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so, my analysis is through 3 cards at most, so if you want to ask more about someone separately, it's fine

most likely to be first

kimi antonelli the star — so far the best or if not, one of the best years kimi will eventually have. this is if the drivers remain the same, though. depending on the changes (ahem, i'm still sensing nikola) kimi could be in top 3, at least for now

oliver bearman 10 of cups, knight of pentacles — he also has a lot of potential to do better than expected or even imagined. he could be praised and will get more fans for sure.

charles leclerc the magician, king of pentacles rx — i think charles had food-related business? Li sighs i'll be as honest as possible, he might have issues related to his business, so i'm unsure where he has to look more: his f1 job or his businesses. his placement in f1 seems to be irrelevant for some reason, but maybe in the top 6-7 (no jokes).

isack hadjar 3 of pentacles — somehow he will do decent.

liam lawson 2 of cups, the hierophant rx — he seems to be favoritised but not enough to gain more fans for some reason. decent but not enough. his placement could be rigged too.

oscar piastri 2 of pentacles — he will also do decent but his placement is shaky as hell. he might drop or go waay up out of nowhere.

pierre gasly 5 of cups rx ≈ franco colapinto 4 of cups rx — for both of them, 2026 is more of less eh if i can put it in one word. some points are possible for them to have but it'll be like 20-30, something like that

carlos sainz knight of wands ≈ sergio perez queen of wands ≈ lance stroll page of pentacles — similar results, worse than pierre/franco but with small difference of the points between each other.

lando norris justice, the emperor rx, the sun rx — ah, here are the issues with the car. mclaren won't fix the car, it seems.

george russell page of swords rx, 6 of pentacles rx, the hermit — he has backstage issues for at least few months. i won't be suprised if he actually leaves mercedes or even worse, formula 1. he might want to be a dad/get married/create something aside from f1 and mercedes might tighten his schedule so that it doesn't happen for some reason.

arvid lindblad 7 of pentacles rx — he has issues with his racing car, similar to max's car. might not do well.

alexander albon the hanged man — there seems to be something with williams' cars because alex is feeling mistreated. oddly enough, sainz seems to be in similar situation. however, alex is complaining because he really feels he's not at fault here

gabriel bortoleto the fool, the world — he could not finish 2026 season, as it looks like better offer is coming

lewis hamilton 8 of cups — might suddenly retire (ex. he wins f1 race and he retires shortly after)

max verstappen king of wands rx, the hermit — he has issues with his race car. he's not satisfied at all and might leave f1 out of nowhere (but more sudden than lewis)

fernando alonso 9 of wands rx — he might be pressured to retire earlier for personal reasons

valtteri bottas the world — might retire, he wants to try in another field

esteban ocon 8 of pentacles, 6 of swords ≈ nico hulkenberg 9 of pentacles, 6 of swords — both might leave f1 for another field

most likely to finish last

what i've also noticed so far:

some of the drivers might suddenly retire or change teams;

possible transfers or retirement:

george russell: he seems to have backstage issues with mercedes that are irrelevant to his car/job in f1. these issues seem to be personal and related to his current contract. both options are possible with george (i'm personally leaning towards team change, my angels lean towards retirement);note this isn't from recently btw, i've seen it beforelewis hamilton: with him is more likely retirement, he might've considering it for some time;note quite recent thoughts compared to georgeesteban ocon: i'm unsure how to interpret 8 of pentacles here, but he might switch to another industry as he's seemingly paying more attention to something else. he could switch teams if he wants to be test driver (like yuki) but idk if it's his case;max verstappen: with him, it's so unstable. he's not satisfied with his car at all not because he's not first, he couldn't care less, but because of internal issues with his car. he's already complaining backstage and i won't be suprised if he retires this year;note considering his team's future transfers (lambiase to mclaren to be exact), both retirement and/or team switch is possiblenico hulkenberg: his contract is flexible, so he can leave at any time. with the 6 of swords i see team change but if not, his situation would turn out to be similar as esteban;gabriel bortoleto: with him is team change to better one. considering lewis's possible retirement, he could join ferarri.valtteri bottas: his case seem to be retirement (finally! respectfully) and he could switch to be karting teacher or something related to teaching kids to be f1 racers, something like that;

some racers have backstage issues:

george russellcharles leclerclando norris (which are probably bc of his car)arvid lindbladalexander albonfernando alonso

hope i helped.

so, my analysis is through 3 cards at most, so if you want to ask more about someone separately, it's fine

 — so far the best or if not, one of the best years kimi will eventually have. this is if the drivers remain the same, though. depending on the changes (ahem, i'm still sensing nikola) kimi could be in top 3, at least for now

 — he also has a lot of potential to do better than expected or even imagined. he could be praised and will get more fans for sure.

 — i think charles had food-related business? 

 i'll be as honest as possible, he might have issues related to his business, so i'm unsure where he has to look more: his f1 job or his businesses. his placement in f1 seems to be irrelevant for some reason, but maybe in the top 6-7 (no jokes).

 — he seems to be favoritised but not enough to gain more fans for some reason. decent but not enough. his placement could be rigged too.

 — he will also do decent but his placement is shaky as hell. he might drop or go waay up out of nowhere.

— for both of them, 2026 is more of less eh if i can put it in one word. some points are possible for them to have but it'll be like 20-30, something like that

— similar results, worse than pierre/franco but with small difference of the points between each other.

 — ah, here are the issues with the car. mclaren won't fix the car, it seems.

page of swords rx, 6 of pentacles rx, the hermit

 — he has backstage issues for at least few months. i won't be suprised if he actually leaves mercedes or even worse, formula 1. he might want to be a dad/get married/create something aside from f1 and mercedes might tighten his schedule so that it doesn't happen for some reason.

 — he has issues with his racing car, similar to max's car. might not do well.

 — there seems to be something with williams' cars because alex is feeling mistreated. oddly enough, sainz seems to be in similar situation. however, alex is complaining because he really feels he's not at fault here

 — he could not finish 2026 season, as it looks like better offer is coming

 — might suddenly retire (ex. he wins f1 race and he retires shortly after)

— he has issues with his race car. he's not satisfied at all and might leave f1 out of nowhere (but more sudden than lewis)

 — he might be pressured to retire earlier for personal reasons

 — might retire, he wants to try in another field

— both might leave f1 for another field

i love your latest answer about f1 and youre so thorough!! thank you so much. 

rn i req how you read the possible driver who will win the 2026 championship, thank you again.

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f1 driver champion 2026, full question below