2026 F1 Barcelona Grand Prix - Friday practice results

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Lando Norris completed as F1’s quickest driver at Friday’s Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix.

McLaren bounced again strongly from a poor weekend in Monaco, with Norris and Oscar Piastri each ending within the prime three in FP2.

The pair surrounded George Russell, who additionally loved a robust day after back-to-back weekends with no factors end.

Lewis Hamilton completed ninth after complaining of a scarcity of rear grip all through the session, whereas Max Verstappen was unable to repeat his heroics on the primary lap of Monaco and completed sixth.

Liam Lawson regarded robust all through Friday, however a reliability problem early within the session restricted his working in FP2. Racing Bulls had him again on observe simply earlier than the checkered flag fell and accomplished fast repairs.

It was a disastrous day for Aston Martin, with Lance Stroll ending the day greater than 4 seconds off the tempo. Upgrading the inexperienced crew can’t come shortly.

F1 Barcelona GP FP2 outcomes

2026 F1 Barcelona GP follow outcomes (2)
place	driver	nut.	crew	time	wrap
1	land norris	GBR	McLaren Mastercard F1 Staff	1 minute 15.426 seconds	30
2	george russell	GBR	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Staff	1 minute 15.435 seconds	28
3	Oscar Piastri	out of	McLaren Mastercard F1 Staff	1 minute 15.483 seconds	twenty 4
4	charles leclerc	month	Scuderia Ferrari HP	1 minute 15.799 seconds	29
5	Kimi Antonelli	ITA	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Staff	1 minute 16.015 seconds	31
6	max verstappen	NED	oracle pink bull racing	1 minute 16.321 seconds	33
7	Arvid Lindblad	GBR	Visa Money App Racing Bulls F1 Staff	1 minute 16.411 seconds	29
8	Gabriel Bortleto	bra	Audi Revolut F1 Staff	1 minute 16.611 seconds	27
9	lewis hamilton	GBR	Scuderia Ferrari HP	1 minute 16.631 seconds	28
10	Isaac Hajar	from	oracle pink bull racing	1 minute 16.674 seconds	30
11	Nico Hulkenberg	gel	Audi Revolut F1 Staff	1 minute 16.934 seconds	31
12	Oliver Bearman	GBR	TGR Haas F1 Staff	1 minute 16.945 seconds	31
13	Liam Lawson	new zealand	Visa Money App Racing Bulls F1 Staff	1 minute 16.967 seconds	8
14	Carlos Sainz	spa	Atlassian Williams F1 Staff	1 minute 17.020 seconds	29
15	Franco Colapinto	A.R.G.	BWT Alpine F1 Staff	1 minute 17.051 seconds	30
16	Pierre Gasly	from	BWT Alpine F1 Staff	1 minute 17.260 seconds	29
17	Esteban Ocon	from	TGR Haas F1 Staff	1 minute 17.538 seconds	29
18	valtteri bottas	fin	cadillac f1 crew	1 minute 18.225 seconds	6
19	Alex Albon	THA	Atlassian Williams F1 Staff	1 minute 18.790 seconds	29
20	Sergio Perez	Mexico	cadillac f1 crew	1 minute 19.261 seconds	34
twenty one	Fernando Alonso	spa	Aston Martin Aramco F1 Staff	1 minute 19.286 seconds	twenty one
twenty two	Lance Stroll	can	Aston Martin Aramco F1 Staff	1 minute 19.459 seconds	20

Russell leads FP1 at Barcelona GP

George Russell took the lead in FP1 of the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix, with six new drivers finishing the session.

Russell bounced again from his disappointment in Monaco with teammate and championship chief Kimi Antonelli changing Fred Vesti, setting the tempo within the weekend’s opening session in Spain.

McLaren’s Leonardo Fornaroli and Audi’s Paul Aron made impression, ending the session as fifth and sixth drivers respectively, the latter comfortably forward of teammate Gabriel Bortleto.

Oscar Piastri, Charles Leclerc and Max Verstappen additionally completed within the prime 4.

It was a disappointing day for Luke Browning. Luke Browning was alleged to be the seventh rookie to compete, however reliability points locked his Williams within the storage and he was not given the possibility to compete.

Amongst different rookies, Ferrari’s Dino Beganovic was eighth, Crimson Bull’s Ayumu Iwasa was 14th, Mercedes’ Greatest was fifteenth, and Cadillac’s Herta was twenty first. Though the gasoline load and setup are unknown, Herta was capable of outpace Bottas by greater than two seconds per lap over lengthy runs.

F1 Barcelona GP FP1 outcomes

2026 F1 Barcelona GP follow outcomes (1)
place	driver	nut.	crew	time	wrap
1	george russell	GBR	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Staff	1 minute 16.363 seconds	27
2	Oscar Piastri	out of	McLaren Mastercard F1 Staff	1 minute 16.566 seconds	29
3	charles leclerc	month	Scuderia Ferrari HP	1 minute 16.883 seconds	29
4	max verstappen	NED	oracle pink bull racing	1 minute 17.047 seconds	29
5	Leonardo Fornaoli	ITA	McLaren Mastercard F1 Staff	1 minute 17.216 seconds	twenty two
6	Paul Aaron	east	Audi Revolut F1 Staff	1 minute 17.321 seconds	twenty 4
7	Liam Lawson	new zealand	Visa Money App Racing Bulls F1 Staff	1 minute 17.472 seconds	twenty 4
8	dino beganovic	Sweden	Scuderia Ferrari HP	1 minute 17.778 seconds	30
9	Arvid Lindblad	GBR	Visa Money App Racing Bulls F1 Staff	1 minute 17.804 seconds	29
10	Franco Colapinto	A.R.G.	BWT Alpine F1 Staff	1 minute 17.893 seconds	28
11	Oliver Bearman	GBR	TGR Haas F1 Staff	1 minute 18.172 seconds	twenty 5
12	Gabriel Bortleto	bra	Audi Revolut F1 Staff	1 minute 18.209 seconds	28
13	Carlos Sainz	spa	Atlassian Williams F1 Staff	1 minute 18.293 seconds	27
14	Ayumu Iwasa	jap	oracle pink bull racing	1 minute 18.298 seconds	twenty one
15	fred vesti	that	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Staff	1 minute 18.365 seconds	28
16	Esteban Ocon	from	TGR Haas F1 Staff	1 minute 18.372 seconds	27
17	Pierre Gasly	from	BWT Alpine F1 Staff	1 minute 18.508 seconds	twenty three
18	valtteri bottas	fin	cadillac f1 crew	1 minute 18.914 seconds	twenty three
19	Fernando Alonso	spa	Aston Martin Aramco F1 Staff	1 minute 20.067 seconds	twenty three
20	Lance Stroll	can	Aston Martin Aramco F1 Staff	1 minute 20 seconds 318	twenty one
twenty one	Colton Herta	america of america	cadillac f1 crew	1 minute 20 seconds 697	27
	luke browning	GBR	Atlassian Williams F1 Staff