After the Barcelona GP, Antonelli leads F1 on 156 points. Hamilton took his first win for Ferrari to move second, cutting Antonelli's lead to 41 points.
Lewis Hamilton perfectly capitalised on a virtual safety car to win the 2026 Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix and claimed his first Formula 1 victory in a Ferrari jersey.
George Russell secured pole position in qualifying for the 2026 Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix; Lewis Hamilton finished second and championship leader Kimi Antonelli third.
Two-time Formula 1 World Champion Spaniard Fernando Alonso clearly hinted that his F1 career is nearing its end at the press conference before Sunday's Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix.
After the Monaco Grand Prix, the sixth race of the 2026 Formula 1 World Championship, Mercedes's young driver Andrea Kimi Antonelli consolidated his lead in the drivers' championship standings. Italian driver Antonelli, who also won his fifth consecutive race with his victory in Monaco, maintained his position at the top with 156 points; Ferrari driver Lewis Hamilton settled into second place with 90 points. Mercedes driver George Russell, who left Monaco pointless after receiving two separate penalties, retreated to third place. Charles Leclerc, who could not finish the race after hitting the barrier at the Rascasse corner in his home race, is in fourth place with 75 points.
At the 2026 Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix, Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli reached victory. The young Italian preserved his position from pole all through the race and added another victory to those of his season. The race was the scene of sensational events: Max Verstappen retired from the race in the very first lap due to an engine problem, Charles Leclerc could not finish his home race after hitting the barriers at the exit of Rascasse, and last year's Monaco winner Lando Norris also had to retire from the race. On the second step of the podium was Lewis Hamilton with Ferrari, and on the third step was 21-year-old Isack Hadjar; this result became the first Formula 1 podium of Hadjar's career.
In the qualifying laps of the Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix, the pole position was taken by Mercedes' young Italian pilot Kimi Antonelli. The 19-year-old championship leader left Max Verstappen's Red Bull behind by 0.040 seconds with his lap of 1:12.051 in the final attempt, while Lewis Hamilton's Ferrari remained in third place. The session, which produced the starting grid for the race to be held at the Circuit de Monaco on Sunday, was evaluated as one of the most critical sessions of the season.
Scuderia Ferrari Team Principal Fred Vasseur will not be at the circuit on Saturday of the Monaco Grand Prix. According to the statement made by the Italian team on Saturday morning, the 58-year-old French team boss has been admitted under observation at a local medical facility after medical checks he underwent on Friday evening. Vasseur will thus miss FP3 and the qualifying sessions; Deputy Team Principal Jerome D'Ambrosio will lead the team. Whether he will return to the track on Sunday race day is not yet clear.
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Kimi Antonelli won the Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix. While Lewis Hamilton finished second and Max Verstappen third, pole-sitter George Russell and Lando Norris failed to finish the race. Verstappen reached his first podium of the season, while Hamilton achieved his best result at Ferrari.
