Hulkenberg qualified ninth in Barcelona — Audi's first Q3 of the 2026 season — after managing a nervy session with limited tyres and flagging Sunday heat as the key factor.

Sainz scraped into Q2 as the lowest qualifier through Q1 at his Barcelona home race, admitting the Williams is far off the pace — but banking on Sunday's chaos for points.

ART driver Kush Maini earned his first F2 Sprint Race victory in over a year in Catalunya, beating MP Motorsport's Gabriele Mini by almost seven seconds to take the win.

“I said to the team: We don't really need to worry about it,” remarked Rodin Motorsport’s Alex Dunne, speaking to DIVEBOMB after his F2 qualifying performance in Barcelona. Dunne had faced a major setback during a qualifying session. His first lap time of the session, a 1:25.528, was deleted after he was found to have snuck over the white lines denoting the track limits at Turn 13. His streak of finishing in the top four in every Friday qualifying stood at risk of being erode

Lewis Hamilton concluded his single Friday practice session in ninth, a worryingly 1.2 seconds off the pace, leaving the Briton with more questions than answers over new upgrades.

10 years ago in Barcelona, Max Verstappen wrote history by becoming the first Dutch driver to win a grand prix the first time he drove the Red Bull. What are his chances to repeat that outing with the same team on the same track a decade later?

Invicta Racing's Joshua Dürksen and Hitech's Ritomo Miyata have received penalties for their infringements during F2's qualifying session in Barcelona on Friday. The Paraguayan driver was picked up after speeding under yellow flags, a result of Miyata's incident at the final corner only moments earlier. The Hitech man endured a torrid spin as he entered the corner, veering into the gravel and bringing the session to a halt.

Rafael Câmara emerged on top after an exciting F2 qualifying session in Barcelona on Friday. He took pole position by 0.135 seconds from Joshua Dürksen, with Alex Dunne rounding out the top three after an early lap time deletion in the session.

Barcelona-Catalunya played host to the end of the first double-header of F3’s 2026 season, with Théophile Naël securing his third consecutive pole position in qualifying for Campos.

Formula One’s mandatory rookie running rule means seven drivers will take over the first Free Practice Session at the 2026 Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix this weekend.

Written by Jason Sharp Credit: Formula One Formula One returns to the familiar Circuit De Barcelona-Catalunya for Round 7 of the World Championship. It was George Russell who topped the time sheet in FP1 with a 1:16.363, 0.203 seconds ahead of Oscar Piastri in P2 while Charles Leclerc finished P3. This is an important weekend for Russell after two consecutive non-scoring weekends while his championship rival and teammate, Kimi Antonelli, has now won five races in a row. Bu

For Spain’s home hero Carlos Sainz, the 2026 Formula One season isn’t going quite the way he’d like yet. He’s only finished in the points a couple of times, and is yet to get a better finish than ninth place.

Liam Lawson is having a great season so far. He has finished in the points in almost every race he has finished. He is ninth in the drivers’ standings and he tied his career-best finish in Monaco last week.

A 66-point lead in the championship fight is a significant achievement for anyone, but for 19-year-old Kimi Antonelli, it's just another day. Here's where his head is at ahead of the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix.

Home race favourite Fernando Alonso has just dropped a major hint about his future in Formula One ahead of the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix.