2026 Spanish Grand Prix: F1 Race, Qualifying & Winners

Formula 1 broke new ground in Madrid, where the Spanish Grand Prix began a bold new era at the Madring. Staged around the IFEMA Madrid exhibition centre, the fast, purpose-built street circuit made its championship debut as the final European race of the 2026 season—adding an unknown and potentially decisive challenge to the closing stages of the championship.

Race Guide

Season: 2026 F1 World Championship
Race date: Sunday, 13 September 2026
Race start time: 15:00 local time
Circuit: Circuito de Madring
Laps: 57
Circuit length: 5.474km
2025 winner: n/a (Madrid did not feature on the 2025 calendar)

Pole position
Driver	Lando Norris	McLaren
Time	1:31.824
Fastest lap
Driver	George Russell	Mercedes
Time	1:35.587 lap 49
Podium
First	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes
Second	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing
Third	Lando Norris	McLaren

At 5.4km (3.365 miles) and featuring 22 corners, the Madring was designed to test every dimension of a modern Formula 1 car. Its headline feature at La Monumental, a vast right-hander set to become the longest banked corner on the F1 calendar, but an entirely new circuit brought wider intrigue: unfamiliar braking points, evolving grip levels and little historical data for teams to rely on. Championship leader Kimi Antonelli arrived with momentum after winning at Monza, yet Madrid offered no guarantees for even the grid’s most in-form driver.

Although the venue was new, Madrid’s relationship with Formula 1 stretched back decades. The Circuito del Jarama, north of the capital, hosted nine World Championship rounds between 1968 and 1981, with Niki Lauda and Gilles Villeneuve among its celebrated winners. Now the sport returned to the Spanish capital with a striking modern stage, a fresh technical puzzle and the promise of a Grand Prix capable of creating its own defining moments from the very first lap.

Madring Stats & Facts

The Madring may be new, but the Spanish Grand Prix arrives in Madrid carrying more than a century of history. Its origins stretch back to 1913, while its Formula 1 World Championship story began at Pedralbes in 1951 before the race returned to the calendar in 1968. Since then, it has moved through Jarama, Montjuïc, Jerez and the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, with each venue adding its own character to one of the sport’s most technically revealing events.

From 2026, Madrid now held the next chapter. The Spanish capital secured a ten-year agreement to stage the Grand Prix from 2026 through 2035, bringing the race back to a city whose Jarama circuit hosted nine World Championship rounds between 1968 and 1981. Madring therefore represented more than a change of venue: it reconnected modern Formula 1 with a significant part of Spain’s racing past while giving a new generation of fans and drivers the chance to create their own defining moments.

Date	Session	Local Time
11 September 2026	Free Practice 1 (FP1)	1:30 pm – 2:30 pm local time
11 September 2026	Free Practice 2 (FP2)	5:00 pm – 6:00 pm local time
12 September 2026	Free Practice 3 (FP3)	12:30 pm – 1:30 pm local time
12 September 2026	Qualifying	4:00 pm – 5:00 pm local time
13 September 2026	Race	3:00 pm local time

Championship background

Kimi Antonelli arrived in Madrid with firm control of the championship after producing a remarkable charge from 19th on the grid to victory at Monza. The result stretched his advantage to 66 points over George Russell, 76 over Lewis Hamilton and 96 over Lando Norris, placing the Italian in an increasingly commanding position as the season entered its decisive phase.

His closest rivals now needed an immediate response, but the Madring presented a very different challenge from Monza. Mercedes capitalised on its pace to secure a 1-2 finish in Italy, yet the team was not expected to enjoy the same advantage around Madrid’s demanding 22-corner layout. With every driver and team starting from a largely blank page, Russell, Hamilton and Norris had a fresh opportunity to disrupt Antonelli’s momentum and bring themselves back into contention.

The championship battle headlined a packed weekend of racing in the Spanish capital. Formula 2 would join the Grand Prix programme, while the 2026 Formula 3 Championship reached its conclusion with a three-race season finale. With titles, points and reputations at stake across all three categories, Madrid’s first Formula 1 weekend was set to deliver action from the opening session to the final chequered flag.

Race entries

For a third race in a row, Red Bull announced that Isack Hadjar would miss another Grand Prix after suffering a wrist injury before the 2026 Dutch Grand Prix during routine training. Liam Lawson once again stepped up from Racing Bulls to partner Verstappen for the Red Bull team, and Yuki Tsunoda replaced Lawson at Racing Bulls alongside Arvid Lindblad.

Other than these changes, the lineup of drivers and teams remained the same as it was for the 2026 season’s entry list for FP1, FP2, FP3, Qualifying and the Grand Prix.

Tyre choices

Pirelli selected the middle of its 2026 range for Madrid, with the C2 designated as the Hard, the C3 as the Medium and the C4 as the Soft. That choice reflected the unusual mix of demands across the 5.416km circuit: a rapid opening sector, a sequence of medium and low-speed corners, and a Baku-style final section punctuated by 90-degree turns. With only 200 metres separating the start-finish line from Turn 1, tyre temperature and launch performance could also prove crucial on the opening lap and at any subsequent restart.

The defining test would come at the 550-metre Monumental, whose 24% banking helps generate the highest vertical tyre load of the season. Combined with lateral forces comparable to those experienced at Barcelona and Silverstone, it places the Madring among the five most energy-intensive circuits on the calendar. Drivers might be able to take different lines through the corner, trading immediate grip against positioning for an attack into the following turn, while the circuit’s 26-metre elevation range adds another variable to tyre loading across the lap.

Yet the greatest strategic challenge was what teams do not know. Pirelli began modelling the circuit in 2023, later measuring the completed surface to refine its simulations, but no Formula 1 car had been tested at the Madring ahead of the weekend (other than in a filming day for Ferrari). The new asphalt was exceptionally smooth and offered relatively little grip, despite being treated with high-pressure water to remove residue from the freshly laid surface. Friday practice would therefore be essential: if the Soft and Medium degraded more heavily than predicted, teams may have to protect their Hard sets for Sunday, potentially opening the door to a two-stop race. With ambient temperatures unlikely to be extreme at a venue sitting around 700 metres above sea level, track evolution and real-world degradation—not outright heat—would drive the strategic picture.

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Free Practice

George Russell set the pace in the first Formula 1 session at the Madring, recording a 1m 34.077s to lead Mercedes team mate Kimi Antonelli by 0.286s. Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton placed third and fourth for Ferrari, with Max Verstappen completing the top five. An evolving surface, heavy traffic and several off-track moments complicated the teams’ first experience of Madrid’s new circuit, while Yuki Tsunoda’s running ended early with a power-steering problem.

Kimi Antonelli topped FP2 at the Madring with a 1m 33.662s, beating Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc by 0.113s and Lewis Hamilton by 0.149s. Arvid Lindblad impressed in fourth but crashed at Turn 13, triggering a late red flag that disrupted the final qualifying simulations. George Russell completed the top five, while McLaren endured a difficult session as Oscar Piastri struggled with rear grip and a gearbox change prevented Lando Norris from setting a representative time.

Kimi Antonelli topped a heavily disrupted final practice at the Madring, setting a 1m 32.797s to beat Charles Leclerc by 0.166s. Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris placed third and fourth for a recovering McLaren, ahead of Max Verstappen and George Russell. Lewis Hamilton lost valuable running after crashing at the final corner and attempting to continue with a damaged front wing, causing a lengthy red flag, while Ollie Bearman’s high-speed Turn 11 accident ended the session early.

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Free Practice 1 Classification

2026 Spanish Grand Prix FP1, 11 September 2026

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time / Gap	Laps
1	63	George Russell	Mercedes	1:34.077	28
2	12	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	+0.286s	27
3	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	+0.459s	27
4	44	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	+0.543s	27
5	3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	+0.626s	25
6	1	Lando Norris	McLaren	+0.870s	27
7	41	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls	+0.956s	28
8	81	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	+1.071s	22
9	27	Nico Hulkenberg	Audi	+1.452s	26
10	30	Liam Lawson	Red Bull Racing	+1.462s	26
11	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	+1.575s	27
12	31	Esteban Ocon	Haas F1 Team	+1.757s	25
13	43	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	+1.856s	24
14	10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	+2.167s	23
15	14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	+2.396s	27
16	87	Oliver Bearman	Haas F1 Team	+2.776s	24
17	55	Carlos Sainz	Williams	+2.793s	30
18	22	Yuki Tsunoda	Racing Bulls	+2.862s	16
19	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	+3.177s	26
20	23	Alexander Albon	Williams	+3.514s	25
21	11	Sergio Perez	Cadillac	+4.073s	26
22	77	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac	+4.741s	25

Free Practice 2 Classification

2026 Spanish Grand Prix FP2, 11 September 2026

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time / Gap	Laps
1	12	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	1:33.662	24
2	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	+0.113s	26
3	44	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	+0.149s	23
4	41	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls	+0.228s	15
5	63	George Russell	Mercedes	+0.337s	25
6	3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	+0.401s	22
7	81	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	+0.538s	24
8	22	Yuki Tsunoda	Racing Bulls	+1.096s	26
9	31	Esteban Ocon	Haas F1 Team	+1.205s	26
10	30	Liam Lawson	Red Bull Racing	+1.276s	21
11	10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	+1.297s	21
12	27	Nico Hulkenberg	Audi	+1.398s	22
13	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	+1.508s	25
14	87	Oliver Bearman	Haas F1 Team	+1.541s	26
15	43	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	+2.224s	22
16	55	Carlos Sainz	Williams	+2.629s	25
17	14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	+3.118s	16
18	23	Alexander Albon	Williams	+3.274s	22
19	11	Sergio Perez	Cadillac	+3.533s	24
20	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	+3.611s	20
21	77	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac	+4.065s	24
22	1	Lando Norris	McLaren		2

Free Practice 3 Classification

2026 Spanish Grand Prix FP3, 12 September 2026

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time / Gap	Laps
1	12	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	1:32.797	13
2	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	+0.166s	13
3	81	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	+0.189s	12
4	1	Lando Norris	McLaren	+0.236s	13
5	3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	+0.375s	9
6	63	George Russell	Mercedes	+0.702s	11
7	30	Liam Lawson	Red Bull Racing	+1.105s	14
8	27	Nico Hulkenberg	Audi	+1.136s	14
9	44	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	+1.487s	5
10	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	+1.491s	15
11	43	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	+1.549s	14
12	31	Esteban Ocon	Haas F1 Team	+1.633s	12
13	87	Oliver Bearman	Haas F1 Team	+1.684s	12
14	41	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls	+1.708s	7
15	22	Yuki Tsunoda	Racing Bulls	+1.768s	12
16	10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	+2.174s	13
17	14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	+2.223s	17
18	55	Carlos Sainz	Williams	+2.667s	15
19	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	+2.773s	12
20	11	Sergio Perez	Cadillac	+3.644s	13
21	77	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac	+3.873s	13
22	23	Alexander Albon	Williams		2

Qualifying

Lando Norris claimed the first Formula 1 pole at the Madring with a 1m 31.824s, beating championship leader Kimi Antonelli by only 0.011s. Max Verstappen secured third ahead of Ferrari pair Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc, with the top five covered by just 0.195s. Home heros, Carlos Sainz and Fernando Alonso were eliminated in Q1, while Ollie Bearman and Lance Stroll failed to set times because of car problems.

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Qualifying Classification

2026 Spanish Grand Prix Qualifying, 12 September 2026

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Laps
1	1	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:33.469	1:32.873	1:31.824	19
2	12	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	1:33.267	1:32.591	1:31.835	20
3	3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1:33.381	1:32.431	1:31.964	18
4	44	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	1:33.531	1:32.710	1:32.013	21
5	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:33.532	1:32.755	1:32.019	21
6	63	George Russell	Mercedes	1:33.211	1:32.850	1:32.149	22
7	81	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:33.829	1:33.204	1:32.294	22
8	30	Liam Lawson	Red Bull Racing	1:33.310	1:32.780	1:32.316	18
9	43	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	1:33.963	1:33.038	1:32.903	17
10	41	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls	1:34.340	1:33.204	1:33.041	21
11	27	Nico Hulkenberg	Audi	1:34.417	1:33.223		13
12	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	1:33.986	1:33.388		12
13	31	Esteban Ocon	Haas F1 Team	1:34.667	1:33.667		11
14	10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:34.246	1:33.753		11
15	22	Yuki Tsunoda	Racing Bulls	1:34.311	1:34.084		15
16	23	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:35.307	1:35.532		14
17	55	Carlos Sainz	Williams	1:35.312			9
18	14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:35.388			9
19	11	Sergio Perez	Cadillac	1:35.913			9
20	77	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac	1:38.011			8

2026 Spanish Grand Prix Starting Grid

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time
1	1	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:31.824
2	12	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	1:31.835
3	3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1:31.964
4	44	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	1:32.013
5	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:32.019
6	63	George Russell	Mercedes	1:32.149
7	81	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:32.294
8	30	Liam Lawson	Red Bull Racing	1:32.316
9	43	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	1:32.903
10	41	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls	1:33.041
11	27	Nico Hulkenberg	Audi	1:33.223
12	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	1:33.388
13	31	Esteban Ocon	Haas F1 Team	1:33.667
14	10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:33.753
15	22	Yuki Tsunoda	Racing Bulls	1:34.084
16	23	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:35.532
17	14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:35.388
18	11	Sergio Perez	Cadillac	1:35.913
19	77	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac	1:38.011
20	55	Carlos Sainz	Williams	1:35.312
21	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin
22	87	Oliver Bearman	Haas F1 Team

Note – Bearman and Stroll permitted to race after failing to set a lap time in Qualifying. Stroll received a 40-place penalty for use of additional power unit elements. Sainz received a three-place penalty for impeding another driver during Qualifying. Bearman required to start from the pit lane after car was modified under Parc Ferme conditions and additional power unit elements used.

What happened in the 2026 Spanish Grand Prix?

Kimi Antonelli claimed his eighth Grand Prix victory of the season in Madrid, converting Mercedes’ perfectly timed strategy into another major result in his pursuit of the 2026 F1 World Championship.

The Italian crossed the line ahead of Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and McLaren driver Lando Norris, whose hopes of winning from pole unravelled during a costly sequence of pit stops under the Virtual Safety Car.

Norris had narrowly protected the lead through a chaotic opening lap, with Antonelli twice cutting corners as he attempted to find a route past the McLaren. Track position remained difficult to overturn in direct combat, but Mercedes ultimately gave its driver the advantage through timing rather than an on-track move.

Antonelli reported concerns about his steering during the race, yet the 20-year-old kept his challenge alive and eventually inherited the lead when Charles Leclerc abandoned his long-running strategy and stopped after 48 laps.

The victory increased Antonelli’s Drivers’ Championship advantage to 81 points over Mercedes team mate George Russell, who finished fifth. Lewis Hamilton’s title challenge suffered another blow when brake trouble forced the Ferrari driver into an early retirement.

Norris survives a frantic opening

The first race start in the history of the Madring delivered immediate tension as Norris attempted to convert his 19th career pole position into an early advantage.

Antonelli attacked aggressively from the front row but ran beyond the circuit limits twice during his efforts to pass. Norris held first place, while clashes and close calls unfolded throughout the pack as 22 cars negotiated the narrow Madrid circuit together for the first time.

The Spanish drivers were among those caught in the early disorder. Carlos Sainz and Fernando Alonso made contact in an incident that compromised both of their home races, leaving Alonso with front-wing damage and contributing to Sainz’s eventual retirement.

At the front, Norris initially appeared to have done the hardest part. Overtaking opportunities were limited and the McLaren driver had retained control from pole, but the race’s strategic balance changed when Lance Stroll stopped on track and triggered a Virtual Safety Car period.

Virtual Safety Car turns the race

The timing of the VSC played directly into Mercedes’ hands. Antonelli was able to make his stop at a reduced time loss, while Norris had already passed the pit entry when the neutralisation began and could not take advantage on the same lap.

McLaren brought Norris in on the following tour, but a slow tyre change compounded the damage. By the time the pit-stop cycle unfolded, the Briton had fallen behind Antonelli and Verstappen in the net order.

It was a brutal swing for Norris, who had gone from controlling the race to occupying the final podium position without being overtaken conventionally by either rival.

Ferrari took a different path with Leclerc. The Monegasque remained on track during the VSC and moved into the lead, betting that a full Safety Car later in the race might provide the cheap stop he needed to protect his position.

That intervention never came. Leclerc continued at the front while Antonelli led the group of drivers who had completed their stops, but the Ferrari still owed a mandatory tyre change.

As the laps counted down, Leclerc’s chances depended increasingly on outside circumstances. Ferrari finally ended the gamble after 48 laps, bringing him into the pits with eight laps remaining and handing the lead to Antonelli.

Antonelli controls the closing stages

Once Leclerc peeled into the pit lane, Antonelli inherited an advantage he would not surrender. The championship leader managed the closing laps to claim the first Formula 1 victory at the Madring and add another 25 points to his rapidly growing total.

Verstappen secured second for Red Bull after gaining track position during the decisive pit-stop sequence. Norris recovered to complete the podium in third, but the result represented a missed opportunity after starting from pole and leading the opening phase.

Leclerc emerged from his delayed stop in fourth, one place ahead of Russell. The second Mercedes driver could not match Antonelli’s race-winning progress and finished fifth, leaving him 81 points behind his team mate in the standings.

Antonelli’s eighth win of 2026 continued a remarkable run for the 20-year-old, who had arrived in Madrid fresh from charging from 19th on the grid to victory at Monza. With another maximum score in Spain, he left the European leg of the season in an even stronger championship position.

Lawson and Colapinto lead the midfield

Liam Lawson delivered a solid result for Red Bull by finishing sixth, completing a double points score for the team behind Verstappen’s podium.

Franco Colapinto took seventh and supplied Alpine’s only points of the afternoon. His result capped a productive weekend after reaching Q3 and qualifying ninth on Saturday.

Oscar Piastri finished eighth in the second McLaren, unable to reproduce the pace that had placed him third in final practice. Arvid Lindblad recovered from his Friday accident to claim ninth for Racing Bulls, while Nico Hulkenberg secured the final point in 10th for Audi.

Esteban Ocon narrowly missed the points in 11th for Haas. Pierre Gasly followed in 12th for Alpine, ahead of Audi driver Gabriel Bortoleto in 13th.

Yuki Tsunoda took 14th in his third weekend competing for Racing Bulls, with Alex Albon finishing 15th as the only Williams driver to reach the chequered flag.

Ollie Bearman recovered from the heavy FP3 accident that prevented him from taking part in qualifying to finish 16th for Haas. Alonso endured a difficult home Grand Prix and was classified 17th for Aston Martin, ahead of Cadillac’s Valtteri Bottas in 18th.

Brake failures contribute to four retirements

Four drivers failed to finish the first Spanish Grand Prix staged at the Madring.

Hamilton was the earliest major retirement, bringing his Ferrari back to the pits on Lap 7 with a brake problem. The failure ended a weekend in which he had shown podium-level pace and delivered a significant setback to his championship hopes.

Stroll suffered a similar brake-related problem in the second Aston Martin. His stoppage was also the trigger for the Virtual Safety Car that ultimately transformed the fight for victory.

Sergio Perez retired his Cadillac with a suspected water-system issue, while Sainz was unable to complete his home race for Williams after an afternoon shaped by his early contact with Alonso.

For Antonelli, Madrid produced the opposite outcome. He did not take the lead through a pass on the circuit, but his pace kept Mercedes within striking range, and the team executed its opportunity when the VSC arrived.

The result placed Antonelli 81 points clear in the Drivers’ Championship and delivered his eighth win from the opening 14 rounds of the season—a commanding conclusion to Formula 1’s first race weekend at the Madring circuit.

2026 Spanish Grand Prix race results

The 2026 Spanish Grand Prix Race was held on 13 September 2026 at 3:00 pm local time.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time / Retired	Pts.
1	12	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	57	01:34:24	25
2	3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	57	+4.351s	18
3	1	Lando Norris	McLaren	57	+5.089s	15
4	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	57	+29.116s	12
5	63	George Russell	Mercedes	57	+29.829s	10
6	30	Liam Lawson	Red Bull Racing	57	+86.746s	8
7	43	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	57	+94.281s	6
8	81	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	57	+95.839s	4
9	41	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls	56	+1 lap	2
10	27	Nico Hulkenberg	Audi	56	+1 lap	1
11	31	Esteban Ocon	Haas F1 Team	56	+1 lap	0
12	10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	56	+1 lap	0
13	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	56	+1 lap	0
14	22	Yuki Tsunoda	Racing Bulls	56	+1 lap	0
15	23	Alexander Albon	Williams	56	+1 lap	0
16	87	Oliver Bearman	Haas F1 Team	56	+1 lap	0
17	14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	55	+2 laps	0
18	77	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac	54	+3 laps	0
NC	55	Carlos Sainz	Williams	43	DNF	0
NC	11	Sergio Perez	Cadillac	31	DNF	0
NC	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	12	DNF	0
NC	44	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	6	DNF	0

2026 Spanish Grand Prix race Fastest Lap

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Lap	Time of Day	Time	Avg. Speed
1	63	George Russell	Mercedes	49	16:26:03	1:35.587	203.902
2	12	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	57	16:38:27	1:36.030	202.961
3	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	50	16:27:37	1:36.063	202.891
4	1	Lando Norris	McLaren	52	16:30:27	1:36.680	201.597
5	3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	52	16:30:26	1:36.760	201.43
6	30	Liam Lawson	Red Bull Racing	49	16:26:49	1:36.846	201.251
7	81	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	48	16:25:20	1:37.226	200.464
8	87	Oliver Bearman	Haas F1 Team	46	16:21:50	1:37.308	200.295
9	43	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	52	16:31:49	1:37.321	200.269
10	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	51	16:29:03	1:37.837	199.212
11	27	Nico Hulkenberg	Audi	50	16:28:40	1:38.114	198.65
12	31	Esteban Ocon	Haas F1 Team	49	16:27:06	1:38.119	198.64
13	10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	36	16:05:18	1:38.141	198.595
14	41	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls	40	16:12:06	1:38.211	198.454
15	22	Yuki Tsunoda	Racing Bulls	55	16:36:10	1:38.396	198.081
16	14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	41	16:13:54	1:39.003	196.866
17	77	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac	47	16:23:34	1:39.130	196.614
18	23	Alexander Albon	Williams	48	16:24:48	1:39.397	196.086
19	44	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	3	15:09:09	1:39.839	195.218
20	55	Carlos Sainz	Williams	38	16:07:52	1:40.195	194.524
21	11	Sergio Perez	Cadillac	16	15:32:43	1:41.116	192.752
22	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	11	15:23:21	1:43.462	188.382

2026 Post-Race F1 Championship Standings

Championship standings for Drivers’ and Teams after the 2026 Spanish Grand Prix.

2026 Post-Race F1 Drivers’ Championship Standings

POS	Driver	Nationality	Car	PTS
1	Kimi Antonelli	ITA	Mercedes	292
2	George Russell	GBR	Mercedes	211
3	Lewis Hamilton	GBR	Ferrari	191
4	Lando Norris	GBR	McLaren	186
5	Charles Leclerc	MON	Ferrari	167
6	Max Verstappen	NED	Red Bull Racing	145
7	Oscar Piastri	AUS	McLaren	120
8	Isack Hadjar	FRA	Red Bull Racing	71
9	Liam Lawson	NZL	Red Bull Racing	59
10	Pierre Gasly	FRA	Alpine	41
11	Arvid Lindblad	GBR	Racing Bulls	31
12	Franco Colapinto	ARG	Alpine	27
13	Oliver Bearman	GBR	Haas F1 Team	18
14	Gabriel Bortoleto	BRA	Audi	10
15	Nico Hulkenberg	GER	Audi	7
16	Carlos Sainz	ESP	Williams	6
17	Alexander Albon	THA	Williams	5
18	Esteban Ocon	FRA	Haas F1 Team	3
19	Fernando Alonso	ESP	Aston Martin	3
20	Yuki Tsunoda	JPN	Racing Bulls	1
21	Lance Stroll	CAN	Aston Martin	0
22	Valtteri Bottas	FIN	Cadillac	0
23	Sergio Perez	MEX	Cadillac	0

2026 Post-Race F1 Constructors’ Championship Standings

POS	Car	PTS
1	Mercedes	503
2	Ferrari	358
3	McLaren	306
4	Red Bull Racing	230
5	Racing Bulls	77
6	Alpine	68
7	Haas F1 Team	21
8	Audi	17
9	Williams	11
10	Aston Martin	3
11	Cadillac	0

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Ben is a staff writer specialising in F1 from the 1990s to the modern era. Ben has been following Formula 1 since 1986 and is an avid researcher who loves understanding the technology that makes it one of the most exciting motorsport on the planet. He listens to podcasts about F1 on a daily basis, and enjoys reading books from the inspirational Adrian Newey to former F1 drivers.