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Latest: Jun 17, 4:29 PM from Motorsport.com
Lewis Hamilton Ferrari win sparks Charles Leclerc warning from Jacques Villeneuve
1997 Formula 1 champion Jacques Villeneuve has argued that Lewis Hamilton's first win with Ferrari at the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix has not only firmly put the seven-time champion into the title picture, but could also lead to internal tension with his team-mate Charles Leclerc. After starting the race in Barcelona from second on the grid, Hamilton and Ferrari pulled off a three-stop ... Keep reading
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Kimi Antonelli's Barcelona GP retirement prompts reliability concerns at Mercedes
Formula 1 championship leader Kimi Antonelli was left feeling ‘emotionally empty’ after his late retirement at the Barcelona Grand Prix, which sparked reliability concerns at Mercedes. The 19-year-old was running second behind Lewis Hamilton before suffering an engine failure that caused Antonelli to retire with three laps remaining on Sunday. Read Also: Formula 1Five quick ... Keep reading
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Nico Rosberg backs Lewis Hamilton momentum after "historic" Barcelona F1 win
2016 Formula 1 champion Nico Rosberg believes Lewis Hamilton's "spectacular" Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix victory will propel the 41-year-old to even greater heights in the 2026 championship battle. Following a blockbuster switch to Ferrari in 2025, Hamilton initially endured a challenging start to his much-anticipated career in Maranello. After adapting to the new team in 2025, he has ... Keep reading
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All the results and standings from the 2026 F1 Barcelona Grand Prix
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F1 championship: Lewis Hamilton takes 25 points out of Kimi Antonelli's lead
By winning the Formula 1 Barcelona Grand Prix while championship leader Kimi Antonelli retired, Lewis Hamilton takes 25 points from the Italian's lead, with the gap now reduced to 41 points compared to 66 when arriving in Spain. Third-placed, George Russell moves back to within 50 points of his team-mate. Read Also: Formula 1"You helped me achieve this dream" Lewis Hamilton's ... Keep reading
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Lewis Hamilton's emotional message on first Ferrari F1 win: "You helped me achieve this dream"
Lewis Hamilton thanked Ferrari for helping him "achieve a dream" after taking his maiden grand prix win as a member of the Scuderia. Hamilton and Ferrari went on the offensive in F1's tyre battle on a sweltering Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. Unlike most other frontrunners, including poleman George Russell, Hamilton opted for a start of softs, with the excessive tyre degradation all but ... Keep reading
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F1 Barcelona GP: Lewis Hamilton takes maiden Ferrari win as Kimi Antonelli retires late
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 Russell. Read Also: Formula 1Five quick ... Keep reading
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Five quick takeaways from the F1 Barcelona GP
Lewis Hamilton's first Ferrari win doesn't come out of nowhere In his 31st grand prix start for Ferrari, Lewis Hamilton has finally taken the Scuderia to the top step of the podium, his first win in two calendar years. You can't say it hadn't been coming. Surrounding himself with an engineering team and boasting a SF-26 that he had significant input in, Hamilton has been a totally different ... Keep reading
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Fernando Alonso jokes watching Barcelona GP is “better than in the car”
Fernando Alonso delivered a brilliant moment of self-deprecatory humour ahead of the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix, jokingly telling his passionate fans that he would rather watch the race from the grandstands than from his Aston Martin Formula 1 car. The two-time champion was taking part in the traditional pre-race drivers' parade at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya when the viral moment ... Keep reading
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Oliver Bearman surprised by Q2 Barcelona result after "worst" F1 car in FP3
Oliver Bearman was surprised to reach Q2 at the Barcelona Grand Prix after battling the “worst” Formula 1 car he’s ever driven that morning in final practice. The Haas driver will start Sunday’s contest in 15th for what is his best qualifying result since the Miami Grand Prix, where he took 13th en route to 11th in that race. But the 21-year-old feared a Q1 exit in Spain after ... Keep reading
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Two hidden factors that could decide the F1 Barcelona GP
While the first months of 2026 have been dominated by discussions about power units and energy management, a different topic has taken centre stage in Barcelona: tyres. Supplier Pirelli says it is not necessarily looking for that kind of attention, although given the conditions it is unavoidable. The Barcelona Grand Prix is the hottest F1 weekend of the 2026 season so far, with track ... Keep reading
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Oscar Piastri "could not believe" Pierre Gasly’s Monaco reinstatement
Oscar Piastri says he is "mind-blown" by the unprecedented decision to reinstate Pierre Gasly to the Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix podium while he and other drivers were also incorrectly penalised for pitlane speeding. 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 separate speeding ... Keep reading
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The trick behind Lewis Hamilton's best qualifying result for Ferrari
Lewis Hamilton overcame a tricky start to his Barcelona Grand Prix weekend by leaving the track before qualifying, where he took second for Sunday’s Formula 1 contest. The Ferrari driver split the Mercedes cars and was just 0.064s behind polesitter George Russell, in what was his best qualifying result since joining the Scuderia at the beginning of 2025. It came despite largely playing ... Keep reading
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Max Verstappen surprised as Red Bull halves gap to Mercedes in Barcelona
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 tyres overheating. “I think it was a decent qualifying session for us,” Verstappen reflected afterwards when ... Keep reading
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"At least a two-stop": George Russell and Lewis Hamilton expect Barcelona GP to be hard on tyres
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 the opening 10-12 laps of a stint, before dropping off ... Keep reading
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Fernando Alonso 'exhausted' by Aston Martin woes: "We knew we have the worst car and worst engine"
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 Stroll, who was 21st and a second behind next slowest Cadillac and four seconds off pole. Not ... Keep reading
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The "big reset" that led to George Russell's Barcelona GP pole
George Russell credited a “big reset” for his pole position at the Barcelona Grand Prix after adjusting his approach to get back into the Formula 1 title fight. The Mercedes driver started the season strongly by winning the Melbourne opener, but was quickly outshone by team-mate Kimi Antonelli who has won the five grands prix since. The 19-year-old headed into this weekend with a ... Keep reading
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F1 2026 qualifying head-to-head: Barcelona GP
After every F1 qualifying session, Motorsport publishes each team's qualifying record in terms of team-mate battles. This record is based exclusively on qualifying results so that grid penalties don't alter the statistics. When a driver can't put in a representative lap time due to a technical issue or an incident, this will be mentioned in the table. Read Also: Formula 1F1 ... Keep reading
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