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Four seasons after their last title, Mercedes have won eight of the first eleven 2026 races and lead both championships comfortably at the summer break — with rookie-turned-contender Kimi Antonelli out front and George Russell third, their strongest form since the end of the hybrid-dominance era.
Eleven races into Formula 1's new regulations, Mercedes has won eight times and built a 72-point constructors' lead, while rookie Kimi Antonelli sits 50 points clear at the top of the drivers' championship — the dominant storyline of a season built around change.
Kimi Antonelli extended his championship lead with victory at Spa-Francorchamps, while a first-corner collision between Lewis Hamilton and George Russell wrecked the second Mercedes' race and cost Hamilton a five-second penalty.
Lewis Hamilton won the Spanish Grand Prix at Barcelona, his first victory since joining Ferrari, out-strategising Mercedes' George Russell across a three-stop race — a result the seven-time champion later called part of a season running well above his own expectations.
Kimi Antonelli took his second win in as many races at the Japanese Grand Prix, a result that made him the youngest driver ever to lead the Formula 1 World Championship.
Kimi Antonelli won the Chinese Grand Prix for his first Formula 1 victory, with George Russell second to give Mercedes a second consecutive one-two finish to open the 2026 season.
George Russell won a tightly fought Australian Grand Prix to open Formula 1's biggest regulation reset in a decade, heading home teammate Kimi Antonelli as Mercedes took an immediate one-two at Albert Park.
Formula 1 enters 2026 with its most sweeping regulation change since the turbo-hybrid era began: near-50/50 hybrid power units, full-time active aerodynamics, and smaller, lighter cars — a reset that immediately reshuffled the competitive order once racing began.