It has been quite a while since I last wrote a column. Back in September 2025, Oscar Piastri’s title hopes began to unravel just as my spine decided to turn sitting at a desk into pure misery. Now I’m back - and it feels a little as though I’ve woken up inside a time machine.
You could almost believe it’s 2014, 2015 or 2016 all over again. The "new Formula 1" is once more defined by increased electrification, much to the frustration of purists like myself. Mercedes has interpreted the new regulations better than anyone else and built the strongest power unit. Honda, meanwhile, appears to have got it badly wrong. And the fiercest battles are once again unfolding between the two Mercedes drivers themselves. Only this time they are no longer called Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg, but George Russell and Kimi Antonelli.
