2026 Spanish Grand Prix

The event will be held at the Madring in Madrid for the first time in the circuit's history, and for the first time as a host for the Spanish Grand Prix, across the weekend of 11–13 September.^[2] The most recent venue to hold the Spanish Grand Prix was the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya at Montmeló, Spain, which currently hosts the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix on rotation with the Belgian Grand Prix. The Grand Prix will be the fourteenth round of the 2026 Formula One World Championship and the 56th running of the Spanish Grand Prix as a round of the Formula One World Championship.^[3]

Three free practice sessions were held for the event. The first free practice session was held on 11 September 2026, at 13:30 local time (UTC+2), and was topped by George Russell (Mercedes) ahead of his teammate Kimi Antonelli and Charles Leclerc (Ferrari). The second free practice session was held on the same day, at 17:00 local time, and was topped by Antonelli ahead of Leclerc and his teammate Lewis Hamilton. A red flag was observed due to Arvid Lindblad (Racing Bulls) hitting the wall at turn 13. The third free practice session was held on 12 September 2026, at 12:30 local time, and was topped by Antonelli ahead of Leclerc and Oscar Piastri (McLaren). The session was red-flagged twice; the first came after Hamilton crashed into the wall at turn 22, while the second was observed in the closing stages due to Oliver Bearman (Haas) hitting the wall at turns 10.^[1]

Qualifying was held on 12 September 2026, at 16:00 local time (UTC+2), and determined the starting grid order for the race.^[1]

Qualifying classification

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Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Qualifying times			Final grid
				Q1	Q2	Q3
1	1	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	1:33.469	1:32.873	1:31.824	1
2	12	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	1:33.267	1:32.591	1:31.835	2
3	3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-Red Bull Ford	1:33.381	1:32.431	1:31.964	3
4	44	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	1:33.531	1:32.710	1:32.013	4
5	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:33.532	1:32.755	1:32.019	5
6	63	George Russell	Mercedes	1:33.211	1:32.850	1:32.149	6
7	81	Oscar Piastri	McLaren-Mercedes	1:33.829	1:33.204	1:32.294	7
8	30	Liam Lawson	Red Bull Racing-Red Bull Ford	1:33.310	1:32.780	1:32.316	8
9	43	Franco Colapinto	Alpine-Mercedes	1:33.963	1:33.038	1:32.903	9
10	41	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls-Red Bull Ford	1:34.340	1:33.204	1:33.041	10
11	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Audi	1:34.417	1:33.223	N/A	11
12	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	1:33.986	1:33.388	N/A	12
13	31	Esteban Ocon	Haas-Ferrari	1:34.667	1:33.667	N/A	13
14	10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine-Mercedes	1:34.246	1:33.753	N/A	14
15	22	Yuki Tsunoda	Racing Bulls-Red Bull Ford	1:34.311	1:34.084	N/A	15
16	23	Alexander Albon	Atlassian Williams-Mercedes	1:35.307	1:35.532	N/A	16
17	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Atlassian Williams-Mercedes	1:35.312	N/A	N/A	20a
18	14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin Aramco-Honda	1:35.388	N/A	N/A	17
19	11	Sergio Pérez	Cadillac-Ferrari	1:35.913	N/A	N/A	18
20	77	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac-Ferrari	1:38.011	N/A	N/A	19
107% time: 1:39.735
—	87	Oliver Bearman	Haas-Ferrari	No time	N/A	N/A	PLb
—	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin Aramco-Honda	No time	N/A	N/A	21c
Source:[8][9]

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Notes

• ^a – Carlos Sainz Jr. received a three-place grid penalty for impeding Valtteri Bottas in Q1.^[9][10]
• ^b – Oliver Bearman did not take part in qualifying. He was allowed to race at the stewards' discretion, but was required to start from the pit lane as his car was modified under parc fermé conditions.^[9][11][12]
• ^c – Lance Stroll failed to set a time during qualifying. He was allowed to race at the stewards' discretion. He also received a 40-place grid penalty for exceeding his quota of power unit elements.^[9][11][13]

The race is currently being held on 13 September 2026, at 15:00 local time (UTC+2), and will be run for 57 laps.^[1]

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