Austin ratings: RacingNews365 gives Antonelli 10, Russell 3

RacingNews365’s Jake Nichol gave Kimi Antonelli a 10 for the 2026 United States Grand Prix in Austin. George Russell received a 3, the lowest numerical score in the table.

Antonelli took pole and won by 13 seconds. Nichol praised him for making a one-stop strategy work and called the drive “faultless.”

Liam Lawson followed on 9.5; Charles Leclerc and Max Verstappen received 9 apiece, with Pierre Gasly on 8. Nichol highlighted Leclerc’s two-stop charge to take second from Red Bull; he wrote that Verstappen nearly salvaged second before finishing third.

Oscar Piastri scored 4.5, the second-lowest numerical mark. Nichol wrote that Russell had no immediate answers about his struggles and had been nearly four-and-a-half tenths slower than Antonelli in Q3. He also called the penalty that dropped Russell behind Piastri “extremely harsh and not deserved”; Russell could not pass the McLaren.