LawVS - The Ladder Man

Liam Lawson's having a great year...but Arvid Lindblad's getting the promotion talk.

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Liam Lawson leads Arvid Lindblad in qualifying, races and points... so why do the seat rumours keep finding HIM?

Helmut Marko admitted the verdict on Lawson was built on a mistake, then left the building a week after signing off his final junior. Nobody at Red Bull will say who judges these drivers now...and even then, what DOES Red Bull want these days in terms of a replacement for Max Verstappen?? Nikola Tsolov's kicking the door down in F2 too. Yikes.

Red Bull’s Rookie Fight Is Getting Ugly
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Max Verstappen's route to Mercedes is a no-go...the only seat left might be Oscar Piastri's...and he could jump before he's pushed.

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Verstappen's rear wing failed for the second race running at Silverstone, him calling his own car dangerous. It seems like relations between he and Red Bull are at all-time low. Meanwhile, Oscar Piastri sits sixth in the championship and one journalist reports his McLaren contract carries a release clause that reads the summer break standings.

Piastri's clause may fire in August with Verstappen's in October...McLaren could be caught in the middle of that gap...but if they pull it off, a potential marketing boon awaits them.

Verstappen Hits All-Time Low At Red Bull
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Kimi Antonelli had the fastest car...but a cake tin ruined his race.

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Silverstone gave us the strangest race of 2026...thanks to a software error. Leclerc ended a 37-race drought and handed Ferrari their 250th win whilst Verstappen's rear wing failed at speed for the second race running!

Meanwhile, Kimi Antonelli watched a 65-point championship lead shrink to 25 because of a part most fans have never heard of.

Who else won, lost or was just plain meh around the British Grand Prix?

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The 2026 F1 British GP Winners & Losers
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Mercedes are leading handily...so why is Toto Wolff complaining about Ferrari?

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Another F1 political war has begun! Wolff called Ferrari's spending "limitless" and it wasn't a compliment. Ferrari have declared 32 upgrades this year. Mercedes? 17. Then a team boss with two points fired back the other way. The cost cap was meant to level the sport...but all it's done now, along with the ADUO, is now call every single upgrade into question!

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Wolff Opens Fire On Ferrari. Again.
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Audi's race pace in Austria was quicker than the cars that finished ahead of them.

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But only 2 points and 9th in the constructors? Yikes...but there's one number from Friday practice in Austria AND Barcelona that shouldn't exist. On long-run pace, Hulkenberg's Audi was closer to the winner than the Racing Bulls who actually scored.

So either that number was a Friday illusion or Audi have built one of the strangest cars of this regulation cycle...a fast car that's fast in the wrong places.

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Audi Are Hiding A Monster In A Nightmare Season
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