Valtteri Bottas admits he does not know where Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton found time over him during Q3 in Bahrain. Bottas was Hamilton's closest challenger in the... read more »
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Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto has said the margin between Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc is "very little" despite the considerable difference in the... read more »
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Cyril Abiteboul is aware there is very little margin for error when Fernando Alonso arrives to take Renault into a new era in 2021. read more »
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Racing Point has the fastest midfield car "by some margin" according to McLaren boss Andreas Seidl, amid the tightening battle for third in the 2020 Formula 1... read more »
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Charles Leclerc criticised Ferrari for giving him misleading information after his stressful Russian Grand Prix qualifying session. read more »
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Mercedes continued to be in a league of their own at Monza, securing yet another 1-2 by a considerable margin in FP2 ahead of the Italian Grand Prix. read more »
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George Russell believes Mercedes will receive an advantage following the introduction of the new engine technical directive at this weekend’s Formula 1 Italian Grand Prix,... read more »
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Sebastian Vettel expects the margin for errors at the forthcoming double headers at the Red Bull Ring and Silverstone will be smaller than usual. read more »
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Vettel missed out on pole in Austin by just twelve-thousandths of a second - and knew he had margin in the final read more »
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It was not the smoothest of Fridays for us, there's still a margin for improvement on the car. However our rivals look very fast, certainly faster than us. read more »
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There's margin for more performance on the low fuel runs, but our high fuel runs performance seemed OK. read more »
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Mercedes boss Toto Wolff confirms Valtteri Bottas will be allowed "to go flat out" against teammate Lewis Hamilton in the F1 world drivers' title read more »
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Max Verstappen believes Lewis Hamilton's late charge to victory in the Hungarian Grand Prix shows "how much margin" the Mercedes team has over the rest of the... read more »
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Mercedes drivers Lewis Hamilton topped the third and final free practice session for the Hungarian Grand Prix. The Briton, however, did not enjoy a big margin over his rival as... read more »
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Sebastian Vettel was left encouraged by Ferrari's strong showing throughout Friday practice in Germany. read more »
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Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel has said the team have "quite a bit of margin to go faster" after the first day of practice at the Hockenheimring. read more »
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Valtteri Bottas beat Lewis Hamilton to pole position at Silverstone by just 0.006 seconds - the closest margin since Vettel pipped Alonso by 0.002s at the 2010 German Grand... read more »
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Valtteri Bottas ends Lewis Hamilton's streak of pole positions at Silverstone by a slender margin in Saturday's qualifying session. read more »
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Canada showed that the margin between a good weekend and a not so good weekend is extremely narrow. read more »
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A scintillating final effort earned Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel his first pole position of the season, outqualifying Lewis Hamilton by a healthy 0.2s margin. Ferrari team... read more »
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Carlos Sainz Jr. says that McLaren can improve, but must avoid complacency after a string of points finishes. read more »
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The margins continue to be really close across all the midfield teams and we were just the wrong side of that margin today. read more »
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Pierre Gasly has described the upcoming Monaco Grand Prix as the "toughest challenge" of the season due to the very little margin for error. read more »
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff explained a number of factors that may have influenced Valtteri Bottas' enormous margin of victory over Lewis Hamilton in qualifying for... read more »
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Williams Formula 1 driver Robert Kubica says his Azerbaijan Grand Prix qualifying crash showed he should allow "a bit more margin" while he is still lacking... read more »
Japanese Grand Prix
29th of March 2026
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| Pos | Driver | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | George Russell | 51 |
| 2 | Kimi Antonelli | 47 |
| 3 | Charles Leclerc | 34 |
| 4 | Lewis Hamilton | 33 |
| 5 | Oliver Bearman | 17 |
| 6 | Lando Norris | 15 |
| 7 | Pierre Gasly | 9 |
| 8 | Max Verstappen | 8 |
| 9 | Liam Lawson | 8 |
| 10 | Arvid Lindblad | 4 |
| Pos | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mercedes | 98 |
| 2 | Ferrari | 67 |
| 3 | McLaren | 18 |
| 4 | Haas F1 Team | 17 |
| 5 | Red Bull Racing | 12 |
| 6 | Racing Bulls | 12 |
| 7 | Alpine | 10 |
| 8 | Audi | 2 |
| 9 | Williams | 2 |
| 10 | Cadillac | 0 |

