Mexico

Kimi Antonelli becomes Italy's first Formula 1 world champion in 73 years, while Ferrari turn a front-row opportunity into another painful afternoon. The race data shows why clean air mattered, how Hamilton and Leclerc were trapped by traffic, and where Ferrari let the victory slip away.

Lewis Hamilton gives Ferrari its first pole of 2026 by just nine thousandths over George Russell. The telemetry shows where the lap was won, how Leclerc lost a possible Ferrari front-row lockout, why Antonelli struggled, and why history says pole is the wrong place to start in Mexico.

Charles Leclerc tops a remarkably tight Friday in Mexico City, Hamilton loses a potential P2 to a power unit failure, Verstappen owns every straight but bleeds time in the slow corners, and the long runs suggest that track position will matter far more than pace.