FORMULA 1 DATA LAB
Verified Formula 1 records, trends and comparisons that put the numbers behind the race into context.
Seven Wins in Four Years. Twelve in 2026. Mercedes Is Champion Again.
Eight straight constructors’ titles were followed by four seasons without one. Now Mercedes has won more Grands Prix in 2026 than in those four years combined—and clinched its ninth championship on its first podiumless Sunday of the season.
Three Points Apart. Seventeen in the Standings.
Russell, Hamilton and Verstappen are separated by just three Grand Prix points. Six Sprints stretch that gap to 17, with Russell’s three Sprint wins making the difference.
CAN KIMI OR GEORGE END MERCEDES’ 71-YEAR WAIT?
Mercedes has taken eight wins and 10 poles in 2026, but its works team has not won the Dutch Grand Prix since Juan Manuel Fangio led a 1–2 in 1955.