McLaren lodges appeal against decision to cancel Gasly Monaco penalties McLaren has lodged a notification of appeal with the FIA International Court of Appeal against the adjusted result of Formula 1’s Monaco Grand Prix.On the Friday after the Monaco GP, the stewards cancelled Pierre Gasly’s two penalties, which resulted in him moving from seventh to third in the adjusted classification. This was due to an admission of a Formula One Management measurement error having... Read more: https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/mclaren-lodges-appeal-against-decision-to-cancel-gasly-monaco-penalties/

Haas to try McLaren's F2 champion in private F1 test Haas has handed McLaren reserve and reigning Formula 2 champion Leonardo Fornaroli a two-day test in its 2025 Formula 1 car. Fornaroli made his FP1 debut with McLaren at Barcelona, impressing the team and finishing as the fastest of the seven drivers who subbed in for first practice. He'd already conducted Testing of Previous Cars (TPC) running with McLaren at Barcelona, Silverstone and Austin.Haa... Read more: https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/haas-to-try-mclarens-f2-champion-in-private-f1-test/

New F1 track's standout corner explained + our verdict on it At 10-metres high, 550-metres long, and pitched at the maximum 24% angle that the FIA will allow for a Formula 1 circuit, Madrid's La Monumental banked turn already has plenty going for it.But beyond a potential 300km/h corner entry speed, and a predicted sustained 4G compression for two seconds at around 250km/h in the middle of it, the turn has something else that is unique.There is a blind exit... Read more: https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/madrid-f1-track-spanish-gp-standout-corner-la-monumental-our-verdict/

How the biggest weekend of Herta's F1 mission really went Barcelona will go down as an important weekend in Colton Herta's mission to get to Formula 1 for two key reasons.The most obvious is the successful completion of his maiden F1 practice outing for Cadillac, his first real-world experience of the new-generation F1 cars, for which he walked away from IndyCar in favour of Formula 2 and a potential route onto the F1 grid.FP1 at Barcelona wasn't Herta's... Read more: https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/colton-herta-f1-mission-how-biggest-weekend-yet-really-went/

Hamilton's real Barcelona pace advantage explained There is little doubt that Lewis Hamilton received a big helping hand in his charge to victory in Formula 1's Barcelona Grand Prix with the late-race virtual safety car.But was the VSC a single element stroke of luck that effectively won the race and derailed any hope for Mercedes? Or would Hamilton have still triumphed without it?That is something that nobody can be totally sure about, but there ... Read more: https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/hamiltons-real-barcelona-pace-advantage-explained/

What Barcelona exposed about every F1 team's car Barcelona gave F1’s 11 teams the most brutal test of their cars so far this year - and exposed some serious weaknesses. The Spanish circuit is a proper stress test of aerodynamic performance and the all-round car and engine package, giving us the clearest read of every team’s main limitations yet - and dishing out a few painful reality checks... Mercedes' 'big concern'Barcelona was the first race ... Read more: https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/what-barcelona-exposed-about-every-f1-2026-car/

Edd Straw's 2026 F1 Barcelona Grand Prix driver rankings A multi-stop inaugural Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix shuffled the usual Formula 1 2026 cards - and a legend of the sport navigated its challenges the best.But how did the rest of the field stack up? Find out in our driver rankings.Want to quiz Edd on his driver rankings? Sign up to The Race Members' Club to do exactly that - and ask your questions in replies to this post.Champions-tier members ca... Read more: https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/barcelona-grand-prix-f1-2026-driver-rankings-edd-straw/

Red Bull holds onto Gasly's trophy as it ponders appeal The Red Bull Formula 1 team has not yet handed over the Monaco Grand Prix third place trophy to Alpine's Pierre Gasly, as it ponders going ahead with an appeal against Isack Hadjar's lost podium.Following a successful right of review hearing that took place over the Barcelona Grand Prix weekend, Gasly was reinstated to the third-place finish that he took on the road in Monte Carlo – pushing Hadjar... Read more: https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/red-bull-holds-onto-gaslys-trophy-as-it-ponders-appeal/

Everything that made Lewis Hamilton's first Ferrari F1 win possible That Lewis Hamilton was made to wonder "maybe it is true that when you get to a certain point, you lose it" during his first year with Ferrari says a lot about the 18-month effort that has finally yielded his first Formula 1 grand prix victory with the team.Hamilton admitted his "dream" of winning for Ferrari in F1 seemed impossible during 2025 but a wide range of factors - from internal changes, ... Read more: https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/lewis-hamilton-first-ferrari-f1-win-what-made-it-possible/

Colapinto loses two places to Barcelona GP penalty Franco Colapinto has lost three of his four points at Formula 1's Barcelona Grand Prix because of a post-race penalty.The Alpine driver was found to have failed to slow for a yellow flag that was shown while Fernando Alonso's Aston Martin was being recovered at Turn 10.The stewards said that while Colapinto "slightly reduced speed before entering the single yellow flag zone, [he] did not discernib... Read more: https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/franco-colapinto-loses-two-places-f1-barcelona-gp-post-race-penalty/

Antonelli's post-race Barcelona penalty and McLaren's role in it Kimi Antonelli received a five-second post-race penalty for multiple track-limits infringements despite retiring from Formula 1's Barcelona Grand Prix, with McLaren drawing the stewards' attention to key evidence.Antonelli's car suffered an electrical shutdown not long after he had nicked second place from his main title rival, Mercedes team-mate George Russell.At the time, Antonelli had already p... Read more: https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/kimi-antonelli-barcelona-gp-f1-track-limits-penalty-mclaren-role/