Barcelona delivers F1's first all-British podium since 1968
The 2026 Spanish Grand Prix produced Formula 1's first all-British podium since the 1968 United States Grand Prix, a gap of 58 years. Lewis Hamilton won ahead of George Russell and Lando Norris, echoing the 1968 Watkins Glen podium of Jackie Stewart, Graham Hill and John Surtees.
58 years between British sweeps
The podium at the 2026 Spanish Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton, George Russell and Lando Norris, was the first all-British rostrum in Formula 1 since the 1968 United States Grand Prix at Watkins Glen.[1] That race, held 58 years earlier, finished with Jackie Stewart, Graham Hill and John Surtees filling the top three.[1]
A rare clean sweep
Despite Britain producing more world champions than any other nation, all-British podiums are among the rarest results in the sport, clustered largely in the 1950s and 1960s.[2] The Barcelona result ended by some distance the longest drought between them.[1]
:::analysis Three different teams shared this one, Ferrari, Mercedes and McLaren, which makes it less a story of a single dominant British car and more a snapshot of how many British drivers sit at the front of the current grid at once. That spread across rival teams is what had been missing for nearly six decades.
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Related reading
- [1]1968 United States Grand Prix (Wikipedia) (wikipedia-en). Accessed 2026-06-19.
- [2]Fifty-eight years on: the previous all-British F1 podium (Motor Sport) (motorsport-magazine). Accessed 2026-06-19.