Hamilton’s titles hopes are over: ‘There’s no stopping Mercedes’

Lewis Hamilton has drawn a line under his 2026 title ambitions, admitting there is now “no stopping” Kimi Antonelli after a brake failure ended his Spanish Grand Prix at the Madring, leaving him a daunting 101 points behind the Mercedes leader in the Drivers’ standings. Hamilton arrived in Madrid as little more than a mathematical outsider, already trailing Antonelli by 76 points after 13 rounds. But his remarkable record of completing every racing lap this season had at least kept a sliver of hope alive. That thread snapped on Sunday. Hamilton’s Ferrari developed a brake problem just seven laps into…