇬🇧 George Russell (McLaren)
  3. 🇦🇺 Oscar Piastri (McLaren)
  4. 🇨🇦 Lance Stroll (Aston Martin)
  5. 🇲🇨 Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
  6. 🇯🇵 Yuki Tsunoda (Aston Martin)
    7. 🇫🇮 Valtteri Bottas (Cadillac)
  7. 🇹🇭 Alexander Albon (Red Bull)
  8. 🇬🇧 Lando Norris (Williams)
  9. 🇳🇱 Max Verstappen (Mercedes)
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Hulkenberg starts from the pit lane

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Starting Grid

  1. 🇮🇹 Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes)
  2. 🇬🇧 George Russell (McLaren)
  3. 🇦🇺 Oscar Piastri (McLaren)
  4. 🇨🇦 Lance Stroll (Aston Martin)
  5. 🇲🇨 Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
  6. 🇯🇵 Yuki Tsunoda (Aston Martin)
    7. 🇫🇮 Valtteri Bottas (Cadillac)
  7. 🇹🇭 Alexander Albon (Red Bull)
  8. 🇬🇧 Lando Norris (Williams)
  9. 🇳🇱 Max Verstappen (Mercedes)
  10. 🇪🇸 Carlos Sainz (Williams)
  11. 🇫🇷 Esteban Ocon (Haas)
  12. 🇬🇧 Oliver Bearman (Haas)
    14. 🇲🇽 Sergio Perez (Cadillac)
  13. 🇬🇧 Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari)
  14. 🇫🇷 Isack Hadjar (Red Bull)
  15. 🇦🇺 Daniel Ricciardo (Audi)
  16. 🇳🇿 Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls)
  17. 🇨🇳 Zhou Guanyu (Alpine)
  18. 🇫🇷 Pierre Gasly (Alpine)
  19. 🇯🇵 Ayumu Iwasa (Racing Bulls)

Pit Lane:

🇩🇪 Nico Hulkenberg (Audi)

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Lap 1: The McLarens trade places, Bottas past Stroll up to 6th, Perez lost a place to Hamilton down to 15th

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Lap 4: Piastri takes the lead, Tsunoda and Albon past Bottas, down to 8th, Hadjar past Perez, down to 16th

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Lap 7: Bottas past Albon back up to 7th

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Lap 9: Antonelli re-takes the lead, Perez past Hadjar up to 15th

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Lap 14: Verstappen goes wide, gets floor damage and drops to 15th behind Perez

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Lap 16: Bottas is somehow only 4.8 seconds behind the leader, which is now Piastri

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He goes through on Tsunoda up to 5th (Leclerc pit)

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Lap 18: Antonelli pits, and it's really slow on the car release, that might have cost him big time

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Lap 19: Aston Martin double stack led by Stroll, Tsunoda has a problem removing the rear right

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Lap 20: VSC, Gasly out at Spoon curve

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Perfect timing for us, we were 3rd and 6th

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Lap 21: Bottas had a slow stop, but still exits 5th behind Antonelli and Stroll, Perez exits 12th

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Lap 22: Hamilton locks up at the final chicane immediately off the VSC restart

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He drops to 16th, it's been a horrid start to the season for the other Ferrari

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Lap 23: Leclerc past Bottas, down to 6th

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Lap 24: The McLarens still haven't pitted, I think they're trying a one stop, the only ones to even think about it

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Lap 26: Leclerc past Antonelli and is now looking to catch Stroll for 3rd

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Perez overtaken by Albon, down to 13th

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Lap 28: Leclerc past Stroll up to 3rd, he is now the net leader once the McLarens pit

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Lap 29: The McLarens do pit, and it's soft tires? What are they playing at?

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Lap 30: Perez past Albon and Ocon up to 11th

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Lap 32: Stroll past Leclerc, and I never thought I'd say this, into the lead of the race

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Tsunoda past Bottas, down to 5th

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Lap 36: Leclerc and Antonelli pit, looks like an undercut on Stroll

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Lap 37: Tsunoda pits, we're pitting next lap

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Lap 38: We pit, along with Stroll

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Bottas exits 8th, Perez exits 12th

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Lap 40: Piastri leads Russell by 3 seconds, but Antonelli and Leclerc are on fresh tires another 6 seconds back

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Lap 43: Perez got into the points, then Hamilton overtook him for 10th

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Lap 45: The McLarens are now battling for the lead, but the gap to Leclerc is now just 3.6 seconds

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Lap 48: Russell takes the lead, Leclerc now just 2.2 behind

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Lap 50: PIastri re-takes the lead, but Leclerc is now within striking distance of both McLarens

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Lap 51: McLaren have 35% and 34% soft tires on their cars, can they even get to the end without a puncture now?

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Lap 53: Russell tried a move in turn 1, but Piastri covered it off

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Perez past Norris and Hamilton up to 9th

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Race:

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Finishing Order:

  1. 🇦🇺 Oscar Piastri (McLaren)
  2. 🇬🇧 George Russell +0.516 (McLaren)
  3. 🇲🇨 Charles Leclerc +0.238 (Ferrari)
  4. 🇮🇹 Kimi Antonelli +1.456 (Mercedes)
  5. 🇯🇵 Yuki Tsunoda +0.247 (Aston Martin)
  6. 🇨🇦 Lance Stroll +0.444 (Aston Martin)
    7. 🇫🇮 Valtteri Bottas +10.817 (Cadillac)
  7. 🇳🇱 Max Verstappen +11.311 (Mercedes)
    9. 🇲🇽 Sergio Perez +6.786 (Cadillac)
  8. 🇬🇧 Lewis Hamilton +0.693 (Ferrari)
  9. 🇬🇧 Lando Norris +0.462 (Williams)
  10. 🇪🇸 Carlos Sainz +9.285 (Williams)
  11. 🇹🇭 Alexander Albon +7.168 (Red Bull)
  12. 🇦🇺 Daniel Ricciardo +17.803 (Audi)
  13. 🇬🇧 Oliver Bearman +0.281 (Haas)
  14. 🇫🇷 Esteban Ocon +0.420 (Haas)
  15. 🇫🇷 Isack Hadjar +16.545 (Red Bull)
  16. 🇩🇪 Nico Hulkenberg +3.260 (Audi)
  17. 🇳🇿 Liam Lawson +1 lap (Racing Bulls)
  18. 🇯🇵 Ayumu Iwasa +1 lap (Racing Bulls)
  19. 🇨🇳 Zhou Guanyu +1 lap (Alpine)
    DNF. 🇫🇷 Pierre Gasly (Alpine)
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Cadillac:

Sergio Perez P9
Valtteri Bottas P7

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Main Highlights:

Piastri wins 2nd race of the season and is now only 6 points behind championship leader Russell in the drivers standings
Mercedes overtake Cadillac for 3rd in the constructors standings
Red Bull re-overtake Haas for 7th in the constructors standings

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2027 Standings After Round 3:

Constructors:

  1. 🇬🇧 McLaren, 118 points
  2. 🇮🇹 Ferrari, 63 points
  3. 🇩🇪 Mercedes, 52 points
    4. 🇺🇸 Cadillac, 51 points
  4. 🇬🇧 Aston Martin, 46 points
  5. 🇬🇧 Williams, 9 points
  6. 🇦🇹 Red Bull, 0 points
  7. 🇺🇸 Haas, 0 points
  8. 🇩🇪 Audi, 0 points
  9. 🇬🇧 Racing Bulls, 0 points
  10. 🇫🇷 Alpine, 0 points

Drivers:

  1. 🇬🇧 George Russell, 62 points (McLaren)
  2. 🇲🇨 Charles Leclerc, 59 points (Ferrari)
  3. 🇦🇺 Oscar Piastri, 56 points (McLaren)
  4. 🇳🇱 Max Verstappen, 36 points (Mercedes)
    5. 🇫🇮 Valtteri Bottas, 29 points (Cadillac)
  5. 🇨🇦 Lance Stroll, 24 points (Aston Martin)
  6. 🇯🇵 Yuki Tsunoda, 22 points (Aston Martin)
    8. 🇲🇽 Sergio Perez, 22 points (Cadillac)
  7. 🇮🇹 Kimi Antonelli, 16 points (Mercedes)
  8. 🇬🇧 Lando Norris, 9 points (Williams)
  9. 🇬🇧 Lewis Hamilton, 4 points (Ferrari)
  10. 🇪🇸 Carlos Sainz, 0 points (Williams)
  11. 🇹🇭 Alexander Albon, 0 points (Red Bull)
  12. 🇫🇷 Esteban Ocon, 0 points (Haas)
  13. 🇦🇺 Daniel Ricciardo, 0 points (Audi)
  14. 🇬🇧 Oliver Bearman, 0 points (Haas)
  15. 🇩🇪 Nico Hulkenberg, 0 points (Audi)
  16. 🇫🇷 Isack Hadjar, 0 points (Red Bull)
  17. 🇳🇿 Liam Lawson, 0 points (Racing Bulls)
  18. 🇯🇵 Ayumu Iwasa, 0 points (Racing Bulls)
  19. 🇫🇷 Pierre Gasly, 0 points (Alpine)
  20. 🇨🇳 Zhou Guanyu, 0 points (Alpine)
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🇧🇭 Bahrain 2027:

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Qualifying:

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Q1 Knockouts:

  1. 🇩🇪 Nico Hulkenberg (Audi)
  2. 🇫🇷 Pierre Gasly (Alpine)
  3. 🇯🇵 Ayumu Iwasa (Racing Bulls)
  4. 🇫🇷 Isack Hadjar (Red Bull)
  5. 🇳🇿 Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls)
  6. 🇨🇳 Zhou Guanyu (Alpine)
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Q2 Knockouts:

  1. 🇫🇷 Esteban Ocon (Haas)
  2. 🇪🇸 Carlos Sainz (Williams)
  3. 🇬🇧 Oliver Bearman (Haas)
    14. 🇫🇮 Valtteri Bottas (Cadillac)
  4. 🇦🇺 Daniel Ricciardo (Audi)
    16. 🇲🇽 Sergio Perez (Cadillac)
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Q3 Top 10:

  1. 🇦🇺 Oscar Piastri (McLaren)
  2. 🇲🇨 Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
  3. 🇬🇧 George Russell (McLaren)
  4. 🇳🇱 Max Verstappen (Mercedes)
  5. 🇯🇵 Yuki Tsunoda (Aston Martin)
  6. 🇬🇧 Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari)
  7. 🇮🇹 Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes)
  8. 🇨🇦 Lance Stroll (Aston Martin)
  9. 🇬🇧 Lando Norris (Williams)
  10. 🇹🇭 Alexander Albon (Red Bull)
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Starting Grid:

  1. 🇦🇺 Oscar Piastri (McLaren)
  2. 🇲🇨 Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
  3. 🇬🇧 George Russell (McLaren)
  4. 🇳🇱 Max Verstappen (Mercedes)
  5. 🇯🇵 Yuki Tsunoda (Aston Martin)
  6. 🇬🇧 Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari)
  7. 🇮🇹 Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes)
  8. 🇨🇦 Lance Stroll (Aston Martin)
  9. 🇬🇧 Lando Norris (Williams)
  10. 🇹🇭 Alexander Albon (Red Bull)
  11. 🇫🇷 Esteban Ocon (Haas)
  12. 🇪🇸 Carlos Sainz (Williams)
  13. 🇬🇧 Oliver Bearman (Haas)
    14. 🇫🇮 Valtteri Bottas (Cadillac)
  14. 🇦🇺 Daniel Ricciardo (Audi)
    16. 🇲🇽 Sergio Perez (Cadillac)
  15. 🇩🇪 Nico Hulkenberg (Audi)
  16. 🇫🇷 Pierre Gasly (Alpine)
  17. 🇯🇵 Ayumu Iwasa (Racing Bulls)
  18. 🇫🇷 Isack Hadjar (Red Bull)
  19. 🇳🇿 Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls)
  20. 🇨🇳 Zhou Guanyu (Alpine)
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Lap 1: Bottas lost a place to Ricciardo, down to 15th

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Lap 2: Both cars back past Ricciardo, 14th and 15th now

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Lap 5: Both cars past Sainz, 13th and 14th now led by Perez

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Lap 7: Tsunoda takes the lead from both McLarens

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Perez past Bearman up to 12th

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Lap 9: Perez past Ocon and Bottas past both Haas', up to 11th and 12th

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Lap 12: Russell now leads

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Lap 16: Russell pits, quite early to be honest

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Lap 18: Antonelli now leads, both cars lost a place to Sainz, 10th and 11th (others pit)

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Lap 23: We're pitting this lap

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Verstappen now leads

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Exit 12th and 14th

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Lap 24: Bottas past Albon up to 11th

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I think there might be some one stoppers, 5 cars (Verstappen, Antonelli, Leclerc, Stroll, Norris) haven't pit yet

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Lap 31: Bottas overtook both Williams in one go, up to 9th (Norris pit)

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Lap 33: Leclerc went this long, but he finally pits for the first time, definite one stop there

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Lap 41: We're pitting again

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Exit 10th and 13th

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Lap 45: Out of nowhere, the one stopping Leclerc now leads Antonelli by 3 seconds, he never led a single lap in this race beforehand

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Lap 53: Bottas past Norris up to 9th, the 1 stop didn't work for Williams

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Lap 56: Perez also past Norris up to 10th

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Race:

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Finishing Order:

  1. 🇲🇨 Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
  2. 🇮🇹 Kimi Antonelli +4.399 (Mercedes)
  3. 🇳🇱 Max Verstappen +0.492 (Mercedes)
  4. 🇦🇺 Oscar Piastri +0.186 (McLaren)
  5. 🇬🇧 George Russell +0.182 (McLaren)
  6. 🇬🇧 Lewis Hamilton +11.249 (Ferrari)
  7. 🇯🇵 Yuki Tsunoda +0.534 (Aston Martin)
  8. 🇨🇦 Lance Stroll +1.688 (Aston Martin)
    9. 🇫🇮 Valtteri Bottas +10.312 (Cadillac)
    10. 🇲🇽 Sergio Perez +5.518 (Cadillac)
  9. 🇬🇧 Lando Norris +3.742 (Williams)
  10. 🇪🇸 Carlos Sainz +11.769 (Williams)
  11. 🇫🇷 Esteban Ocon +3.719 (Haas)
  12. 🇹🇭 Alexander Albon +4.099 (Red Bull)
  13. 🇬🇧 Oliver Bearman +14.639 (Haas)
  14. 🇦🇺 Daniel Ricciardo +10.996 (Audi)
  15. 🇫🇷 Isack Hadjar +5.899 (Red Bull) (+10 seconds -1 position)
  16. 🇩🇪 Nico Hulkenberg +1 lap (Audi)
  17. 🇳🇿 Liam Lawson +1 lap (Racing Bulls)
  18. 🇨🇳 Zhou Guanyu +1 lap (Alpine)
  19. 🇫🇷 Pierre Gasly +1 lap (Alpine)
  20. 🇯🇵 Ayumu Iwasa +1 lap (Racing Bulls)
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Cadillac:

Sergio Perez P10
Valtteri Bottas P9

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Main Highlights:

Leclerc wins 1st race of the season and first win in over 2 and a half years, also taking the lead of the drivers standings
Antonelli gets 1st podium of the season
Aston Martin overtake Cadillac for 4th in the constructors standings
Haas overtake Red Bull for 7th in the constructors standings

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2027 Standings After Round 4:

Constructors:

  1. 🇬🇧 McLaren, 140 points
  2. 🇮🇹 Ferrari, 96 points
  3. 🇩🇪 Mercedes, 85 points
  4. 🇬🇧 Aston Martin, 56 points
    5. 🇺🇸 Cadillac, 54 points
  5. 🇬🇧 Williams, 9 points
  6. 🇺🇸 Haas, 0 points
  7. 🇦🇹 Red Bull, 0 points
  8. 🇩🇪 Audi, 0 points
  9. 🇬🇧 Racing Bulls, 0 points
  10. 🇫🇷 Alpine, 0 points

Drivers:

  1. 🇲🇨 Charles Leclerc, 84 points (Ferrari)
  2. 🇬🇧 George Russell, 72 points (McLaren)
  3. 🇦🇺 Oscar Piastri, 68 points (McLaren)
  4. 🇳🇱 Max Verstappen, 51 points (Mercedes)
  5. 🇮🇹 Kimi Antonelli, 34 points (Mercedes)
    6. 🇫🇮 Valtteri Bottas, 31 points (Cadillac)
  6. 🇯🇵 Yuki Tsunoda, 28 points (Aston Martin)
  7. 🇨🇦 Lance Stroll, 28 points (Aston Martin)
    9. 🇲🇽 Sergio Perez, 23 points (Cadillac)
  8. 🇬🇧 Lewis Hamilton, 12 points (Ferrari)
  9. 🇬🇧 Lando Norris, 9 points (Williams)
  10. 🇪🇸 Carlos Sainz, 0 points (Williams)
  11. 🇫🇷 Esteban Ocon, 0 points (Haas)
  12. 🇹🇭 Alexander Albon, 0 points (Red Bull)
  13. 🇦🇺 Daniel Ricciardo, 0 points (Audi)
  14. 🇬🇧 Oliver Bearman, 0 points (Haas)
  15. 🇩🇪 Nico Hulkenberg, 0 points (Audi)
  16. 🇫🇷 Isack Hadjar, 0 points (Red Bull)
  17. 🇳🇿 Liam Lawson, 0 points (Racing Bulls)
  18. 🇯🇵 Ayumu Iwasa, 0 points (Racing Bulls)
  19. 🇨🇳 Zhou Guanyu, 0 points (Alpine)
  20. 🇫🇷 Pierre Gasly, 0 points (Alpine)
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Does your autocorrect make it 2026 or you ? 😅

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Adm falldown needs to be studied😔

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