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Ferrari team principal Fred Vasseur believes Lewis Hamilton would have won the Spanish Grand Prix regardless of the virtual safety car period. Hamilton executed a three-stop strategy in Barcelona, with Ferrari committing to the aggressive approach early given the expectation of high tyre degradation throughout the race. Ferrari made its first pit stop at the

Pirelli has identified two under-the-radar factors that could prove decisive in Sunday’s Spanish Grand Prix amid sweltering conditions at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. Track temperatures exceeded 50 degrees Celsius on both Friday and Saturday, making the Barcelona weekend the hottest of the 2026 Formula 1 season so far. Pirelli did not bring its hardest compound

Lewis Hamilton’s blockbuster switch from Mercedes to Ferrari captured the imagination of the entire Formula 1 world when it was confirmed in early 2024. Many fans and pundits expected the move to bring a fresh wave of victories and a genuine shot at an unprecedented eighth world championship title. Now into his second season with

Red Bull locked out the third row of the grid for the Formula 1 Barcelona Grand Prix, with Max Verstappen qualifying three and a half tenths off pole position. Verstappen had looked genuinely competitive through the first two sectors of his final Q3 lap, appearing to be in contention for a top-three grid slot. However,

George Russell underlined his intent at the 2026 Barcelona Grand Prix by setting the fastest time during the second qualifying stint on Saturday. Russell is determined to prevent his Mercedes team-mate Kimi Antonelli from extending his Formula 1 title charge, having already made his presence felt by topping the timesheets in FP3 earlier in the

Pierre Gasly has welcomed the decision to restore his third-place finish at the 2026 Monaco Grand Prix, but acknowledged the moment itself is gone forever. The Alpine driver was originally classified seventh in Monte Carlo after receiving two penalties for speeding in the pitlane, before stewards overturned those penalties nearly five days after the race.

Lewis Hamilton will sit out FP1 at the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix, with Ferrari academy driver Dino Beganovic taking his place in the car. Beganovic is one of seven rookie drivers participating in the opening practice session as part of a mandatory requirement for all Formula 1 teams. The news arrives amid a busy week of

Toto Wolff has confirmed that Mercedes is consulting with lawyers to explore what options are available following the FIA’s decision to reinstate Pierre Gasly’s Monaco Grand Prix result. Gasly was among five drivers penalised for pitlane speeding at Monaco, but it later emerged that a fault with the measurement system had caused car speeds to

Two-time Formula 1 world champion Fernando Alonso has stunned the Barcelona paddock by declaring this weekend’s race will likely be his final appearance at the circuit. The Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya hosted the Spanish Grand Prix continuously from 1991 until last year, before Madrid’s new street circuit took over as Formula 1’s official Spanish venue. Barcelona

Pierre Gasly and Alpine are set to learn the outcome of their right of review procedure over the Frenchman’s Monaco Grand Prix penalties on Friday morning in Barcelona. Alpine lodged a right of review against Gasly’s pair of five-second time penalties for pitlane speeding, which dropped him from third to seventh and denied him a