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The Formula 1 desk, one answered question a day. The question the paddock and the fans keep coming back to, checked against two independent sources before it goes up.

• Friday · 4 September 2026 · 2 min readWho has won the most Italian Grand Prix races at Monza?Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton, five each. Hamilton also holds the record for pole positions at the circuit, and Monza has staged every Italian Grand Prix but one since 1950.
• Thursday · 3 September 2026 · 2 min readWho leads the 2026 Formula 1 drivers' championship going into the Italian Grand Prix?Kimi Antonelli, by 59 points, with Lewis Hamilton joint-second on the same margin. Monza is round 13 of the 2026 season, and the championship leader takes a grid penalty at his home race.
• Wednesday · 2 September 2026 · 2 min readWhich drivers are sitting out first practice at the 2026 Italian Grand Prix?Sergio Perez, Pierre Gasly and a Williams driver step aside on Friday 4 September for Colton Herta, Paul Aron and Luke Browning under the rookie-session rule.
• Monza race week · 1 September 2026 · 1 min readWhy is Kimi Antonelli starting at the back of the grid at Monza?Mercedes are fitting a complete new power unit, which exceeds the season's allocation, and they picked the championship leader's home race to take the penalty.
• Monday · 31 August 2026 · 2 min readWhich team leads the 2026 Formula 1 constructors' championship going into Monza?Mercedes, on 425 points, 87 clear of Ferrari with the Italian Grand Prix next on 4 to 6 September. McLaren are third on 263 and Red Bull Racing fourth on 186.
• Sunday · 30 August 2026 · 2 min readHow long is Lando Norris signed with McLaren for?To at least the end of 2030, under the extension announced on Saturday, with options beyond. The reigning world champion's previous deal ran to the end of 2027.
• Saturday · 29 August 2026 · 2 min readWho leads the Formula 1 drivers' championship going into the Italian Grand Prix?Kimi Antonelli on 242 points, with a 59-point cushion over his Mercedes team-mate George Russell and Lewis Hamilton, who sit level on 183. Max Verstappen is sixth on 112.
• Friday · 28 August 2026 · 2 min readWhen is the 2026 Italian Grand Prix, and what time does the race start?Monza runs 4 to 6 September, a standard weekend with no sprint. The race starts Sunday 6 September at 15:00 local, 09:00 ET, over 53 laps.
• Monday · 24 August 2026 · 2 min readWho won the last Formula 1 Dutch Grand Prix?Lando Norris, from Kimi Antonelli and George Russell at Circuit Zandvoort. Max Verstappen crashed out of his home race, and the circuit leaves the calendar after 2026.
• Sunday · 23 August 2026 · 2 min readWho is on pole for the 2026 Dutch Grand Prix, and where does Max Verstappen start?Lando Norris is on pole with a 1:11.163, by 0.102 seconds from George Russell. Max Verstappen qualified seventh at his home circuit, for the last Dutch Grand Prix on the calendar.
• Friday · 21 August 2026 · 3 min readWhy is the 2026 Dutch Grand Prix the last one?Formula 1 returns from its summer break at Circuit Zandvoort this weekend, 21 to 23 August 2026, and then leaves for good. The promoter chose not to continue past 2026. It is also the first sprint weekend Zandvoort has ever held.
• Tuesday · 11 August 2026 · 1 min readWhen does Formula 1 return, and what is new at the 2026 Dutch Grand Prix?Formula 1 returns at Zandvoort on 21 to 23 August 2026 with the first sprint ever held at the Dutch Grand Prix. Kimi Antonelli leads the drivers' championship by 50 points from Lewis Hamilton.
• Friday · 31 July 2026 · 2 min readWhy is there no Formula 1 race for the next three weeks?Formula 1 is in its summer break. The Hungarian Grand Prix on 26 July was round 11, and the season resumes at Zandvoort on 21 to 23 August with the Dutch Grand Prix.
• Thursday · 30 July 2026 · 2 min readHow did Lando Norris end Mercedes' run of ten straight pole positions?Lando Norris took pole at the 2026 Hungarian Grand Prix and won the race, McLaren's first victory of the season and the first pole of the year for any constructor other than Mercedes.
• Wednesday · 29 July 2026 · 2 min readCan anyone still catch Kimi Antonelli in the 2026 Formula 1 championship?Kimi Antonelli leads the 2026 Formula 1 drivers championship on 219 points after the Hungarian Grand Prix, 50 clear of Lewis Hamilton, with 12 of the 23 races still to run.
• Tuesday · 28 July 2026 · 2 min readHow did Oscar Piastri lose the Hungarian Grand Prix from the front?Oscar Piastri took the lead at the first corner in Hungary and led half the race. A collision while lapping Carlos Sainz and then a gearbox failure ended it, and Lando Norris won instead.
• Sunday · 26 July 2026 · 1 min readWhy is Lewis Hamilton starting fifth in Hungary?Lewis Hamilton qualified second at the Hungaroring, 0.012 seconds behind Lando Norris. A three-place penalty for impeding dropped him to fifth.
• Saturday · 25 July 2026 · 2 min readWhy has Max Verstappen not won a race in 2026?Max Verstappen is seventh in the 2026 drivers' championship after 10 rounds. Red Bull's RB22 is the reason, and his contract is the consequence.
• Friday · 24 July 2026 · 2 min readCan anyone still catch Kimi Antonelli?Not comfortably. His lead is 45 points, under 2 wins, and Hungary is his chance to stretch it before the break.