The 2026 F1 Spanish Grand Prix grid has been officially confirmed following a series of FIA stewards’ verdicts handed down after qualifying at the Madring circuit.
Pole sitter Lando Norris, Mercedes pair Kimi Antonelli and George Russell, Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, and local hero Carlos Sainz of Williams were all among the drivers investigated following Saturday’s qualifying session.
Norris will retain his pole position for the race despite being penalised for speeding in the pit lane during qualifying at the brand new Madrid venue.
His McLaren team were handed a €900 fine for the transgression, though the penalty does not affect his grid position for the race itself.
Stewards also investigated how drivers navigated the chicane between corners five and six on the Madring circuit, where drivers must follow a specific route marked by a bollard to safely rejoin the track.
Russell, who qualified sixth, was among those investigated for the chicane incident but emerged from the inquiry without any penalty affecting his grid slot.
Both Russell and Antonelli were investigated for exceeding the maximum delta time, a rule enforced by race director Rui Marques during out-laps and in-laps to prevent drivers from slowing dangerously on track.
The two Mercedes drivers each received formal warnings as a result, while Audi’s Gabriel Bortoleto also received a formal warning for the same offence, and Leclerc was issued with a reprimand.
The only ruling to directly alter the grid order saw Sainz handed a three-place penalty for impeding Cadillac driver Valtteri Bottas, dropping the Williams driver from P17 to P20 on the starting grid.
Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll received a 40-place grid drop for using power unit components outside of his allotted allowance, though with Stroll already scheduled to start from P22 and last, the penalty has no practical effect on the grid order ahead of him.
The confirmed grid sees Norris lead the field from Antonelli in second, with Max Verstappen third and Lewis Hamilton fourth in the Ferrari ahead of team-mate Leclerc in fifth.
Russell lines up sixth, with Oscar Piastri seventh and Liam Lawson eighth, followed by Franco Colapinto in ninth and Arvid Lindblad in tenth.
Nico Hulkenberg and Bortoleto occupy the Audi positions in eleventh and twelfth respectively, with Esteban Ocon, Pierre Gasly, and Yuki Tsunoda rounding out the midfield group in thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth.
Alex Albon, Fernando Alonso, Sergio Perez, and Bottas fill positions sixteen through nineteen ahead of the penalised Sainz in twentieth, with Ollie Bearman twenty-first and Stroll at the back in twenty-second.