Kimi Antonelli became the youngest ever Formula 1 World Champion as third place in the Mexico City Grand Prix was enough for the Mercedes driver to claim the 2026 crown, with Max Verstappen taking race victory from Lewis Hamilton.

Top Point Drives of the Race

  1. 🇳🇱 Max Verstappen (Red Bull Racing) • 34 points • a convincing victory after a 5rh row start
  2. 🇳🇿 Liam Lawson (Red Bull Racing) • 31 points • 7th place from a pit lane start
  3. 🇬🇧 Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari) • 19 points • runner-up after earning pole Saturday
  4. 🇯🇵 Ryo Hirakawa (Haas Ferrari) • 19 points • our next Japanese replacement driver (Hirakawa and Tsunoda have averaged 11 points per race)

Predictions and Results

Andy’s perfect score made him top predictor for the second week in a row and for the fourth time this season, thus extending his lead over second-place Steve by 86 points with four races remaining on our calendar. Deanna continues to hold third place while John Lo has moved up into fourth place. ahead of Richard based on our first tiebreaker (top scorer two times versus once). The gap between first and second is greater than the gap between second and 10th place.

Standings

Prizes
🥇 $50.00 🥈 $25.00🥉 $15.00 🍍 $10.00

Through 19 🇲🇽 Mexico City Grand Prix (tiebreaker applied)
1Andy Watson2276
2Steve Nicks2190
3Deanna Nicks2187
4John Lo2170
5Richard Owens2170
6Michael Poplawski2162
7Doug Wansbrough2160
8Matt Belanger2142
9John Havlik2112
10Danielle Bourgeois2107


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