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Less than 10 minutes remain before lights out. The grid is beginning to clear, and we are ready for the fun to begin.
Hadjar in Barcelona
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F1 Barcelona GP LIVE: Hamilton takes first Ferrari win; Antonelli retires
Live coverage of Sunday at the F1 Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix
KEY MOMENTS
- Russell starts from pole with Hamilton and Antonelli behind
- Antonelli looks to make it six wins in a row
- Monaco fallout continues with Red Bull and McLaren looking to appeal Gasly podium
The seventh round of the 2026 Formula 1 season takes place at the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix.
There is perhaps no track on the F1 calendar better known to the drivers than the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, with the pre-pre-season behind-closed-doors test having taken place at the Spanish venue earlier this year, and endless tests having taken place on the circuit across the years.
With long straights and several major braking zones, overtaking is certainly possible on the 4.65km layout, but the action can be somewhat muted, with few viewing the venue as a favourite.
After the build-up to the weekend was dominated by Alpine's appeal against penalties handed to Pierre Gasly in Monaco, the Frenchman was returned to the podium positions on Friday morning. Red Bull and McLaren have now registered an intent to appeal that decision, meaning the topic continues to rumble on.
As for the on-track action, Kimi Antonelli is looking to further extend his championship lead with a sixth victory in succession. He has already equalled Lewis Hamilton's career-best winning streak, and could surpass that marker on Sunday. Highlighting the achievement, only Max Verstappen (10), Sebastian Vettel (9), Nico Roseberg (7), Michael Schumacher (7), and Alberto Ascari (7) have won more than five in a row.
But it was George Russell who took pole position on Saturday, with former team-mate Lewis Hamilton joining him on the front row, this his first in Ferrari colours. Antonelli starts third.
The battle for the podium is set to be fierce, with Lando Norris, Max Verstappen, Isack Hadjar, and Oscar Piastri all showing strong pace in qualifying.
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2026 Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix Sunday schedule
Grand Prix: 2:00PM BST - 4:00PM BST
14 Jun 2026
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So what level of chaos can we expect today? Well, after qualifying, the top three predicted that we could see a mix of two and three-stop plans, with a one-stop deemed "impossible". This could make for some insane variability, especially as Verstappen burned a set of hard tyres on Friday.
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And now, it's time for the national anthem.
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Why Mercedes is appealing George Russell’s Monaco F1 penalties - despite expecting to fail
Why Mercedes is appealing George Russell’s Monaco F1 penalties - despite expecting to fail
The Mercedes Formula 1 team has confirmed it is appealing the controversial penalties handed to George Russell at the Monaco Grand Prix.
Russell’s race in Monaco was wrecked after he was one of five drivers to be hit with pit lane speeding offences. Having failed to correctly serve the punishment due to a Mercedes blunder, Russell was then handed a drive-through penalty that dropped him out of the points.
Russell’s race in Monaco was wrecked after he was one of five drivers to be hit with pit lane speeding offences. Having failed to correctly serve the punishment due to a Mercedes blunder, Russell was then handed a drive-through penalty that dropped him out of the points.
Russell's race was wrecked by penalties in Monaco
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25 minutes until lights out. The air temp has hit 30.6C, but the track temp is a roasting 50.7C. With minimal wind, cooling will be difficult to the extreme today.
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100-up for Russell
On pole position, the Barcelona-Catalunya GP marks a special occasion for the Briton, as he celebrates his 100th GP for Mercedes.
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Last year, Spain threw up a cracker of a race, which ultimately could be viewed as having cost Verstappen the title after he intentionally drove into the side of Russell's Mercedes. Out of the championship picture at the time, his late-season resurgence saw him narrowly miss out on the crown, ironically, by fewer points than he dropped with his Spanish penalty.
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Pit lane opens
The drivers are now out on the track, with the pit lane open for the laps to the grid.
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The action so far this weekend has been slightly lacking, but with rapidly degrading tyres and very high temperatures, things could get very interesting across the coming two hours or so.
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Welcome to Race Day
Good afternoon and welcome to Barcelona for race day at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. Russell starts from pole with Hamilton alongside for the first time as a Ferrari driver. Antonelli is third, with the McLaren and Red Bull pairings close behind.