Five Reds https://fivereds.io Numbers-first F1 analysis. We build the models. You see the sport differently. en-gb Fri, 15 May 2026 06:57:35 GMT Antonelli has outqualified Russell in three rounds in a row https://fivereds.io/article/antonelli-quali-edge-canada-2026 https://fivereds.io/article/antonelli-quali-edge-canada-2026 Thu, 14 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Kimi Antonelli has taken pole in rounds 2, 3, and 4, outqualifying George Russell in every session since Australia. At Montreal, the question is whether that gap holds on a circuit that rewards overtaking over grid position. Five Reds news Antonelli has won three straight. The championship gap is already 20 points https://fivereds.io/article/antonelli-three-straight-canada-2026 https://fivereds.io/article/antonelli-three-straight-canada-2026 Thu, 14 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Antonelli won in Miami to make it three consecutive victories, opening a 20-point lead over teammate Russell. The thread into Canada is simple: can anyone interrupt a streak that has now outlasted every circuit type on the 2026 calendar so far? Five Reds news The Chaos Index: Every F1 Circuit, Ranked by How Much It Scrambles the Grid https://fivereds.io/article/chaos-index-2026 https://fivereds.io/article/chaos-index-2026 Thu, 14 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT We built a four-component Chaos Index for every F1 circuit with enough recent history to measure: grid-to-finish delta, DNF rate, safety-car frequency, and wet-race share. The ranking confirms some reputations, breaks others, and reframes Monaco's unpredictability as something specific rather than something general. Five Reds features McLaren's Miami podium double is their best result of 2026. Canada tests whether it holds https://fivereds.io/article/mclaren-double-canada-2026 https://fivereds.io/article/mclaren-double-canada-2026 Thu, 14 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT McLaren's first double-podium of 2026 arrived in Miami, but Montreal's low-speed, high-braking layout has historically exposed the gaps that Mercedes currently leads by 86 points in the constructors' standings. Five Reds news Norris and Piastri both podiumed in Miami. Their paths there were not the same https://fivereds.io/article/norris-piastri-paths-canada-2026 https://fivereds.io/article/norris-piastri-paths-canada-2026 Thu, 14 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Norris and Piastri both finished on the Miami podium, but their form curves over the last four rounds point in different directions heading into Montreal. Five Reds news The Wet Index: F1's Actual Rain Masters, Ranked by Teammate Head-to-Head https://fivereds.io/article/wet-index-2026 https://fivereds.io/article/wet-index-2026 Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT We rated every active driver's wet pace against their teammate's, lap by lap, across every wet race session FastF1 has tracked since 2018. Verstappen, Russell, and Leclerc top the table. Hamilton sits in the bottom four. Norris and Gasly both lose ground to their teammates in the wet. Five Reds features The Track Type Atlas: Every Circuit, Across Four Axes Nobody Else Is Measuring https://fivereds.io/article/track-atlas-2026 https://fivereds.io/article/track-atlas-2026 Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT We profile every modern F1 circuit on four axes derived from sector pace, qualifying spread, stint length, and race-trim pace. The result is a fingerprint per track, and a way to read which circuits favour which kinds of cars, with data instead of folklore. Five Reds features The Adaptation Curve: How Long It Actually Takes a Driver to Settle In https://fivereds.io/article/adaptation-curve-2026 https://fivereds.io/article/adaptation-curve-2026 Mon, 11 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Across thirty driver-team switches since 2019, the typical adaptation curve is shallower and noisier than the broadcast narrative suggests. Most drivers reach their steady-state pace within five to seven races. The exceptions are cleanly visible. Hamilton at Ferrari is one of the worst-trending adaptations in the modern dataset. Five Reds features