Last 1-2 finish for each F1 team:
China 2026 - Mercedes
Hungary 2025 - McLaren
USA 2024 - Ferrari
Japan 2024 - Red Bull
Canada 2008 - Audi (as BMW Sauber)
Malaysia 2006 - Alpine (as Renault)
France 2003 - Williams
Belgium 1998 - Aston Martin (as Jordan) #F1
Most recent races in which the polesitter was 6th or lower at the end of Lap 1:
Japan 2026 - Antonelli, 6th
USA 2023 - Sainz, 20th
Mexico 2021 - Bottas, 18th
Britain 2021 - Verstappen, DNF
Monaco 2021 - Leclerc, DNS
Britain 2018 - Hamilton, 17th
Mexico 2017 - Vettel, 8th #F1
The 2026 #JapaneseGP was the first race to have 22 starters since the 2016 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, the last to feature Manor on the grid. #F1
Fun fact: Kimi Antonelli is the only teenager to have won multiple Grands Prix.
The only other driver who won a Grand Prix as a teenager is Max Verstappen. He took his second win the day after his 20th birthday! #F1
Mercedes' lead is up to 45 points after the #JapaneseGP, while Red Bull drop to 6th in the standings - their lowest position since their double DNF at the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix in 2022. #F1
For the first time in his career, Kimi Antonelli is at the top of the Drivers' Championship after the #JapaneseGP! It's the first time since 2005, before Kimi was born, that an Italian has sat in P1! #F1
▪️ Antonelli is Italy's first back-to-back winner in 73 years
▪️ Mercedes equal Williams on the all-time podium list
▪️ Alonso overtakes Schumacher for most Suzuka laps raced
Facts, stats and trivia from the 2026 #JapaneseGP 👇
www.lightsoutblog.com/2026-japanes... #F1
As McLaren see both cars complete a race for the first time in 2026, Mercedes and Ferrari continue to lead the way for most Grand Prix laps raced after the #JapaneseGP! #F1
The 2026 #JapaneseGP was the 500th round of the World Championship to be won by the polesitter. The first race won from pole was also won by an Italian driver (Giuseppe Farina, Britain 1950)! #F1
Mercedes equal Williams for the third on the list of most podium finishes in Formula 1. Williams have sat in the top three places on the list since the 1993 Portuguese Grand Prix
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Antonelli is the first Italian driver to lead the Drivers' Championship since Giancarlo Fisichella after the 2005 Australian Grand Prix
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Kimi Antonelli is the first Italian driver to win consecutive races since Alberto Ascari at the 1953 Dutch and Belgian Grands Prix!
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Antonelli becomes the youngest driver to ever lead the Drivers’ Championship!
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An Aston Martin driver finishes a race for the first time in 2026! Fernando Alonso finishes 18th!
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🏁🇮🇹 2026 #JapaneseGP Result:
1. Antonelli
2. Piastri
3. Leclerc
4. Russell
5. Norris
6. Hamilton
7. Gasly
8. Verstappen
9. Lawson
10. Ocon
11. Hulkenberg
12. Hadjar
13. Bortoleto
14. Lindblad
15. Sainz
16. Colapinto
17. Perez
18. Alonso
19. Bottas
20. Albon
DNF: Stroll, Bearman #F1
Leclerc holds on to record his second podium finish of the season!
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🏁🇯🇵🏆 Kimi Antonelli wins the 2026 Japanese Grand Prix!
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Norris has passed Hamilton for fifth! Russell is closing in on Leclerc once more as they begin the last lap!
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Kimi Antonelli has started the final lap of the race!
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Norris tries his luck with Hamilton again and holds on longer this time - but the Ferrari is back ahead in the opening sector. It's a similar story for Russell, who passes the other Ferrari before Leclerc re-passes through the opening corner!
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As we reach the closing stages, there's less than 2.5 seconds between Piastri, Leclerc and Russell in the battle for P2
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Norris passes Hamilton - but Hamilton re-passes on the straight
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Another place lost for Hamilton as Russell makes his way past into P4
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It's wheel-to-wheel at Ferrari! Leclerc passes Hamilton for the final spot on the podium
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Russell was getting closer to Hamilton - but he loses a position to Leclerc after what looked like a deployment issue
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What's this? An Aston Martin? Retiring? In 2026?
Stroll is out of the race.
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🟣 Antonelli sets a new fastest lap of the race as he extends his lead to 2.7 seconds
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Hamilton overtakes Russell for third place at the restart, while Antonelli's lead is up to 1.5 seconds
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🟢 Safety Car is in and we are racing again!
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Fernando Alonso has just overtaken Michael Schumacher's record of most Grand Prix laps raced at Suzuka!
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