Mercedes ran Antonelli on mediums to the end of lap 24 and on hards to the flag. Ferrari still took more points from the race, 30 to 29, and Red Bull and McLaren left Texas level on 355 in the constructors' table.

Marc Marquez crashed on his first flying lap in Q2 and took pole on his second bike by 1.494 seconds. On Sunday, race director Graham Webb explained, the medical helicopter needed a window of around 60 minutes at both Phillip Island and Melbourne before a race could start.

Since Issue 09 of the Sporting Regulations, approved on 30 September, the rookie must take the nominated car out of the pit lane at least once, and no other driver may take it out in that session. The entry counts every run so far, car by car, from the FIA's practice classifications.

The FIA opened the WRC's new Constructors' title to independent tuners on 19 October, with one condition: enter every round of the season. A Teams' title over seven nominated events sits beside it, and the entry works out which of the two a part-season tuner can actually reach.

Article B8.2.3 sets two conditions for the extra power unit and prints no “and” or “or” between them. Read as alternatives, every driver keeps a fourth engine through 2028; read as both required, only drivers of a first-year manufacturer that did not supply in 2026 get one.