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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.
Formula 1's reigning world champion has one grand prix win and three retirements through eleven rounds of 2026 — a season shaped more by McLaren's reliability than by his pace.
Williams enter the summer break with just 11 points and their worst season in years, after missing the pre-season Barcelona shakedown and battling an overweight car through the first half of 2026 — a sharp comedown from finishing fifth in the constructors' championship in 2025.
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.