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Emma Felbermayr currently sits second in the 2026 F1 Academy Drivers’ Standings with 78 points. The Audi-backed Rodin Motorsport driver is Alisha Palmowski‘s closest title challenger. Two victories and a run of consistent points finishes across the opening three rounds have kept her in the fight, with a 30-point gap to Palmowski still very much…
Mercedes have wasted little time establishing themselves as the team to beat under Formula 1’s new technical regulations in 2026, but their commanding position at the summer break does not tell the full story. The W17 has delivered eight victories across the opening eleven rounds, with Kimi Antonelli leading the Drivers’ Championship and George Russell…
With F1 reaching its mid-season mark in 2026, Pit Debrief has put forward a review of how Scuderia Ferrari and drivers Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc have fared in the first half of the campaign. While Mercedes have emerged as the clear favourites to lift both titles after the first eleven rounds, the Italian marque…
Nina Gademan currently sits third in the 2026 F1 Academy Drivers’ Standings with 50 points. The Alpine backed MP Motorsport driver arrived with the weight of expectation after finishing sixth in her debut campaign in 2025 and claiming a memorable maiden victory at Zandvoort. The early part of her 2026 season suggested she could push…
The Woking-based team headed into the summer break fresh off a win; McLaren sit third in the 2026 Constructors’ Championship at the Mid-Season mark on 220 points, as Pit Debrief delivers a review on their campaign so far. The team sit 159 points behind leaders Mercedes and 87 adrift of Ferrari. Defending back-to-back Constructors’ champions…
Megan Bruce has enjoyed an impressive start to her first full F1 Academy campaign in 2026. After seven of the season’s 14 races, the TAG Heuer-supported Campos Racing driver sits fourth in the Drivers’ Standings with 39 points and leads the Rookie of the Year battle. Bruce began the year with just two points from…
Red Bull heads into the 2026 summer break in far better shape than its season once threatened. After a genuinely difficult start as the team introduced its first-ever power unit under new regulations, the squad has clawed its way back into a solid position in the Constructors’ Standings. This is thanks to a resurgent run…
After 11 rounds of the 2026 season, Racing Bulls leads the midfield both in the 2026 F1 Constructors’ Championship and in terms of consistency. As the championship reaches the mid-season, Racing Bulls sits in P5 with a total of 66 points. Following the 2026 F1 Hungarian GP, the Faenza outfit now has a 5-point lead…
There is no doubt that Alpine has turned its fortunes around in 2026, but its impressive resurgence has slowly begun to unravel as the F1 season reached its Mid-Season mark. The Enstone-based team finished a difficult 2025 campaign at the bottom of the Teams’ Standings with just 22 points, all of which were scored by…
Ella Lloyd enters the summer break of her second F1 Academy season sitting fifth in the 2026 Drivers’ Standings with 39 points. The McLaren backed driver was arguably last year’s top rookie, having taken victory in Jeddah and finishing fourth in the standings. The consistency that defined that debut campaign has remained a feature of…
