2026 championship
P5 · 245 points
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Lewis Hamilton's FP3 in Sao Paulo ended early with smoke in the cockpit, raising the prospect of more power unit penalties on top of Ferrari's grid drop.
Ferrari call Hamilton and Leclerc together, Mercedes can seal the teams' title in Brazil, Russell takes a grid penalty and Camara replaces Ocon at Haas.
Mercedes lead Ferrari by 126 points and will win the 2026 Teams' Championship at Interlagos if they outscore Ferrari by three or more.
Charles Leclerc kept the lead after a Turn 4 clash with Lewis Hamilton in Mexico, took a five-second penalty and Ferrari lost a race they could have won.
Ferrari led every practice in Austin but lost qualifying, Mercedes' Singapore rollback paid off, and Aston Martin chased a turbo fault Honda couldn't find.
Ferrari topped every practice session in Austin but qualified fourth and fifth, and Hamilton and Leclerc give different reasons for it.
Timing data: OpenF1 (opens in a new tab). Times in UK time.
