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Race weekend · 2026

Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix

Formula 1 MSC Cruises Gran Premio de Barcelona-Catalunya 2026

Circuit
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya
  • Location: Montmelo, Spain
  • Length: 4.657 km
  • Corners: 14
  • DRS zones: 2
  • Pit lane delta: 22s
  • Lap record: 1:16.330(Max Verstappen, 2023)
Track guide
Session schedule (UTC)
  • Free Practice 1
    Fri, 12 Jun 2026 11:30:00 UTC
  • Free Practice 2
    Fri, 12 Jun 2026 15:00:00 UTC
  • Free Practice 3
    Sat, 13 Jun 2026 10:30:00 UTC
  • Qualifying ↓
    Sat, 13 Jun 2026 14:00:00 UTC
  • Race ↓
    Sun, 14 Jun 2026 13:00:00 UTC
Free practice

2026 Barcelona-Catalunya GP Practice: FP1, FP2 and FP3, Plus the Rookie Session

Full report →
George Russell topped both FP1 and FP3 at the 2026 Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix, with Lando Norris quickest in FP2 by nine thousandths. McLaren, Mercedes and Ferrari ran close all weekend. FP1 also featured seven rooki...
Race result
PosDriverTeamPtsStatus
P1Lewis HamiltonFerrari25Finished
P2George RussellMercedes18Finished
P3Lando NorrisMcLaren15Finished
P4Max VerstappenRed Bull12Finished
P5Oscar PiastriMcLaren10Finished
P6Isack HadjarRed Bull8Lapped
P7Pierre GaslyAlpine6Lapped
P8Franco ColapintoAlpine4Lapped
P9Liam LawsonRB2Lapped
P10Arvid LindbladRB1Lapped
P11Gabriel BortoletoAudi0Lapped
P12Carlos SainzWilliams0Lapped
P13Esteban OconHaas0Lapped
P14Sergio PérezCadillac0Lapped
P15Charles LeclercFerrari0Retired
P16Andrea Kimi AntonelliMercedes0Retired
P17Oliver BearmanHaas0Retired
NCNico HülkenbergAudi0Retired
NCValtteri BottasCadillac0Retired
NCLance StrollAston Martin0Retired
NCAlexander AlbonWilliams0Lapped
NCFernando AlonsoAston Martin0Retired

Official race classification via the Jolpica-F1 (Ergast) API. NC = not classified (retired before the finish).

Pit stops
DriverStopsFastest stop
Alexander Albon412.000s (fastest)
George Russell221.677s
Oscar Piastri221.776s
Lando Norris221.791s
Isack Hadjar321.949s
Andrea Kimi Antonelli222.038s
Charles Leclerc222.125s
Fernando Alonso122.220s
Max Verstappen322.273s
Gabriel Bortoleto322.285s
Franco Colapinto222.290s
Arvid Lindblad222.476s
Lewis Hamilton322.477s
Carlos Sainz322.595s
Pierre Gasly222.682s
Nico Hülkenberg122.869s
Esteban Ocon322.965s
Oliver Bearman223.118s
Liam Lawson223.172s
Valtteri Bottas123.280s
Sergio Pérez323.912s

Pit-stop timings via the Jolpica-F1 (Ergast) API. "Fastest stop" is each driver's quickest stationary time.

Qualifying result · provisional
PosDriverTeamBest timeGap
P1George RussellMercedes1:14.679pole
P2Lewis HamiltonFerrari1:14.743+0.064
P3Kimi AntonelliMercedes1:14.998+0.319
P4Lando NorrisMcLaren1:15.001+0.322
P5Max VerstappenRed Bull1:15.021+0.342
P6Isack HadjarRed Bull1:15.077+0.398
P7Oscar PiastriMcLaren1:15.090+0.411
P8Liam LawsonRacing Bulls1:16.542+1.863
P9Nico HulkenbergAudi1:16.657+1.978
P10Charles LeclercFerrari--
P11Arvid LindbladRacing Bulls1:15.840+1.161
P12Gabriel BortoletoAudi1:16.001+1.322
P13Franco ColapintoAlpine1:16.191+1.512
P14Pierre GaslyAlpine1:16.261+1.582
P15Oliver BearmanHaas1:16.389+1.710
P16Carlos SainzWilliams1:16.881+2.202
P17Esteban OconHaas1:17.073+2.394
P18Alex AlbonWilliams1:17.424+2.745
P19Sergio PerezCadillac1:17.545+2.866
P20Valtteri BottasCadillac1:17.757+3.078

Gap is to pole. Times are each driver's session best (Q3 for the top 10, then Q2, then Q1), so a Q2 lap can read quicker than a red-flag-compromised Q3 lap. Provisional classification from race-weekend reporting; the full official result lands automatically once published.

Strategy & analysis
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya circuit guide
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