The Spanish Grand Prix will return to the country’s capital Madrid in 2026 after signing a ten-year contract, which leaves the rival Barcelona venue fighting to remain on the calendar. While Barcelona may have lost the hosting rights discussions are on-going with the Catalan government and the circuit for what could be called the Catalan
Po Name Nat Team Points 1 Max Verstappen NED Red Bull – Honda RBPT 575 2 Sergio Perez MEX Red Bull – Honda RBPT 265 3 Lewis Hamilton GBR Mercedes 286 4 Fernando Alonso ESP Aston Martin – Mercedes 234 5 Charles Leclerc MON Ferrari 206 6 Lando Norris GBR McLaren – Mercedes 205 7
Analysis, reaction and talking points, plus the story of the weekend’s final race the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, at Yas Marina Circuit. Plus the biggest news stories from the last seven days looking at what they mean for F1, both on and off track
Po Name Nat Team Time Points 1 Max Verstappen NED Red Bull – Honda RBPT 01:27:02.624 26 2 Charles Leclerc MON Ferrari +00:17.993 18 3 George Russell GBR Mercedes +00:20.328 15 4 Sergio Perez MEX Red Bull – Honda RBPT +00:21.453 12 5 Lando Norris GBR McLaren – Mercedes +00:24.284 10 6 Oscar Piastri AUS
Max Verstappen has rounded out his incredible season taking his nineteenth win of the season beating Charles Leclerc by seventeen seconds to win the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The Dutchman rounded out his season beating teammate Sergio Perez, but the Mexican dropped to fourth following a penalty for a collision with Lando Norris. Verstappen finished
Po Name Nat Team Q1 Q2 Q3 1 Max Verstappen NED Red Bull – Honda RBPT 01:24.160 01:23.740 01:23.443 2 Carlos Sainz ESP Ferrari 01:24.000 01:23.969 01:23.584 3 Oscar Piastri AUS McLaren – Mercedes 01:24.487 01:24.278 01:23.788 4 George Russell GBR Mercedes 01:24.337 01:24.013 01:23.816 5 Lando Norris GBR McLaren – Mercedes 01:24.286 01:23.920 01:23.816
Max Verstappen has beat Charles Leclerc by a tenth and a half to take pole for the season-closing Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The Dutchman bounced back following a set up change after struggling in practice to his record-breaking form beating Leclerc as well as top all three parts of qualifying. While it was relatively straightforward
George Russell was fastest in third practice for the season-closing Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, the Mercedes driver set a 24.418 on the soft tyre going just under a tenth faster than Lando Norris. Norris’s McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri was two tenths further behind in third. Mercedes topped FP1 in these conditions on Friday, however a
Charles Leclerc was fastest in a disrupted second practice for this weekend’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The Ferrari driver set a 24.809 on the soft tyre which put him just over four hundredths faster than the Lando Norris after setting his fastest time in the closing moments of the session. Max Verstappen put his Red
George Russell was fastest in the first practice session for the season-closing Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, the Mercedes driver set a 26.076 going two-tenths faster than Aston Martin reserve driver Felipe Drugovich. All of the teams were running rookies in one of their cars to full the regulations of two sessions during the season for
