Antonelli was quickest in every session at Silverstone that scored, then a left-front wheel shield let go on Lap 41 and dropped him to sixteenth. Leclerc inherited the win, Ferrari's second of the season; Russell and Hamilton filled the podium for the home crowd. The title lead survives, at 25 instead of 43.

Leclerc won at Silverstone and the SF-26 looked genuinely quicker, but the race turned on Antonelli's failure. Both are true, and only one survives contact with a hot, rear-limited track. Spa is next; the Hungaroring is the real test.

A “Safety Car In This Lap” message promised a green-flag shootout in the closing laps at Silverstone, then withdrew it. The FIA calls it a software error. The system exists because of Abu Dhabi 2021, which is exactly the argument it just handed back.

Tsolov swept Silverstone to take the record and the championship lead from Mini by 17 points. The timing is the story: a Red Bull junior peaking in the year Red Bull has to decide its 2027 seats.

Eleven points from a possible 111 across three Sundays of a crash, a ban and a hospital trip. Not beaten by a rival's pace but by his own errors, he now sits seven points behind his own Aprilia team-mate.

Both championships run points races on one date, and sportscar shares too many drivers for it to pass quietly. A class points leader sits out his home race, a Le Mans-winning car takes a substitute, and two Hypercars run a driver short.