Formula 1 has completed eleven Grands Prix before the summer break. Kimi Antonelli owns six victories, including five consecutive wins from China through Monaco. George Russell, Lewis Hamilton, Charles Leclerc and Lando Norris have also won races.
The season has produced five different Grand Prix winners. Australia began with Russell at the front. Norris won the latest race in Hungary, ending the first part of the calendar with another name on top.
Six victories place Antonelli ahead
Antonelli won in China, Japan, Miami, Canada, Monaco and Belgium. His first victory came in Shanghai during the second round. He then won four more races in succession before Hamilton ended that run in Barcelona. The Belgian victory returned Antonelli to first place after two races without a win. He finished ahead of Leclerc and Max Verstappen at Spa. The result also gave Mercedes another major trophy before the final race of July.
Antonelli has converted different types of weekends into victories. China and Miami included Sprint sessions, while Monaco demanded precise driving on a narrow street circuit. Canada added long straights, heavy braking and changing strategic choices.
| Grand Prix | Winner | Team |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | George Russell | Mercedes |
| China | Kimi Antonelli | Mercedes |
| Japan | Kimi Antonelli | Mercedes |
| Miami | Kimi Antonelli | Mercedes |
| Canada | Kimi Antonelli | Mercedes |
| Monaco | Kimi Antonelli | Mercedes |
| Barcelona-Catalunya | Lewis Hamilton | Ferrari |
| Austria | George Russell | Mercedes |
| Great Britain | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari |
| Belgium | Kimi Antonelli | Mercedes |
| Hungary | Lando Norris | McLaren |
Four other drivers also won races
Russell won the opening race in Melbourne and added another victory in Austria. Hamilton delivered Ferrari‘s first win of the season at Barcelona-Catalunya. Leclerc then won the British Grand Prix at Silverstone. Norris took the Hungarian Grand Prix immediately before the break. He finished fifteen seconds ahead of Verstappen, with Antonelli completing the podium.
That result gave McLaren its first Grand Prix victory of the campaign.
Each winner reached the top step in a different phase of the season. Russell succeeded at both the first race and a later European round. Hamilton and Leclerc gave Ferrari consecutive victories before Antonelli answered in Belgium.
Sprint races use a separate results list
China, Miami, Canada and Great Britain have already hosted Sprint races. Russell won the Sprint in China and Canada. Norris won in Miami, while Antonelli won at Silverstone. Sprint trophies do not change the list of Grand Prix winners. They reward separate races held on Saturday. Their shorter distance also creates a different challenge because drivers have less time to recover from a poor start.
The Netherlands will stage the next Sprint weekend from 21 to 23 August. Zandvoort becomes the fifth Sprint venue of the year. Singapore will host the sixth and final Sprint later in the season.
The next round begins at Zandvoort
The Dutch Grand Prix is the twelfth round of the championship. Practice and Sprint qualifying take place on Friday. The Sprint and Grand Prix qualifying follow on Saturday, before the main race on Sunday. Zandvoort has banked corners and limited space beyond several sections of the track. Qualifying position often carries extra value because passing is difficult. The Sprint format also reduces normal practice time to one session.
Antonelli arrives as the most frequent winner, but recent races show a wider contest. Ferrari won in Spain and Britain, while McLaren led in Hungary. Russell has also won twice and remains part of Mercedes‘ scoring strength.
Eleven races produced varied podiums
Winning records show only the first driver across the line. Podium places add more detail about the competitive order. Verstappen, Hamilton, Leclerc, Norris, Russell and Oscar Piastri have all appeared among the leading three. Several races were decided by small margins, while others created larger gaps.
Russell beat Verstappen by less than two seconds in Austria. Leclerc finished only four tenths ahead of Russell at Silverstone.
The table of winners gives a clean mid-season record without predicting later results. Thirteen rounds remain after the break. The next sequence starts in the Netherlands and continues at Monza and Madrid.
Team totals show the wider balance
Mercedes drivers have won eight of the first eleven Grands Prix. Antonelli supplied six victories and Russell added two. Ferrari collected two wins through Hamilton and Leclerc, while Norris delivered McLaren‘s victory in Hungary. These totals describe race wins rather than the complete constructors’ standings, which also include every points finish. Verstappen and Piastri have reached podium positions without winning a Grand Prix in this period. Their results show why a winners list cannot explain the entire championship order. It records the driver on the top step after each main race. Sprint victories, fastest laps and lower podium places remain separate parts of the season record. Eleven rounds leave thirteen still to run. The current list covers less than half of the twenty-four-race calendar. Zandvoort begins the remaining thirteen rounds before Formula 1 visits Monza and the new Madrid event. Later circuits may add new winners or increase the totals already recorded. The mid-season table therefore remains a completed record of eleven races, not a forecast of the final championship.
Eleven completed Grands Prix produced five winning drivers and six victories for Antonelli. Antonelli won on street circuits and permanent tracks during the opening half. That range separates his total from one circuit type or weather pattern. Antonelli has six main-race victories at this point. Russell, Hamilton, Leclerc and Norris account for the other five wins between them.
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