Mercedes F1 boss Toto Wolff opened up about George Russell’s on-track struggles, how the race would’ve played out for Kimi Antonelli without the assistance of the Virtual Safety Car, and whether the Brit could’ve pulled off a one-stop strategy following their haul of 35 points at the 2026 Spanish GP on Sunday. In Madrid, the…
Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli has become the first winner of the F1 2026 Spanish GP at the Madring. Although happy with the result, the Drivers’ Championship leader admitted he felt Norris should have gotten the win, if not for an unlucky VSC. It was a pretty uneventful race at the Madring. Antonelli had qualified P2 on…
The 2026 F1 Spanish GP had an unexpected polesitter in Lando Norris, who surprised the field with what he called one of his best laps in qualifying. Ollie Bearman was forced to start from the pit lane as a result of his FP3 crash. Other than that, the race promised to be one of questions:…
Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli will be starting the 2026 F1 Spanish GP on the front row in P2 behind McLaren’s Lando Norris. This will mark the Italian driver’s seventh of his very dominant 2026 F1 season to date. Despite narrowly missing out on pole, Antonelli reflected that due to the challenging nature of the Madring circuit,…
George Russell will start the 2026 F1 Spanish GP from P6 as the Mercedes driver had a disappointing Q3 at the Madring on Saturday. 2nd in the World Championship, he is four spots behind Kimi Antonelli heading into tomorrow’s race, with Lewis Hamilton also ahead of him at the grid as the seven-time World Champion…
Kimi Antonelli topped the timesheets during a chaotic FP3 at the 2026 F1 Spanish GP, view the full session report here. Friday’s Free Practice sessions saw Mercedes set the pace, with George Russell leading FP1 and Kimi Antonelli topping FP2 ahead of the Ferrari pair. Arvid Lindblad became the first F1 driver to find the…
It has been a very strong start to the 2026 F1 Spanish GP for Mercedes, with George Russell and Kimi Antonelli setting the fastest laps in FP1 and FP2, respectively. In FP1, Mercedes secured a 1-2 finish as Russell set the fastest time of the session with a 1:34.077 on soft tyres, 0.286s ahead of…
Mercedes driver George Russell heads into the 2026 F1 Spanish GP in Madrid clinging onto P2 in the World Drivers’ Championship behind teammate Kimi Antonelli. While Russell seemed a shoo-in to win last week’s race in Monza, it was Antonelli who took scored a home race victory starting from P19 on the grid. Now, Russell…
Championship leader Kimi Antonelli relived the emotions felt following his historical F1 Italian GP race win, recounting the praise received from fellow young Monza winner and four-time World Champion Sebastian Vettel. The Mercedes man delivered a thoroughly impressive driving performance, starting from P19 on the grid and swiftly making his way through the pack. In…
Team Principal Andrea Stella shared his thoughts on how McLaren’s overall execution of the 2026 Italian GP was, the challenges of energy management, the impact of the powerful slipstream at Monza, the set-up changes they made, and their current weaknesses after Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri came home in P4 and P5, respectively, on Sunday….
