2026 Formula One World Championship (RyanS99)

Team Changes

 * Audi and Porsche Enter F1 in 2026 with their own teams and Power Units.
 * Audi convinces Haas to join their Power Units.
 * Red Bull abandons their Power Units and joins Porsches along with AlphaTauri.
 * Williams rejoins Mercedes to help them with their own Junior drivers.

Driver Changes

 * As Audi Sport joins the grid they pick up two Alpine Junior drivers in Oscar Piastri and the money man Guanyu Zhou.
 * Alfa Romeo instantly got rid of Gaunyu Zhou right after his second stint with the team. So they also picked up Arthur Leclerc, younger brother of Charles Leclerc, to drive their car. Yuki Tsounda is also staying with the team.
 * With Liam Lawson moving up to Red Bull, AlphaTuari finally gets prominent rookie and two time f2 champion, Dennis Hauger. the team also keeps Juri Vips.
 * Theo Pourchaire will stay with Alpine and the team will second a second French driver in Victor Martins. a solid F2 driver in their academy. Esteban Ocon is gone cause he has only had 2 more wins since his Hungary win in 2021.
 * With the loss of Nyck De Vries at Aston Martin, the team decides to sign Williams Driver Alexander Albon to pair up with Mick Schumacher.
 * The biggest news of the offseason was Ferrari Driver Charles Leclerc leaving Ferrari and joining McLaren. This comes after Daniel Riccardo retires from F1. Lando Norris will stay.
 * Haas becomes the second Audi team, who will run the Audi Power Units. They also keep a lineup of Robert Swartzman and Nikita Mazepin.
 * Mercedes will keep the lineup of Nyck De Vries and George Russell.
 * Liam Lawson will move up to Red Bull to pair up with Max Verstappen this second. Thus, ends Pierre Gasly's second stint at the team.
 * Porsche will also join the grid with their own team and power unit. They have a better engine than Audi, thus brining more attention to drivers. They sign the two other Frenchman drivers of Pierre Gasly and Esteban Ocon.
 * Williams, who switches back to Mercedes, sign one of their Williams Junior Driver in Jamie Chadwick, and Mercedes Junior Driver in Frederik Vesti.

World Constructors' Championship Standings
Point System for a 24-Car Grid

Fastest Lap = 1pt

1st= 25pts

2nd= 20pts

3rd= 18pts

4th= 15pts

5th= 12pts

6th= 10pts

7th= 8pts

8th= 6pts

9th= 4pts

10th= 3pts

11th= 2pts

12th= 1pt

Round 1 : Australian Grand Prix - February 15th
Pre-Race Power Rankings


 * 1)  George Russell
 * 2)  Lando Norris
 * 3)  Max Verstappen
 * 4)  Charles Leclerc
 * 5)  Nyck De Vries
 * 6)  Mick Schumacher
 * 7)  Carlos Sainz
 * 8)  Liam Lawson
 * 9)  Alexander Albon
 * 10)  Pierre Gasly
 * 11)  Juri Vips
 * 12)  Esteban Ocon
 * 13)  Dennis Hauger
 * 14)  Callum Ilott
 * 15)  Theo Pourchaire
 * 16)  Oscar Piastri
 * 17)  Victors Martins
 * 18)  Arthur Leclerc
 * 19)  Yuki Tsounda
 * 20)  Robert Swartzman
 * 21)  Frederik Vesti
 * 22) Jamie Chadwick
 * 23)  Nikita Mazepin
 * 24)  Guanyu Zhou


 * 1) McLaren
 * 2) Mercedes
 * 3) Red Bull
 * 4) Aston Martin
 * 5) AlphaTauri
 * 6) Ferrari
 * 7) Porsche
 * 8) Williams
 * 9) Alpine
 * 10) Alfa Romeo
 * 11) Audi
 * 12) Haas

Race Preview - The Australian Grand Prix is back as the first race of the Calendar. Albert Park has gone through some changes during the offseason that will make it the shortest circuit on the F1 grid, it is now 78 laps. The opening favorite for the weekend is the newly freshened Silver Arrows is George Russell. New teams for Leclerc, Albon, Lawson, Gasly, Ocon, Etc.

Driver World Championship Odds as of the Australian Grand Prix - Russell 28% - Norris 24% - De Vries 23% - Verstappen 14% - Leclerc 13%

Constructor World Championship Odds as of the Australian Grand Prix - Mercedes 38% - McLaren 35% - Red Bull 18% - Aston Martin 9%

Qualifying 1 Results : NOR, RUS, VRI, SCH, VER, SAI, LAW, LEC, ALB, GAS, HAU, ILO, VIP, MAR, OCO, ALC, POU, PIA.

OUT : TSU, CHA, VES, SWA, ZHO, MAZ.

Qualifying 2 Results : RUS, VER, NOR, VRI, LEC, LAW, GAS, ALB, ILO, HAU, SCH, VIP.

OUT : OCO, ALC, POU, PIA, MAR, SAI.

Qualifying 3 Results : NOR. VRI, RUS, VER, LEC, LAW, SCH, HAU, GAS, ALB, ILO, VIP.

note : Arthur Leclerc is ALC.

Race Summary - The race was one of the most chaotic Australian Grand Prix we have seen in a while. First lap lead to many position changes and damage to a lot of cars. Lando Norris had a poor start and it lead to both of the Mercedes drivers passing him in turns 1 & 2. After this it was Russell, De Vries, Norris, Leclerc, and Verstappen. There was a incident when Red Bull driver Liam Lawson locked up and hit his former teammate in Juri Vips. It broke Vips front wing, and Esteban Ocon, Arthur Leclerc, and Theo Pourchaire had to pit at the end of the lap due to damage. The Aston Martin Saftey Car came out because of this. On the restart the two Aston Martin drivers of Mick Schumacher and Alexander Albon moved into positions 3 and 4. George Russell and Lando Norris stayed in positions 1-2. Nyck De Vries, Charles Leclerc, and Max Verstappen all moved back. After the 1st round of pit stops we would see a 3 car pack of Norris, Russell, and Albon form. It would be like this until Lando Norris retook the lead from George Russell on lap 37. We would see the top 8 cars have a big gap compared to the others. The Haas, Audi, and 1 of the Alfa Romeo, Alpine, and Williams cars get lapped. Then two different strategies would form. The options would be move from the Mediums and then to Hards for the rest of the race or stay on Mediums for even longer and then switch to Softs. Then when the drivers were in the process in switching from Mediums to Softs, Oscar Piastri's Audi suddenly lost power. They could not move his car from the track and brought out a Full Course Safety Car. Thus, causing the driving who have not had another stop to switch from the Mediums to Hards would be forced to come to the pit lane. We even saw the two Porsches of Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly to hit each other and Ocon to have some wing damage. This would basically ruin Ocon's day. On the restart we same some mayhem. Lando Norris had a fantastic start compared to the start of the race, Max Verstappen had 3 overtakes to push into second. 3-5 was Albon, Leclerc, and Russell. Then the guys who were attempting the 3 stops - Mick Schuamcher, Carlos Sainz, Callum Ilott, and Nyck De Vries pass the leaders until they came in with 7 to 8 laps to go to switch to the Hard Compound. But the leaders would pass them before the race was over. Mick Schumacher had earned the fastest lap and LANDO NORRIS of MCLAREN WINS THE AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX in dominate fashion.

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Round 2 : Singapore Grand Prix - February 22nd
Pre-Race Power Rankings


 * 1) Lando Norris
 * 2) George Russell
 * 3) Max Verstappen
 * 4) Charles Leclerc
 * 5) Nyck De Vries
 * 6) Alexander Albon
 * 7) Carlos Sainz
 * 8) Mick Schumacher
 * 9) Liam Lawson
 * 10) Callum Ilott
 * 11) Pierre Gasly
 * 12) Juri Vips
 * 13) Dennis Hauger
 * 14) Esteban Ocon
 * 15) Arthur Leclerc
 * 16) Theo Pourchaire
 * 17) Jamie Chadwick
 * 18) Frederik Vesti
 * 19) Victors Martins
 * 20) Yuki Tsounda
 * 21) Robert Swartzman
 * 22) Nikita Mazepin
 * 23) Oscar Piastri
 * 24) Guanyu Zhou


 * 1) McLaren
 * 2) Mercedes
 * 3) Aston Martin
 * 4) Red Bull
 * 5) Ferrari
 * 6) AlphaTauri
 * 7) Porsche
 * 8) Williams
 * 9) Alfa Romeo
 * 10) Alpine
 * 11) Haas
 * 12) Audi

Race Preview - The Singapore Grand Prix is now the second race of the Calendar. The track remains the same layout as it has always been. Last week was the first race of the season at Australia and we saw Lando Norris have a phenomenal race, leading the most laps and beating championship rival George Russell. Now we head to the first night race of the season in Singapore. The race is 61 laps.

Driver World Championship Odds as of the Australian Grand Prix - Norris 37% - Russell 31% - Verstappen 14% - De Vries 11% - Albon 5% - Leclerc 3% - Schumacher 2%

Constructor World Championship Odds as of the Australian Grand Prix - McLaren 35% - Mercedes 28% -Aston Martin 22% - Red Bull 14% - Ferrari 1%

Qualifying 1 Results : VER, LEC, VRI, NOR, RUS, LAW, SAI, ILO, HAU, SCH, GAS, VIP, CHA, ALB, OCO, VES, SWA, POU

OUT : ALC, MAR, TSU, PIA, ZHO, MAZ.

Qualifying 2 Results : LEC, NOR, VER, LAW, RUS, VRI, ILO, SAI, SCH, ALB, GAS, HAU

OUT : VIP, OCO, VES, CHA, SWA, POU.

Qualifying 3 Results : RUS, NOR, VER, LEC, VRI, ALB, LAW, SCH, SAI, ILO, HAU, GAS

note : Arthur Leclerc is ALC.

Race Summary - The Singapore Grand Prix was underway as George Russell was under pole. He defended Lando Norris who tried a bold moving heading down into turns 1 and 2. The rest of the drivers made it clear through except, AlphaTuari teammates Dennis Hauger and Juri Vips who banged wheels but did not pit. Biggest gainers of lap 1 were Mick Schumacher, Pierre Gasly, Jamie Chadwick, and Frederick Vesti who all gained 2 positions. We saw normal F1 racing throughout the 1st cycle before pit stops. Max Verstappen would eventually get past both Lando Norris and George Russell. Charles Leclerc was battling Nyck De Vries and Liam Lawson when Lawson made a "dumb move" said McLaren Team Principal Zak Brown. Lawson decided to make a 3-wide move on both De Vries and Leclerc heading into turn 7 off of Raffles Boulevard. It caused Lawson to hit the inside barrier and automatically lose his front tires and to slam into both De Vries and Leclerc. All 3 of them were out of the race on lap 15/61. Toto Wolff was visibly frustrated and Christian Horner could only put his hands on his head. A red flag was brought out to get all of the cars off of turn 7 and to pick up debris. All driver made pit stops. After pit stops it stood as - VER, RUS, NOR, SAI, SCH, ALB, HAU, GAS, ILO, VIP, CHA, VES, POU, MAR, ALC, OCO, TSU, PIA, VES, SWA, ZHO, MAZ and LEC, VRI, LAW who are all out. The race would resume on Lap 21/61 after a safety car. Max Verstappen got out to a fantastic start and resumed the lead out in front of George Russell and Lando Norris. After them we would see F2 Champion Dennis Hauger making his way through the field and some more passes happening. This stint brought normal passing here and there but it would remain a top 3 of Verstappen, Russell, and Norris. Until Laps 53-55 where everyone came in for fresh soft tires. This lead to a battle between the top 4 of Max Verstappen, Lando Norris, George Russell, and Mick Schumacher. They all were within the DRS gap of +1.000 within each other. Schumacher is looking for his 3rd F1 Podium. On Lap 58 we saw the cars battling for the lead with Russell leading, Schumacher in 2nd, Norris in 3rd, and Verstappen in 4th. Heading into turns 3-4 Schumacher would move up into the lead and we would hear the crowd roar. Schumacher would block attempts for the lead except when Norris would pass him heading into Turn 15. On Lap 59 Verstappen would actually battle both Norris and Schumacher for the lead while Russell was not that far behind. Then no one would pass another until the final lap. This finish would be known as one of the best ones in F1 history. Verstappen would be leading but Russell and Norris got pass Schumacher and both dove into turn 1 and 2 going 3 wide with Verstappen. Surprisingly none of them made contact. Then Verstappen would force Norris off track and plunging him into 4th. At this point coming of off turn 3, it was George Russell leading over Mick Schumacher and Max Verstappen. Verstappen would get pass Schumacher on the straight and would pass Russell heading into turn 7 but Norris would come out of no where and force Verstappen off of the track and regaining the lead with a 5 second penalty, ending his podium chances. Verstappen held this lead until the end of the race with Russell and Schumacher making attempts of going for the lead but with god-tier blocking from the Red Bull driver. Lando Norris got the fastest lap and so in that note.. MAX VERSTAPPEN WINS THE SIGNAPORE GRAND PRIX!!!

Finishing Results :

Standings News - Max Verstappen now leads the Drivers Standings in a close battle between George Russell and Lando Norris. The two Aston Martin drivers of Schumacher and Albon are in 4th and 5th due to the secondary Red Bull, Mercedes, and McLaren drivers all not finishing at Singapore. Now due to good finishes at both Australia and Singapore, Aston Martin have picked up the Constructors Standings lead surpassing both McLaren and Mercedes, who trail very close behind.

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Round 3 : Malaysian Grand Prix - March 1st
Pre-Race Power Rankings


 * 1) Max Verstappen
 * 2) Mick Schumacher
 * 3) George Russell
 * 4) Lando Norris
 * 5) Alexander Albon
 * 6) Pierre Gasly
 * 7) Dennis Hauger
 * 8) Charles Leclerc
 * 9) Nyck De Vries
 * 10) Carlos Sainz
 * 11) Liam Lawson
 * 12) Callum Ilott
 * 13) Juri Vips
 * 14) Frederik Vesti
 * 15) Jamie Chadwick
 * 16) Esteban Ocon
 * 17) Oscar Piastri
 * 18) Arthur Leclerc
 * 19) Theo Pourchaire
 * 20) Victors Martins
 * 21) Yuki Tsounda
 * 22) Robert Swartzman
 * 23) Nikita Mazepin
 * 24) Guanyu Zhou


 * 1) Aston Martin
 * 2)  Mercedes
 * 3)  McLaren
 * 4)  Red Bull
 * 5)  Ferrari
 * 6) Porsche
 * 7) AlphaTauri
 * 8) Williams
 * 9) Alfa Romeo
 * 10) Alpine
 * 11) Haas
 * 12) Audi

Race Preview - Ah yes, the return to the Malaysian Grand Prix. After 9 years the race returns to the Calendar as the third race. As of now Aston Martin leads the constructors and Max Verstappen leading the drivers with Norris and Russell not too far behind. Layout remains the same and the race is still 56 laps.

Driver World Championship Odds as of the Australian Grand Prix - Norris-Russell-Verstappen-De Vries-Albon-Leclerc-Schumacher

Constructor World Championship Odds as of the Australian Grand Prix - McLaren-Aston Martin-Mercedes-Red Bull-Ferrari

Qualifying Results - NOR, LEC, VRI, RUS, VER, LAW, SAI, ILO, HAU, GAS, VIP, OCO, ALB, SCH, ALC, VES, POU, PIA, MAR, TSU, CHA, ZHO, SWA, MAZ.

Race Summary - The race was underway as Lando Norris had a good start over teammate Charles Leclerc. George Russell got overtaken by Max Verstappen and Liam Lawson on the 1st lap, while Nyck De Vries held to the 3rd position. The two Ferrari drivers of Sainz and Ilott both lost positions on the first lap. Lando Norris led the first 7/56 laps. Leclerc, De Vries, Verstappen, and Lawson all held their positions. Dennis Hauger and Alexander Albon made their ways through the field. First round of pit stops for the drivers on the Soft Compounds were on laps 16-18. Then it was Charles Leclerc taking the lead on Lando Norris with the overcut. On the round of pit-stops Nikita Mazepin had to retire due to a mechanical issue. Liam Lawson got past his teammate of Max Verstappen, while George Russell remained in 5th. Dennis Hauger had charged his way past Illott, Sainz, and Albon to get into 6th. They all remained in positions 7-9. Pierre Gasly and Mick Schumacher were battling for 10th. Juri Vips, Esteban Ocon, and Arthur Leclerc were all close to getting some more points but they remained from positions 12-14. We kept on seeing more positions being swapped and more passes. Until the final round of pit stops with even more position changes, but there was not a lot of changes except Nyck De Vries moving up into P2 above Lando Norris. But nobody could challenge Charles Leclerc, who has WON THE MALAYSIAN GRAND PRIX IN HIS 3RD RACE FOR MCLAREN.

Finishing Results :

Standings News -