2026 F1 Barcelona Grand Prix - Friday Practice Results

F1 grid: Starting positions for Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix

F1 heads to a renamed Barcelona grand prix for round seven, with the Spanish GP having shifted to Madrid

The key challenge teams will need to manage in Barcelona

Tyre degradation is expected to be one of the key talking points that could make for an unpredictable Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix

What we learned from Friday practice at the 2026 Barcelona Grand Prix

Barcelona is a familiar circuit to everyone in the paddock, with many considering it a benchmark of progress - but all indications are that tyre overheating and degradation will play a huge role in this weekend's F1 race

Barcelona-Catalunya GP: Friday's action in pictures

Here is our first selection of pictures from the Barcelona-Catalunya GP weekend, round 7 of the 2026 F1 World Championship.

F1 Barcelona GP 2026 practice results

Below you'll find the practice results from Formula 1's Barcelona race - with three practices in this non-sprint weekend.After the first day of action on track, George Russell and Lando Norris split the session topping times, with FP2 providing many driver's first experience of action today after a host of rookies and young drivers took over in FP1.FP21 Lando Norris (McLaren) 1m15.426s2 George Russell (Mercedes) +0.009s3 Oscar Piastri (McLaren) …

F1 - 2026 Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix - Friday Press Conference

Sport newsTEAM REPRESENTATIVES Mattia BINOTTO (Audi), Toto WOLFF (Mercedes), Ayao KOMATSU (Haas) Q: If we could start with a question to all of you. From what we hear, all three of your teams will get some additional development and upgrade opportunities. Just how valuable will that be? Mattia, perhaps we could start with you.MB: For Audi it will be a significant benefit. I think it's what we were expecting. Since the very start of the season, w…