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| ● The Briefing · No. 14 |
Monday · 7 September 2026 |
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Paddock Notes
A field journal for motorsport
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Mercedes started its own championship leader nineteenth at Monza, then watched him win by 3.857 seconds over the other Mercedes. The call that decided it came from the pit wall under a Virtual Safety Car nobody planned for: fresh tyres for Antonelli, none for Russell.
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In Texas the hydraulics failed on the wrong car. A pressure issue stopped the leading Toyota with ten minutes left, and the No. 50 Ferrari inherited Lone Star Le Mans: Ferrari's first win of 2026, and the end of its longest drought in the championship. Toyota has still never won there.
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Weekend notes
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The result is provisional. Audi has given notice of intention to appeal the decision that let Tsunoda keep tenth, one place ahead of Bortoleto. |
Doc 70 → |
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| F2 |
Duerksen swept both races for a record-equalling eighth win, and is not in the title fight. Tsolov leads Câmara by 11. |
Report → |
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One dead battery cell disabled the clutch disengagement system on Herta's car in FP1. Cadillac fined 30,000 euros, the season's third reported failure. |
Doc 32 → |
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The logbook · weekend results
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Monza · K. Antonelli, Mercedes |
+3.857s |
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| F2 |
Monza feature · J. Duerksen, Invicta |
8th F2 win |
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| WEC |
COTA · No. 50 Ferrari, Nielsen |
1st of 2026 |
| Leaders · Antonelli by 66 in F1 · Tsolov by 11 in F2 · WEC drivers level on 75 |
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In the margins · Next out
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Spanish Grand Prix · Madring debut |
Sun 13 Sep |
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| MotoGP |
San Marino · Misano |
Sun 13 Sep |
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Paddock Notes
“Luckily our cars still make decent noise. I mean, if you hear the fans while driving, then it’s a big problem.”
Kimi Antonelli, asked if he could hear the Monza crowd · FIA post-race press conference, 6 September 2026
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