• riyadh --:--
  • 2026 season, round 17 of 23
  • leader: ANT, 340 pts
  • live standings

the downforce blog

formula 1 race reports and opinions, written from riyadh by a fan who watches every session.

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a pack of formula 1 cars funnels into a first corner, a red bull ahead of two mclarens and a ferrari
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sector 01 / latest

latest posts

  1. 02the 2026 bahrain grand prix (in malaysia): the dutch lion finally wins onerace report
  2. 03it took three months to decide who finished third in monacoeditorial
  3. 04george russell found out he is the number two on lap 65editorial
  4. 05lawson gets the red bull seat back (thanks to a punching bag)editorial
  5. 06cadillac sacked its team boss eleven races ineditorial
all 29 posts

sector 02 / what this is

race reports with a point of view, from a fan in riyadh who watches every session and has an opinion about all of them.

the whole field streams towards the first corner at the start of a race, a ferrari in front
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a mercedes leads a red bull through a floodlit corner
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four cars squeeze through a corner side by side under floodlights
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the start of a night race seen from above, the cars fanning out across the track
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sector 03 / the archive

pick a lane

29 posts since october 2025, sorted by what kind of mood you are in.

sector 04 / championship

the standings

after round 17, the singapore grand prix

live from the results API. top ten drivers shown.

drivers

gap / pts
  1. 1 ANT andrea kimi antonellimercedes leader 340
  2. 2 RUS george russellmercedes -102 238
  3. 3 HAM lewis hamiltonferrari -111 229
  4. 4 VER max verstappenred bull -119 221
  5. 5 LEC charles leclercferrari -125 215
  6. 6 NOR lando norrismclaren -139 201
  7. 7 PIA oscar piastrimclaren -202 138
  8. 8 HAD isack hadjarred bull -243 97
  9. 9 LAW liam lawsonred bull -265 75
  10. 10 GAS pierre gaslyalpine -299 41
  11. 17 ALO fernando alonso GOATaston martin -333 7

constructors

gap / pts
  1. 1 mercedes11 wins leader 578
  2. 2 ferrari2 wins -134 444
  3. 3 mclaren2 wins -239 339
  4. 4 red bull2 wins -246 332
  5. 5 racing bulls0 wins -478 100
  6. 6 alpine0 wins -510 68
  7. 7 haas0 wins -548 30
  8. 8 audi0 wins -555 23
  9. 9 williams0 wins -566 12
  10. 10 aston martin0 wins -571 7
  11. 11 cadillac0 wins -578 0