Fourteen races into 2026 the results tell a clear story with some interesting footnotes. Mercedes has won ten of them, Ferrari two and McLaren two. Kimi Antonelli has won eight, more than the rest of the grid combined, five of them from pole and the last two, at Monza and Madrid, from 19th and second on the grid via virtual safety car pit stops that his rivals could not take. Here is every winner so far, followed by what the pattern says about the season.
Every 2026 Grand Prix winner
| Rd | Date | Grand Prix | Winner | Grid | Race time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 Mar | Australian Grand Prix | George Russell Mercedes |
P1 | 1:23:06.801 |
| 2 | 15 Mar | Chinese Grand Prix | Andrea Kimi Antonelli Mercedes |
P1 | 1:33:15.607 |
| 3 | 29 Mar | Japanese Grand Prix | Andrea Kimi Antonelli Mercedes |
P1 | 1:28:03.403 |
| 4 | 3 May | Miami Grand Prix | Andrea Kimi Antonelli Mercedes |
P1 | 1:33:19.273 |
| 5 | 24 May | Canadian Grand Prix | Andrea Kimi Antonelli Mercedes |
P2 | 1:28:15.758 |
| 6 | 7 Jun | Monaco Grand Prix | Andrea Kimi Antonelli Mercedes |
P1 | 2:23:31.243 |
| 7 | 14 Jun | Barcelona Grand Prix | Lewis Hamilton Ferrari |
P2 | 1:32:28.105 |
| 8 | 28 Jun | Austrian Grand Prix | George Russell Mercedes |
P1 | 1:26:37.979 |
| 9 | 5 Jul | British Grand Prix | Charles Leclerc Ferrari |
P2 | 1:27:11.335 |
| 10 | 19 Jul | Belgian Grand Prix | Andrea Kimi Antonelli Mercedes |
P1 | 1:24:42.479 |
| 11 | 26 Jul | Hungarian Grand Prix | Lando Norris McLaren |
P1 | 1:39:56.180 |
| 12 | 23 Aug | Dutch Grand Prix | Lando Norris McLaren |
P1 | 2:04:44.859 |
| 13 | 6 Sep | Italian Grand Prix | Andrea Kimi Antonelli Mercedes |
P19 | 1:51:15.281 |
| 14 | 13 Sep | Spanish Grand Prix | Andrea Kimi Antonelli Mercedes |
P2 | 1:34:23.754 |
How the season has unfolded
George Russell won the opener in Melbourne from pole, and for a fortnight the story was the senior Mercedes driver taking control. Then Antonelli won China, Japan and Miami in succession, and Canada from second on the grid, and Monaco from pole in a race interrupted enough to last nearly two and a half hours. By early June the 20-year-old had five wins to Russell’s one and the championship had a shape.
Ferrari’s two wins came in the European summer. Lewis Hamilton won the Barcelona Grand Prix from second on the grid, his first victory in red at a track where Ferrari’s aerodynamic package suited the circuit. Charles Leclerc won the British Grand Prix from second, on a weekend when Mercedes’ straight-line advantage counted for less through Silverstone’s fast corners. Both wins were real, and both were followed by Mercedes reasserting itself. Russell won Austria from pole and Antonelli won Belgium the same way.
McLaren’s turn came in July and August. Lando Norris won Hungary from pole, then the Dutch Grand Prix, also from pole, in a race that ran past two hours after interruptions in Zandvoort’s farewell weekend. Those two wins moved the reigning champion into a clear fourth in the standings and gave McLaren its best stretch of a season it has otherwise found difficult under the new rules.
Then came two races decided by the virtual safety car. At Monza, Antonelli started 19th after a penalty, benefited from a red flag and a VSC pit stop that his team-mate did not get, and won the Italian Grand Prix in front of a home crowd, a result we covered in the race report. A week later in Madrid, Norris led from a brilliant pole by 6.2 seconds until a VSC was called two seconds after he passed the pit entry. Antonelli, running second, pitted cheaply and won the first race at the Madring. Norris called the rule unfair. Antonelli said the win did not feel as good as the others.
What the numbers say
Nine of fourteen races have been won from pole and four more from second on the grid, which reflects how hard overtaking has been at the front even with Overtake Mode. The only win from further back was Monza, and it needed a red flag. The Ferrari and McLaren victories all came at circuits where the Mercedes engine advantage was blunted by the layout, which is a guide to where the remaining nine races might go. The standings after 14 rounds have Antonelli on 292, Russell on 211, Hamilton on 191, Norris on 186 and Leclerc on 167, and our title permutations piece sets out when it could all be decided.
Frequently asked questions
Who has won the most races in 2026?
Antonelli, with eight from the first 14.
Who won the first race?
George Russell, from pole in Australia on 8 March.
Has anyone other than Mercedes won?
Hamilton and Leclerc for Ferrari, Norris twice for McLaren.
What was the longest race?
Monaco at 2 hours 23 minutes, then the Dutch Grand Prix at 2 hours 4 minutes.
