• riyadh --:--
  • 2026 season, round 16 of 23
  • leader: ANT, 320 pts
  • live standings

thedownforceblog

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. 02it took three months to decide who finished third in monacoeditorial
  2. 03george russell found out he is the number two on lap 65editorial
  3. 04lawson gets the red bull seat back (thanks to a punching bag)editorial
  4. 05cadillac sacked its team boss eleven races ineditorial
  5. 06aston martin has one point and i'm choosing hopeeditorial
all 28 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

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

sector 04 / championship

the standings

after round 16, the bahrain grand prix in malaysia

live from the results API. top ten drivers shown.

drivers

gap / pts
  1. 1 ANT andrea kimi antonellimercedes leader 320
  2. 2 RUS george russellmercedes -84 236
  3. 3 HAM lewis hamiltonferrari -106 214
  4. 4 LEC charles leclercferrari -129 191
  5. 5 NOR lando norrismclaren -132 188
  6. 6 VER max verstappenred bull -132 188
  7. 7 PIA oscar piastrimclaren -192 128
  8. 8 HAD isack hadjarred bull -224 96
  9. 9 LAW liam lawsonred bull -255 65
  10. 10 GAS pierre gaslyalpine -279 41
  11. 17 ALO fernando alonso GOATaston martin -313 7

constructors

gap / pts
  1. 1 mercedes11 wins leader 556
  2. 2 ferrari2 wins -151 405
  3. 3 mclaren2 wins -240 316
  4. 4 red bull1 win -258 298
  5. 5 racing bulls0 wins -466 90
  6. 6 alpine0 wins -488 68
  7. 7 haas0 wins -529 27
  8. 8 audi0 wins -539 17
  9. 9 williams0 wins -544 12
  10. 10 aston martin0 wins -549 7
  11. 11 cadillac0 wins -556 0