The challenge for the title now seems to be reduced to Mercedes and Ferrari, but pay attention to the internal balance within the teams which could prove decisive
Barcelona has reopened a World Cup that seemed already assigned. Suddenly Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari discover that the world championship dream is not impossibleat least in terms of points the gap between the seven-time world champion and the young Kimi Antonelli can be bridged. Then we will have to see the evolution of the single-seaters, but it is difficult to think that Mercedes, which has had a very powerful engine since the start of the season, could improve much. What margins does Totò Wolff’s team have? Probably less than the cars from Maranello can grow.
The signals in Monte Carlo
Already in Monte Carlo, Ferrari had come very close to the Silver Arrows, then in Montmelò Hamilton received that fortune which can sometimes change the destinies of a race and even a world championship. But Lewis had already done very well on the Monegasque circuithe had finally managed to stay in front of his teammate Charles Leclerc. A notable detail: the two accidents that happened to Leclerc first in Monte Carlo and then in Barcelona are clear signs of the Monegasque’s nervousness. Charles had felt the pressure from the moment of hiring the Englishman in Maranello, but throughout 2025 he had managed to manage it as best as possible, always finishing ahead of the Englishman. But now what Lewis seems to have figured out how to drive the SF-26 after never being able to tame the SF-25 everything seems to have changed. And the enthusiasm around Hamilton inevitably puts Leclerc in difficulty, who at this point must react and prove that he is the champion everyone thinks he is.
Kimi and Russell
The duel for the World Championship now seems to be a question between Mercedes and FerrariWe’ll see if it only concerns Antonelli and Hamilton, but in the meantime supremacy over their respective teammates is a determining element for the future of the season. Antonelli with his five consecutive victories seems to have relegated Russell to a secondary role, but George’s pol at Montmelò and Kimi’s mistake at the end of the race have shuffled the cards. Kimi against Lewis but also Kimi against Russell and Lewis against Leclerc. The world championship is also played on the basis of the internal balance of the respective teams. Meanwhile in Maranello from the next grand prix they will finally be able to increase the power of the power unit, which was the real problem of the Reds in the first grands prix. In Formula 1, which is constantly changing, the world championship ranking is also constantly evolving, never take anything for granted. Not even that Mc Laren and Verstappen can get close to Mercedes and Ferrari
