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Antonelli’s Austin pole and win earn praise in F1 Power Rankings

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Formula 1’s latest Power Rankings praise Antonelli after his pole position and victory at the 2026 United States Grand Prix. The five-judge panel scores weekend performance with machinery excluded.

GPBeat · Newsroom27 Oct 2026, 16:22 · 1 min

Kimi Antonelli’s pole position and victory at the 2026 United States Grand Prix in Austin earned praise in Formula 1’s latest Power Rankings. The article describes his qualifying and race performance as “worthy of a World Champion”, while acknowledging the efforts of Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc.

The Power Rankings are a subjective panel assessment, not the Drivers’ Championship standings. Five judges score each driver out of 10 for a Grand Prix weekend, taking machinery out of the equation. Their marks are averaged into a race score and tallied across the season on the overall Power Rankings leaderboard.

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