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Kimi Antonelli is the 2026 Formula One World Champion, and at 20 years old he is the youngest in the history of the sport. The record he broke belonged to Sebastian Vettel, who was 23 years and 134 days old in 2010 and had held it for sixteen years. Antonelli needed only a ninth-place finish in Mexico City to clinch it. He finished third, passing Charles Leclerc on the inside at Turn 1 at the restart rather than settling for what he needed. Max Verstappen won the Grand Prix from fifth on the grid, holding off Lewis Hamilton by 0.799 seconds. Hamilton started from pole and lost the lead at Turn 4 to his own Ferrari teammate, then spent seventy laps trying to get it back. The race was red-flagged after Valtteri Bottas crashed heavily at Turn 1 with a suspension failure, and five drivers picked up time penalties. Greeny and Cheese cover the title, the Quizmaster's Cockpit on the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Winners and Losers, a Slap of the Week aimed at the Ferrari pit wall, the Esteban Ocon situation at Haas, and a Greenybucks ledger where both hosts lost money for the second week running. Next up: the Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos on Sunday, November 8. In The Paddock is published within hours of almost every Grand Prix podium. 
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Kimi Antonelli won the United States Grand Prix from pole, and the championship still has to wait. Hamilton finished fourth and Russell finished eighth, each in the exact spot his title hopes needed. Greeny and Cheese break down Austin, argue about Red Bull’s two-stop gamble, and head to Mexico City with the title in reach.
The Race
Antonelli took his ninth win of 2026 with a one-stop strategy, finishing 13 seconds clear of Charles Leclerc. Max Verstappen completed the podium, Lewis Hamilton was fourth and Lando Norris fifth. Red Bull’s early second stop looked brave until Verstappen’s car started giving him trouble, and Leclerc came through late on fresh tires. Oliver Bearman, Franco Colapinto and Valtteri Bottas all retired.
The Title Picture
Antonelli leads Russell by 123 points with 125 left to race. He can clinch in Mexico City next Sunday, and Hamilton and Russell are the only ones still hanging on.
What’s in the Show
The Warm-Up: Why Antonelli’s win didn’t end the title fight, and who is still ahead on the Greenybucks board.
The Race Recap: The win, the gamble, Leclerc’s charge and Russell’s rough afternoon.
Quizmaster’s Cockpit: Cheese quizzes Greeny on United States Grand Prix history, from Watkins Glen to Austin.
Winners and Losers: Who left Texas happy and who didn’t.
Slap of the Week: The bumps at the Circuit of the Americas, and the drivers who say their backs are paying for it.
Theater of the Absurdity: A 75-foot cowboy hat with a bar inside.
The Greenybucks Gambling Ledger: Another week of Greeny’s bad bets.
Next Up
The Mexico City Grand Prix is Sunday, November 1. It’s a Día de Muertos race, Checo Pérez’s home race for Cadillac, and Antonelli’s best chance to wrap up the title.
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No race this week, but plenty of news. Greeny and Cheese cover the FIA’s announcement that V8 engines return to Formula 1 in 2030, and the 10-year deal that brings F1 back to Africa for the first time since 1993, with a new track in Rwanda. They also dig into Haas signing 21-year-old Ferrari Academy driver Rafael Camara for 2027, and why Jack Doohan’s time ran short.
Kimi Antonelli could wrap up the world championship at the U.S. Grand Prix, and Ferrari is bringing an upgrade to Austin (Greeny and Cheese have thoughts).
In Quizmaster’s Cockpit, Cheese gets three questions: his preseason Greenybucks championship picks, the episode that started the Slap Yourself in the Face award, and which four countries have never downloaded the show. Monaco is one of them.
Next week the show returns after the U.S. Grand Prix in Austin, so expect a late one Sunday night.
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 Max Verstappen won the Sprint on Saturday, took pole a few hours later, and led the Singapore Grand Prix from lights to flag. His 73rd career win, his 250th Grand Prix start, and the first time he has ever won at Marina Bay. Charles Leclerc finished second, Kimi Antonelli third. But the argument of the episode is about George Russell. He crashed out of the Sprint lead on lap one, took an engine penalty, started nineteenth and finished ninth — and Greeny and Cheese ask whether a season that began with him as the odds-on title favorite has broken him for good. Also: Lewis Hamilton stayed out on old softs through a virtual safety car, dropped from third to sixth, and took the blame on the radio — and why he no longer trusts the Ferrari pit wall. McLaren leave points on the board again and are now 105 behind Ferrari. The FIA admit a human error that left cars running in different power modes during Sprint qualifying. The Quizmaster's Cockpit goes three for three on Marina Bay history. And a Greenybucks ledger where both hosts lost money and the gap still closed. Plus Max on the paddock being more relaxed without Christian Horner, eleven days before Horner's book lands. Next week: an In The News special. Then Austin, and the United States Grand Prix on October 25. In The Paddock is published within hours of almost every Grand Prix podium. 
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 Formula One held the Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia, delayed it an hour and forty minutes for rain, and then watched half the grid crawl down the main straight at walking pace because a software bug took the power away. Lewis Hamilton called it a Lego race. Max Verstappen won it — his first victory in eleven months and the 72nd of his career — after losing the lead at Turn 1 and taking it back at the lap-nine restart. Kimi Antonelli finished second and extended his championship lead to 84 points, because George Russell's power unit failed while he was running third with five laps remaining. Lewis Hamilton started on slicks in the wet, fell to the back, and climbed all the way to the podium. Greeny and Cheese cover the FIA's software fix, the Quizmaster's Cockpit on Sepang and the Malaysian Grand Prix, Winners and Losers, the Slap of the Week, and a Greenybucks ledger that changed hands for the second week running. In The News is all Christian Horner: the tell-all memoir "Drive," what he writes about Adrian Newey and Helmut Marko, and the Ferrari job he floated and then denied to Martin Brundle. Next up: Singapore, Sunday October 11, and the first Sprint ever held at Marina Bay. In The Paddock is published within hours of almost every Grand Prix podium. 
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