16 June 2026 16:44
That's just a classic Formula 1 mess, isn't it? The championship built on perfection and precision, measured to the third digit after the decimal point both literally and figuratively, has descended into complete chaos because of a tiny error measured in just seven dozen (77, to be precise) centimetres.
Alpine's right of review request over the outcome of the Monaco Grand Prix delivered a ...
16 June 2026 15:58
Both McLaren and Red Bull have followed through with their intention to appeal against the FIA stewards rescinding Pierre Gasly's Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix penalty.
Last Friday, FIA stewards reinstated Gasly's podium after the Alpine driver was handed two five-second time penalties at the end of the Monaco race for separate speeding violations.
Based on evidence provided by FOM, which is ...
16 June 2026 15:05
Former Formula 1 driver Juan Pablo Montoya believes Mercedes compromised George Russell's chances at the 2026 Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix, arguing that an overly aggressive pit strategy put the British driver in a difficult position.
Russell started the race from pole position, but it was Lewis Hamilton who claimed the victory after pulling off a three-stop strategy. The seven-time champion ...
16 June 2026 15:00
The McLaren Formula 1 team is gradually starting to hone in on regaining its famous tyre management prowess that helped make it so successful in 2024 and 2025.
Speaking to Motorsport.com over the course of last year, Stella was bullish about McLaren being able to carry over some of its title winning strengths across an entirely different set of regulations because of the knowhow and ...
16 June 2026 14:12
Formula 2 champion Leonardo Fornaroli is set for a Haas Formula 1 test at Jerez as part of a two-day Testing of Previous Cars programme, Motorsport.com understands.
The 21-year-old will tackle the Spanish circuit on Wednesday and Thursday of this week, as Fornaroli starts to seek potential opportunities to join the F1 grid in 2027.
It comes less than a week after he made his F1 session ...
16 June 2026 14:05
Reigning Formula 1 champion Lando Norris will join nine-time grand prix motorcycle world champion Valentino Rossi for an appearance at the 2026 Goodwood Festival of Speed.
The pair will be in attendance on the Friday and Saturday of the event weekend with their mutual sponsor, Monster Energy. For Norris, the Goodwood appearance will follow his home race at the British Grand Prix.
Fans ...
16 June 2026 13:25
Although he secured the pole position on Saturday and crossed the line in second place, Barcelona still wasn’t one of the easiest weekends of the Formula 1 season for George Russell. From the midpoint of the Barcelona Grand Prix, the Mercedes drivers began to struggle with increasing understeer and a progressive drop‑off in tyre performance.
This scenario not only gave Lewis Hamilton the ...
16 June 2026 12:00
Tennis legend Serena Williams was one of the first sporting figures outside of Formula 1 to congratulate Lewis Hamilton following his commanding victory at the 2026 Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix.
Hamilton, now in his second season with Ferrari, pulled off a three-stop strategy at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on Sunday afternoon. The Briton's victory marked his 106th career win and his ...
16 June 2026 11:29
Red Bull's drivers have been struggling with their starts since the beginning of the Formula 1 season. While there have been occasional strong getaways, Max Verstappen and Isack Hadjar have continued to suffer from inconsistent launches, often losing multiple positions off the line.
Other teams that experienced similar problems earlier in the year appear to have found solutions. Mercedes, in ...
16 June 2026 10:51
Lewis Hamilton secured his first Formula 1 grand prix victory for Ferrari at the 2026 Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix, prompting widespread street celebrations in Italy.
Sunday's win ended a victory drought for the seven-time champion dating back to the 2024 Belgian Grand Prix. It also marked Ferrari's first race win of the current season, and the first grand prix in 2026 not won by ...
16 June 2026 10:16
Mercedes has dominated the 2026 Formula 1 campaign, but Lando Norris reckons Ferrari would “embarrass” the competition if it had a stronger engine.
The Silver Arrows won the opening six grands prix of the season through George Russell and Kimi Antonelli, but Barcelona saw Lewis Hamilton end that streak by winning for Ferrari.
Hamilton had already been close to victory with consecutive ...
15 June 2026 17:29
Those tears held back on the podium say more than any words ever could about the weight of Lewis Hamilton’s first Ferrari victory. A triumph built, pursued, almost summoned, capable of sweeping away doubts while delivering the very answers the seven‑time world champion had been chasing after a complicated 2025.
More than 500 days after first walking through the gates of Maranello as a ...
15 June 2026 17:16
Seven-time Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton has shared a highly emotional and defiant message following his spectacular breakthrough victory for Ferrari at the 2026 Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix.
The seventh round of the 2026 season witnessed a historic moment as Hamilton secured his long-awaited first grand prix win with Ferrari.
Following a difficult first season with the Maranello ...
15 June 2026 15:50
Former Top Gear and The Grand Tour host Jeremy Clarkson has offered a typically tongue-in-cheek reaction to the historic all-British podium at the 2026 Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix.
Seven-time Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton secured his first grand prix win as a Ferrari driver in Barcelona after pulling off a three-stop strategy to become the first non-Mercedes driver to win a grand prix ...
15 June 2026 15:30
Lewis Hamilton's performance in Barcelona, which delivered his first victory for Ferrari, prompted McLaren team boss Andrea Stella to conclude that the Scuderia now has the best chassis in Formula 1.
The Italian believes the Barcelona Grand Prix provided "clear indications" that the SF-26 is now the fastest car through the corners - particularly in medium-speed sections - while Mercedes ...
15 June 2026 14:00
In his 31st grand prix start for Ferrari, Lewis Hamilton has finally taken the Scuderia to the top step of the podium, his first Formula 1 win in two calendar years and his 106th career victory. In an upgraded SF-26, Hamilton opted for a front-footed three-stop strategy to put pressure on Mercedes' George Russell. And while it took a virtual safety car to get track position on his former ...
15 June 2026 13:37
Current championship leader Kimi Antonelli has earned the praise of fans after his interaction with Lewis Hamilton was captured after the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix.
The seven-time champion drove from second on the grid to win his first grand prix with Ferrari, and while Antonelli was forced to retire from the race due to an electrical issue on his Mercedes machinery, he made sure he was ...
15 June 2026 13:14
In Monaco, Lewis Hamilton was amused to share the podium with two drivers, Kimi Antonelli and Isack Hadjar, whose combined age was lower than his own. A week later, he can boast of being on the list of the oldest winners in Formula 1 history - while still remaining on that of the youngest.
To grasp the scale of the British driver's performance, it is best to go back to his first season. On 10 ...
15 June 2026 11:00
Although the Barcelona Grand Prix has already been completed, the result of the Monaco race is still being contested in the Formula 1 paddock. Pierre Gasly’s double time penalty for speeding in the pitlane has been overturned, but not all teams are happy with that outcome.
McLaren and Red Bull lodged an intention to appeal with the FIA, effectively buying themselves 96 hours to decide whether ...
15 June 2026 09:55
An on-track battle with Liam Lawson caused a very peculiar retirement for Nico Hulkenberg at the Barcelona Grand Prix, one the Formula 1 veteran had “never seen” before.
Hulkenberg was trying to overtake Lawson for ninth during lap 28 of Sunday’s contest, but a sudden mechanical failure caused him to peel into the pitlane for an early end.
It turns out that the Racing Bulls driver had ...
15 June 2026 08:00
I should be admitting that it was me who slept badly this Monday. After all, I was also one of those who did not believe in Lewis Hamilton's chance of victory. I did not rule out that the record world champion would eventually win a race for Ferrari with a bit of luck, but that he would do it in such convincing fashion was not on my radar.
Yes, he had a bit of luck with the virtual safety ...
15 June 2026 08:00
Lewis Hamilton's first win for Fred Vasseur's team didn't come in Barcelona on 14 June 2026. It came more than 20 years ago in Formula 3 Euro Series.
Back then, the 20-year-old Hamilton won the opening round at Hockenheim driving for the Frenchman's ASM team, before going on to dominate the season with 15 victories from 20 races. The following year he moved up to GP2, now with the newly formed ...
15 June 2026 01:03
Formula 1 fans have celebrated Lewis Hamilton's first win as a Ferrari driver at the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix.
The seven-time champion converted a second-place start into his first victory with the Maranello outfit in Barcelona, successfully pulling off a three-stop strategy and crossing the line with a 19-second lead over George Russell in second.
Fans were quick to react to the ...
14 June 2026 20:28
What Barcelona's hot and humid war of tyre attrition lacked in on-track action, it made up for in storylines. Sunday's initially languid race became one to remember thanks to the revival of an all-time great, and poetic justice that provided the latest twist in an intriguing Formula 1 title campaign.
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14 June 2026 20:11
Lewis Hamilton produced one of the feel-good moments of the 2026 Formula 1 campaign by claiming his maiden victory for Ferrari at the Barcelona Grand Prix.
The seven-time world champion made a blockbuster move to the Scuderia in 2025 after 12 legendary seasons at Mercedes, but his debut year didn’t go as expected.
A frustrated Hamilton suffered the first podium-less campaign of his 18-year ...
14 June 2026 20:01
Kimi Antonelli was penalised by the Formula 1 Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix stewards after the race, having been found guilty of violating track limits more than three times during the event.
The decision does not change the outcome of the race for the championship leader, but it could have had consequences had he managed to finish the race.
Antonelli started third and spent much of the ...
14 June 2026 19:53
Alpine Formula 1 driver Franco Colapinto has been dropped from eighth to 10th in the Barcelona Grand Prix result after being handed a 10-second time penalty.
Colapinto finished eighth on the road, behind Alpine team-mate Pierre Gasly, on what had been a solid recovery day for the Enstone squad after it struggled for pace all weekend.
But after the race, Colapinto was called to the FIA race ...
14 June 2026 19:44
Lewis Hamilton's first Formula 1 victory for Ferrari, even before the Briton had crossed the finish line at the Barcelona Grand Prix, quickly captivated spectators and observers, temporarily pushing Mercedes' internal fight and Kimi Antonelli's retirement into the background.
But these two race incidents, important in the story of the 2026 season, were very much on the mind of Toto Wolff, the ...
14 June 2026 19:36
Ferrari chairman John Elkann has released an emotional statement following Lewis Hamilton's first win with the Maranello outfit at the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix.
The seven-time champion claimed his first victory in red after starting the race from second on the grid and successfully pulling off a three-stop strategy. While a virtual safety car played into the team's strategy, Hamilton ...
14 June 2026 19:20
Ferrari Formula 1 team principal Fred Vasseur says Lewis Hamilton would have won the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix without the virtual safety car, such was the Briton's pace on his three-stop strategy.
With the expectation of high tyre degradation, Ferrari committed to the three-stopper early with Hamilton and opened with its first pit stop at the end of his 11th tour to trade his soft ...
14 June 2026 19:00
Few people in Formula 1 know Lewis Hamilton better than Toto Wolff. The pair enjoyed one of the most successful partnerships in the sport's history, winning six drivers' championships together during a spell of more than a decade at Mercedes.
Hamilton's move to Ferrari ahead of the 2025 season failed to deliver immediate success, with the seven-time world champion enduring a difficult maiden ...
14 June 2026 18:57
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 ...
14 June 2026 18:27
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.
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14 June 2026 17:51
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 ...
14 June 2026 17:19
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.
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14 June 2026 16:52
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 ...
14 June 2026 16:45
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.
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14 June 2026 16:40
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 ...
14 June 2026 15:23
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 ...
14 June 2026 13:10
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 ...
14 June 2026 11:18
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 ...
14 June 2026 10:00
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 ...
13 June 2026 20:32
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 ...
13 June 2026 20:12
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 ...
13 June 2026 19:23
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 ...
13 June 2026 19:18
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 ...
13 June 2026 19:12
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 ...
13 June 2026 18:58
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.
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