With ten combined victories and a widening gulf back to Maranello, the Silver Arrows have turned the world championship into a private inter-garage affair.
The arithmetic of the 2026 Formula 1 season has ceased to offer any polite illusions.
Antonelli's eighth victory of the campaign around Madrid's layout extended his personal championship advantage over Russell to 81 points.
For Russell, Madrid was an exercise in pure damage limitation. After starting down in seventh and battling through a sub-optimal two-stop strategy, the Briton could only claw his…
With ten combined victories and a widening gulf back to Maranello, the Silver Arrows have turned the world championship into a private inter-garage affair.