Antonelli takes Austin pole with a championship in reach

FORMULA 1's qualifying highlights drew more than five million views as Mercedes secured the front of the grid ahead of Verstappen and Hadjar.

Channel: FORMULA 1 Story of October 26, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 4,444,067 views a day, 10 times a normal first day on this channel (422,076).

Qualifying Highlights | 2026 United States Grand Prix

George Russell sets the early benchmark, but his Mercedes teammate has more to give. Kimi Antonelli moves clear in the United States Grand Prix pole shootout, then improves again on his final run. Inside the garage, Toto Wolff breaks into a smile.

That is the decisive sequence in "Qualifying Highlights | 2026 United States Grand Prix," which drew an estimated 4.4 million views in its first day, more than ten times FORMULA 1's usual opening for regular videos. The championship possibility raised in the description gives this grid-setting session stakes beyond Saturday bragging rights.

Antonelli takes pole ahead of Max Verstappen and Isack Hadjar. Grip is not making it easy: "Very tricky with the grip," Verstappen says over the radio. Russell cannot improve his position on the final runs, while Antonelli finds another quicker lap.

The comments keep returning to Ferrari's practice pace and its failure to translate into the qualifying result viewers expected. Elsewhere, viewers single out Hadjar's recovery through the weekend and Antonelli's relaxed manner. The comment section was more than five times as busy as on the channel's usual first day.

The weekend has since moved beyond that pole celebration. FORMULA 1's follow-up uploads confirm Antonelli won in Austin, with Charles Leclerc and Verstappen joining him on the podium. Another clip turns to the celebrations: Antonelli and race engineer Bono, with champagne involved.

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The numbers

Qualifying drew an unusually large opening audience for FORMULA 1. The final-practice highlights also passed a million views.

the video's first day

usual first day here

422,076

this video

4,444,067

subscribers

15,300,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

10,669,208,519

views per day

12,000,258

typical day: 7,388,331

the video

views

5,207,807

likes

59,126

comments

1,431

days online

2

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

FORMULA 1

15,300,000

MotoGP

7,280,000

Monster Energy

3,640,000

Oracle Red Bull Racing

3,060,000

McLaren

2,560,000

FortNine

2,370,000

As of October 26, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.