Last two drivers to manage three straight Grand Prix wins as Antonelli reigns supreme again

Teenage prodigy Kimi Antonelli has shockingly taken charge of the 2026 Formula One World Championship after reeling off a third straight win at the recent Miami Grand Prix. The Italian youngster was supposed to be learning behind more experienced teammate George Russell, with the Brit thought of as the title favourite after Mercedes finally built him a car capable of competing in his fifth year as a Silver Arrow. Three years spent under the learning tree of Lewis Hamilton served as the perfect foundation to mount a championship challenge, but instead, it’s his 19-year-old teammate who has taken centre stage.

Russell began the season as expected, winning in Australia and assuming the early championship lead. Since then, though, it has been all Antonelli. The Italian hotshot picked up his maiden Grand Prix win in Round 2 in China, before then completing something that his more experienced teammate hasn’t done throughout the entirety of his F1 tenure so far: win two races in a row. But that wasn’t enough. Antonelli has since reeled off that third straight win in Miami to assume command of the title battle, and online betting sites now make him the outright favourite to become the youngest world champion ever this season.

Ahead of the upcoming Canadian Grand Prix, 5Gringos online sportsbook now makes the Mercedes man an 11/10 favourite to win the title, with Russell lagging behind at 9/4. And with three straight wins under his belt, it’s hard to deny that he is now the man to beat. But when Antonelli took the chequered flag in Miami, whose footsteps did he follow in as he picked up a three-peat of race victories? Here are the last two drivers to reel off three straight wins.

Max Verstappen

This one should come as no surprise. Ever since winning his first world title - albeit in controversial fashion - in 2021, Max Verstappen would proceed to rule over Formula One with an iron fist. He racked up a five-race win streak en route to the title in 2022 and a record-breaking ten-race win streak in 2023. But it was his most recent streak that was arguably the most impressive.

Throughout the 2025 season, Verstappen’s Red Bull was no longer the fastest car on the grid, and at one point, he found himself 100 points off the pace in the title race. Then, the second half of the season happened. The four-time world champion clawed his way back into contention with three wins in four races towards the back end of the campaign, slicing the deficit to 40 points with five races remaining.

After back-to-back third-place finishes in Mexico and Brazil, the deficit became 34 points with three races remaining. Then, the door to the most improbable championship comeback of all time swung open. Verstappen won in Las Vegas while both McLarens — who finished second and third on track — were disqualified.

Suddenly, Super Max was within nine points of a fifth straight title. He would win each of the last two races, taking his win streak to end the season to three in a row, but ultimately, it wasn’t enough to claim the title, finishing just two points behind eventual champion Lando Norris.

Oscar Piastri

Twelve months ago, Oscar Piastri found himself in the exact position that Kimi Antonelli finds himself in in 2026. Both were/are in their second season in Formula One, and both found themselves at the wheel of a rocket-ship built for their more experienced teammate. For Antonelli, it’s George Russell. And in Piastri’s case, it was Lando Norris.

Norris managed to briefly enter the title fight in 2024, and in 2025, he was the favourite to take the championship challenge by storm. Much like Russell, he began the campaign as expected, winning in Australia to take the early championship lead. Then, Piastri ripped up the script.

Piastri picked up his first win of the season in China before Max Verstappen claimed a win of his own in Japan. Then, it was all about Piastri. He proceeded to reel off stunning wins in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and Miami to take a 16-point advantage over his teammate in the title race. And while that was the end of his winning streak, it wasn’t the end of the Aussie’s championship ambitions.

Further wins followed in Spain, Belgium, and the Netherlands, with the latter of those triumphs extending his lead at the summit to 34 points with just nine races remaining. Then, a retirement in Azerbaijan torpedoed all of his momentum. Piastri would embark upon a six-race streak in which he didn’t manage a single podium, wiping out his championship lead entirely. While he finished second in each of the last two races, it wasn’t enough, and Norris would sneak through to win the title at the Abu Dhabi finale.