Race Review | 2026 Mexican Grand Prix | 212 | Kimi Antonelli Becomes F1's Youngest World Champion. Then Two Ferraris Met in Turn Four.

Kimi Antonelli clinched the 2026 Formula 1 World Championship at the Mexican Grand Prix, becoming the youngest world champion the sport has ever had. That should have been the whole story. Instead, Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton met in turn four, and Max Verstappen, without the fastest car, took the win.

Dick saw a powder keg before the day job pulled him away. Joe Saward explains the difference between rules of engagement and team orders, and who, exactly, is supposed to fix Ferrari. Sabrina has to be honest about a driver she roots for.

Haas replaced Esteban Ocon overnight, and Ryo Hirakawa scored a point on his Formula 1 debut, something Joe calls very rare. The noise online got loud fast. Sabrina and Joe try to look past it. And Valtteri Bottas's suspension failed at Cadillac. Joe has a theory about why it happened here.

Then the conversation turns to Joe's JSBM Newsletter, and a story bigger than one race. France, the cradle of motorsport, is stepping back: Renault has agreed to sell its Viry-Châtillon engine base, and the French government has taken power away from the country's motorsport federation. Is that a warning the FIA should be heeding? Meanwhile, American money keeps pouring into Formula 1, with Adobe arriving at Alpine. And the FIA's new remote operations center at Biggin Hill will help watch races from England. Will it make the calls any clearer?

Joe thinks America needs another Grand Prix. Sabrina is the American, and she said no.

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