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Lando Norris claimed pole for the Spanish Grand Prix, beating Kimi Antonelli by 0.011 seconds with a 1 min 31.824‑second lap. Flashing finale in Q3 Antonelli improved from a third‑place 1 min 32.140‑second run to a 1 min 31.835‑second best in his second Q3 attempt, gaining ground on his rivals by at least 0.178 seconds. Norris, whose first attempt was 1 min 32.525, […]

Max Verstappen Qualifies Third, Leaves Overtaking Puzzle in His Wake Red Bull’s Max Verstappen secured third place in Spanish Grand Prix qualifying, just 0.10 seconds behind pole‑winner Lando Norris on the sharp new Madrid street circuit. Street‑Circuit Overtaking Obstacles Highlight Championship Stakes Verstappen admitted overtaking will be “tough” at Madrid, noting the track offers almost no […]

The newly opened Madrid Formula 1 circuit shocked teams by delivering an unexpectedly high grip level on a brand‑new asphalt surface. High grip triggers extreme tyre wear Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff admitted the circuit’s grip was difficult to manage. “We anticipated grip, but the degradation is unlike anything we’ve seen before,” he said after practice […]

Fernando Alonso announced that Formula One must evolve its battery‑safety strategy after a disheartening experience on the new 5.4 km Madrid circuit. Madrid’s brutal layout clashes with current power‑unit design Alonso lauded the circuit’s technical demands – high‑speed and high‑commitment corners such as the iconic Turn 12 – yet complained that the cars’ reliance on battery capacity erases driver‑driven […]

Pirelli has declared the Madrid Circuit’s new banked Turn 12, La Monumental, safe for Formula 1, even after a 5.5‑second stint of continuous load that rivals the toughest bends on the calendar. Banking geometry and tyre duty cycle La Monumental features 13.5° of banking, an incline around 24%, yet it is only a little gentler than Zandvoort’s 18° rise. […]

McLaren’s Lando Norris took pole at the Spanish Grand Prix, edging Kimi Antonelli by 0.011 seconds. Weekend performance context Mercedes dominated all practice sessions, leaving McLaren a couple of tenths adrift of the front‑row runners. In Q1 and Q2 the Silver‑Arrows were even locking competitive runs with Red Bull, while McLaren struggled to match the pace. Explosive Q3 improvement […]

Drivers have voiced that the newly added Madrid track will make overtaking almost impossible due to its braking zones and an excessively long pit lane. Braking zone design forces single‑line attacks Lando Norris and Max Verstappen all agreed that the braking layout around the circuit leaves no room to approach a rival on the exit. […]

Arvid Lindblad spun his VCARB 03 into a wall during FP2 at Spain’s Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, yet he still carved a 10th‑place slot in Sunday’s lap‑by‑lap 201.7‑second qualifying session. Crash halts Friday’s run but doesn’t derail the weekend Lindblad divorced his car from the turn‑13 left‑hander, wrecking the right‑side chassis. The damage forced a full‑body […]