A strategic masterclass gave Lewis Hamilton his maiden victory for Ferrari at the Barcelona Grand Prix, while Formula 1 championship leader Kimi Antonelli retired late on.The Mercedes driver was set to finish second behind Hamilton before an engine failure struck with three laps remaining, handing the runner-up spot to team-mate George Read more
Red Bull locked out the third row of the grid for Sunday’s Formula 1 Barcelona Grand Prix. Max Verstappen appeared to be in contention for pole position after two sectors, but saw his grip disappear in the last part of the lap – an issue many drivers struggled with due to Read more
George Russell finally struck back in the 2026 Formula 1 world title fight as he ended Kimi Antonelli’s dominant streak to take pole for the Barcelona Grand Prix.Russell set a 1m14.679s for his third pole of 2026, 0.064s quicker than second-placed Lewis Hamilton with Antonelli in third and three tenths behind Read more
A frustrated Charles Leclerc was left feeling “ashamed” of himself after crashing in qualifying for the Formula 1 Barcelona Grand Prix, leaving him 10th on Sunday’s grid.The Ferrari driver drifted onto the dustier line at Turn 4, inevitably causing him to lose the back end and spin into the barrier on Read more
High tyre degradation at the Formula 1 Barcelona Grand Prix will create small differences between the three compounds and considerable strategic variation during Sunday’s race, according to pole winner George Russell.Friday’s long runs over FP2 demonstrated that the medium compound was dropping off at around three tenths per lap across Read more
Aston Martin’s abject performance in Barcelona comes as no surprise to Fernando Alonso as he qualified last for his home race – but having to keep explaining the team’s many woes is starting to wear on him.The world champion took 22nd, which ended a 42-race streak of outqualifying team-mate Lance Read more
McLaren and Red Bull are understood to have notified their intention to appeal against the FIA stewards reinstating Pierre Gasly’s Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix podium.On Friday, FIA stewards reinstated Gasly’s podium after the Alpine driver was handed two five-second time penalties at the end of last Sunday’s race for two Read more
Toto Wolff says Mercedes is “looking what it can do” for George Russell after FIA stewards overturned Pierre Gasly’s Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix penalty.Gasly was one of five drivers penalised for pitlane speeding, with it emerging after the race that there had been an error with the measurement system.On Read more
The surprising ADUO outcome that teams received in Monaco remains one of the main talking points in the Barcelona paddock. Rather than Mercedes, it was Red Bull-Ford Powertrains that was placed at the top of the rankings, meaning the newcomer is the only manufacturer not entitled to Formula 1’s Additional Development Read more
Lando Norris snatched the fastest time of the Barcelona Grand Prix’s second practice session from George Russell by just 0.009s, as Oscar Piastri also got within 0.06s of his McLaren Formula 1 team-mate’s benchmark.Norris, who missed FP1 as McLaren reserve Leonardo Fornaroli drove in an F1 session for the first time, concluded Read more