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Five Races In — What Do We Actually Know? | S3E7

We're back. It's been a while, and a lot has happened.

Five races into the 2026 season and the picture is starting to take shape — Mercedes dominating on paper, Kimi Antonelli announcing himself to the world, Charles having a couple of weekends I'd rather forget, and the midfield throwing up some genuinely surprising stories.

In this episode I'm not recapping races. I want to talk about what these first five rounds have actually taught us — if anything — and what I think is coming. The Mercedes engine compression trick that just got banned, the Antonelli versus Russell battle getting…

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