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Lewis Hamilton Ferrari win sparks Charles Leclerc warning from Jacques Villeneuve

Motorsport - Sun, 2026-06-14 17:57
1997 Formula 1 champion Jacques Villeneuve has argued that Lewis Hamilton's first win with Ferrari at the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix has not only firmly put the seven-time champion into the title picture, but could also lead to internal tension with his team-mate Charles Leclerc.
After starting the race in Barcelona from second on the grid, Hamilton and Ferrari pulled off a three-stop ...Keep reading

Kimi Antonelli's Barcelona GP retirement prompts reliability concerns at Mercedes

Motorsport - Sun, 2026-06-14 17:27
Formula 1 championship leader Kimi Antonelli was left feeling ‘emotionally empty’ after his late retirement at the Barcelona Grand Prix, which sparked reliability concerns at Mercedes.
The 19-year-old was running second behind Lewis Hamilton before suffering an engine failure that caused Antonelli to retire with three laps remaining on Sunday.
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Nico Rosberg backs Lewis Hamilton momentum after "historic" Barcelona F1 win

Motorsport - Sun, 2026-06-14 16:51
2016 Formula 1 champion Nico Rosberg believes Lewis Hamilton's "spectacular" Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix victory will propel the 41-year-old to even greater heights in the 2026 championship battle.
Following a blockbuster switch to Ferrari in 2025, Hamilton initially endured a challenging start to his much-anticipated career in Maranello. After adapting to the new team in 2025, he has ...Keep reading

Hamilton wins first grand prix for Ferrari as Antonelli retires

Formula 1 at the BBC - Sun, 2026-06-14 16:35
Lewis Hamilton takes his first victory for Ferrari in a compelling Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix as championship leader Kimi Antonelli retires.

F1 championship: Lewis Hamilton takes 25 points out of Kimi Antonelli's lead

Motorsport - Sun, 2026-06-14 16:19
By winning the Formula 1 Barcelona Grand Prix while championship leader Kimi Antonelli retired, Lewis Hamilton takes 25 points from the Italian's lead, with the gap now reduced to 41 points compared to 66 when arriving in Spain. Third-placed, George Russell moves back to within 50 points of his team-mate.
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Lewis Hamilton's emotional message on first Ferrari F1 win: "You helped me achieve this dream"

Motorsport - Sun, 2026-06-14 15:52
Lewis Hamilton thanked Ferrari for helping him "achieve a dream" after taking his maiden grand prix win as a member of the Scuderia.
Hamilton and Ferrari went on the offensive in F1's tyre battle on a sweltering Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. Unlike most other frontrunners, including poleman George Russell, Hamilton opted for a start of softs, with the excessive tyre degradation all but ...Keep reading

F1 Barcelona GP: Lewis Hamilton takes maiden Ferrari win as Kimi Antonelli retires late

Motorsport - Sun, 2026-06-14 15:45
A strategic masterclass gave Lewis Hamilton his maiden victory for Ferrari at the Barcelona Grand Prix while Formula 1 championship leader Kimi Antonelli retired late on.
The Mercedes driver was set to finish second behind Hamilton before an engine failure struck with three laps remaining, handing the runner-up spot to team-mate George Russell.
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Five quick takeaways from the F1 Barcelona GP

Motorsport - Sun, 2026-06-14 15:40
Lewis Hamilton's first Ferrari win doesn't come out of nowhere
In his 31st grand prix start for Ferrari, Lewis Hamilton has finally taken the Scuderia to the top step of the podium, his first win in two calendar years.
You can't say it hadn't been coming. Surrounding himself with an engineering team and boasting a SF-26 that he had significant input in, Hamilton has been a totally different ...Keep reading

Camara victorious in strategic F2 Barcelona Feature Race

Formula 1 - Sun, 2026-06-14 15:37
Rafael Camara converted pole position into a first FIA Formula 2 race victory.

OFFICIAL GRID: Who starts where for the Barcelona-Catalunya GP

Formula 1 - Sun, 2026-06-14 15:37
The full official starting order for Sunday's 2026 Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix.

LIVE COVERAGE: Antonelli retires as Hamilton leads in Barcelona

Formula 1 - Sun, 2026-06-14 15:37
Live coverage of Sunday's Formula 1 MSC Cruises Gran Premio de Barcelona-Catalunya 2026 in Spain.

Le Mans 24h: Toyota beats BMW, Cadillac for first win in four years

Motorsport - Sun, 2026-06-14 15:05
Toyota outgunned LMDh rivals BMW and Cadillac with its radically overhauled TR010 Hybrid to score an emphatic victory in the Le Mans 24 Hours.
Nyck de Vries, Kamui Kobayashi and Mike Conway claimed the top spot in the #7 Toyota at the end of a tense if low-drama race, with the sister car driven by Brendon Hartley, Ryo Hirakawa and Sebastien Buemi finishing third.
The two Toyotas were ...Keep reading

Fernando Alonso jokes watching Barcelona GP is “better than in the car”

Motorsport - Sun, 2026-06-14 14:23
Fernando Alonso delivered a brilliant moment of self-deprecatory humour ahead of the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix, jokingly telling his passionate fans that he would rather watch the race from the grandstands than from his Aston Martin Formula 1 car.
The two-time champion was taking part in the traditional pre-race drivers' parade at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya when the viral moment ...Keep reading

Le Mans race-ending Cadillac failure is a “dagger in the heart” – Sebastien Bourdais

Motorsport - Sun, 2026-06-14 12:34
Sebastien Bourdais has branded his retirement from the 2026 Le Mans 24 Hours a “dagger in the heart”, after the #38 Cadillac was taken out of the race by a power steering failure.
Over the first half of the race, the #38 V-Series.R shared by Bourdais, Jack Aitken and Earl Bamber firmly was one of the main contenders for victory alongside the sister #12 car, the #8 Toyota and the #20 ...Keep reading

Nael dominates in Barcelona to earn maiden F3 victory

Formula 1 - Sun, 2026-06-14 12:33
Théophile Nael earned his first victory in FIA Formula 3 with a dominant lights-to-flag victory in the Barcelona Feature Race.

How Alonso turned Spain into a motorsport mad nation

Formula 1 - Sun, 2026-06-14 12:33
20 years on from his first win on home soil in Barcelona, we examine just how much of an influence Fernando Alonso has been to Spanish F1 fans.

Oliver Bearman surprised by Q2 Barcelona result after "worst" F1 car in FP3

Motorsport - Sun, 2026-06-14 12:10
Oliver Bearman was surprised to reach Q2 at the Barcelona Grand Prix after battling the “worst” Formula 1 car he’s ever driven that morning in final practice.
The Haas driver will start Sunday’s contest in 15th for what is his best qualifying result since the Miami Grand Prix, where he took 13th en route to 11th in that race.
But the 21-year-old feared a Q1 exit in Spain after ...Keep reading

Two hidden factors that could decide the F1 Barcelona GP

Motorsport - Sun, 2026-06-14 10:18
While the first months of 2026 have been dominated by discussions about power units and energy management, a different topic has taken centre stage in Barcelona: tyres. Supplier Pirelli says it is not necessarily looking for that kind of attention, although given the conditions it is unavoidable.
The Barcelona Grand Prix is the hottest F1 weekend of the 2026 season so far, with track ...Keep reading

Le Mans 24h, H18: BMW in lead as Porsche crash triggers safety car

Motorsport - Sun, 2026-06-14 09:37
BMW held the overall lead in the Le Mans 24 Hours at the start of the 19th hour, as a crash for a Porsche GT3 car brought out the safety car.
Suffering from a likely steering wheel issue, reigning DTM champion Ayhancan Guven went straight into the barriers at the exit of the first Mulsanne chicane as he struggled to turn the car. The #91 Manthey Porsche 911 GT3 suffered terminal damage as it ...Keep reading

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