Formula 1 doesn't do subtle. Twenty-two drivers. A twenty-two round calendar across fifteen countries - except 2026 has lost two of them. The Bahrain and Saudi Arabian Grands Prix were cancelled in the spring as political unrest across the region forced the FIA's hand. Four races run. Six rounds on the books. Sixteen still to go. Engines screaming at 18,000rpm under regulations that have just rewritten the rulebook. The 2026 season runs on Active Aero: moveable wings, push-to-pass overtake mode, a complete reset of the power unit hierarchy that sent a decade of Red Bull dominance up in smoke before the first race was done. If you thought you knew this sport, start again.
Mercedes came out swinging. Melbourne went to Antonelli on his first ever pole - the youngest pole-sitter and race winner in the sport's history before he'd turned 20. Shanghai went to Russell, a clean Mercedes 1-2 feature with Russell taking the Sprint as well. McLaren, the reigning constructors' champions, didn't start the China feature. Both cars. Technical issues. Zero points on the day. Suzuka extended the Mercedes streak with Antonelli on pole and at the chequer. Then Bahrain and Saudi went dark. Eight weeks later the championship resumed in Miami. Antonelli on pole. Antonelli to the chequer. Mercedes 1-4. Norris hunted him home in P2. Piastri P3. Verstappen recovered a Lap 1 Turn 2 spin to fifth. Hadjar buried it at Turn 15. Gasly went upside down two corners later when a Racing Bulls gearbox failure left Lawson unable to slow.
Three races started from pole. Three wins. Across 76 years of Formula 1 no driver has converted his first three pole positions into three race wins. Senna didn't do it. Schumacher didn't do it. Hamilton came closest in 2007 - two from two before the streak broke at the French Grand Prix. Antonelli has gone one further than every name on the all-time list. 19 years old. Leading the championship by 20 points. The driver who handed Mercedes their first Miami win in five attempts on the same Sunday he broke the four-year Miami pole-to-win curse. The market will keep him favourite at every remaining round until something on track says otherwise.
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The championship standings after Round 6 are below. The Canadian Grand Prix at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve is next - a Sprint weekend, the first Canadian Sprint in F1 history, and the first race week back-to-back since Australia and Bahrain were planned eight weeks ago.
| Pos | Constructor | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Mercedes-AMG Petronas | 190 |
| 02 | McLaren | 91 |
| 03 | Ferrari | 87 |
| 04 | Red Bull Racing | 38 |
| 05 | Haas | 19 |
| 06 | Racing Bulls | 13 |
| 07 | Alpine | 12 |
| 08 | Williams | 3 |
| 09 | Audi | 2 |
| 10 | Aston Martin | 0 |
| 11 | Cadillac | 0 |
Source: FIA official results, formula1.com. Standings after Round 6, Miami Grand Prix, 3 May 2026 - four races completed (Australian, Chinese, Japanese and Miami Grands Prix). Rounds 4 (Bahrain) and 5 (Saudi Arabia) cancelled due to regional unrest. Updated after each race.
The constructors' picture tells the story of the new regulations in three lines. Mercedes have over a hundred points on McLaren and Ferrari combined - the works team's most dominant opening to a season since the V6 turbo-hybrid era. McLaren's recovery from a zero-point China weekend has been forensic: Norris P2 at Suzuka and Miami, Piastri P3 at Miami, and the reigning constructors' champions have leapfrogged Ferrari into second on race pace alone despite a full DNS. Ferrari sit a single race result behind. Four brand new engine suppliers on the grid in 2026 - Honda with Aston Martin, Ford with Red Bull, Audi as a works team and Cadillac running Ferrari customer power - and none of them have troubled the top six yet. That will change. The midfield is open. Haas sit fifth on the strength of Ollie Bearman alone. Racing Bulls, Alpine and Red Bull are inside ten points of each other. The constructors' title looks one-team this year. The points-position scrap behind it runs all the way to Abu Dhabi in December.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Kimi Antonelli | Mercedes | 105 |
| 02 | George Russell | Mercedes | 85 |
| 03 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 55 |
| 04 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 46 |
| 05 | Lewis Hamilton | Ferrari | 41 |
| 06 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren | 36 |
| 07 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing | 29 |
| 08 | Oliver Bearman | Haas | 19 |
| 09 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine | 11 |
| 10 | Isack Hadjar | Red Bull Racing | 9 |
| 11 | Liam Lawson | Racing Bulls | 8 |
| 12 | Arvid Lindblad | Racing Bulls | 5 |
| 13 | Carlos Sainz | Williams | 2 |
| 14 | Gabriel Bortoleto | Audi | 2 |
| 15 | Franco Colapinto | Alpine | 1 |
| 16 | Alex Albon | Williams | 1 |
| 17-22 | Ocon, Hulkenberg, Bottas, Perez, Alonso, Stroll | 0 |
Source: FIA official results, formula1.com. Standings after Round 6, Miami Grand Prix, 3 May 2026 - four races completed (Australian, Chinese, Japanese and Miami Grands Prix). Rounds 4 (Bahrain) and 5 (Saudi Arabia) cancelled due to regional unrest. Updated after each race.
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Rounds 4 and 5 (Bahrain and Saudi Arabia) were cancelled following the outbreak of conflict in the Middle East. Both races are expected to return to the calendar in future seasons.
| Rd | Grand Prix | Circuit | Race Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 2027 Australian GP | Albert Park, Melbourne | 6-8 Mar |
| 02 | 2027 Chinese GP | Shanghai International Circuit | 13-15 Mar |
| 03 | 2027 Japanese GP | Suzuka International Racing Course | 27-29 Mar |
| 04 | CANCELLED Bahrain GP | Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir | 10-12 Apr |
| 05 | CANCELLED Saudi Arabian GP | Jeddah Corniche Circuit | 17-19 Apr |
| 06 | 2027 Miami GP | Miami International Autodrome | 1-3 May |
| 07 | Canadian GP | Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal | 22-24 May |
| 08 | Monaco GP | Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo | 5-7 Jun |
| 09 | Spanish GP (Barcelona) | Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 12-14 Jun |
| 10 | Austrian GP | Red Bull Ring, Spielberg | 26-28 Jun |
| 11 | British GP | Silverstone Circuit | 3-5 Jul |
| 12 | Belgian GP | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 17-19 Jul |
| 13 | Hungarian GP | Hungaroring, Budapest | 24-26 Jul |
| 14 | Dutch GP | Circuit Zandvoort | 21-23 Aug |
| 15 | Italian GP | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | 4-6 Sep |
| 16 | Spanish GP (Madrid) | Madring - IFEMA Madrid | 11-13 Sep |
| 17 | Azerbaijan GP | Baku City Circuit | 25-27 Sep |
| 18 | Singapore GP | Marina Bay Street Circuit | 9-11 Oct |
| 19 | United States GP | Circuit of the Americas, Austin | 23-25 Oct |
| 20 | Mexico City GP | Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez | 30 Oct-1 Nov |
| 21 | Sao Paulo GP | Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace, Interlagos | 6-8 Nov |
| 22 | Las Vegas GP | Las Vegas Strip Circuit | 19-21 Nov |
| 23 | Qatar GP | Lusail International Circuit | 27-29 Nov |
| 24 | Abu Dhabi GP | Yas Marina Circuit | 4-6 Dec |