F1 News Today: Ferrari boss rejects Hamilton request as Leclerc could miss Spanish GP

Vasseur looking serious in conversation with Hamilton, who has back to the camera — Photo: © IMAGO

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F1 News Today: Ferrari boss rejects Hamilton request as Leclerc could miss Spanish GP

The big F1 news on Friday September 11

Graham Shaw Consultant Editor

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Friday 11 September 2026 16:23

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Lewis Hamilton has revealed that his Ferrari team have not made any movement towards introducing 'rules of engagement' despite his recent frustrations.

The British driver revealed in Madrid on Thursday that he has sat down with team principal Fred Vasseur since the Italian Grand Prix, describing the conversation as positive despite some 'different opinions'.

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F1 Results Today: Spanish Grand Prix practice times and positions

Surprise! The track hyped up as F1's new DeathDrome produced more or less zero dramatic incident in Friday afternoon's first practice session.

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As teams and drivers got to grips with the brand new Madring circuit, George Russell laid down a truly impressive early marker, the Brit going top of the timing sheets by more than quarter of a second ahead of team-mate Kimi Antonelli.

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Massive crash at F1's new Madring circuit as car bursts into flames

F1's newest track immediately delivered a massive crash as 20-year-old F2 star Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak's car burst into flames at the Madring on Friday morning.

The new 5.416km circuit in Madrid is expected to produce thrills and spills all weekend with the Spanish Grand Prix the feature on Sunday afternoon. And things started with a terrifying big bang almost immediately on Friday.

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F1 star Charles Leclerc could miss Spanish GP, faces 'hardest return in sport' with FIA health test

The Italian Grand Prix is old news now, already yesterday's chip paper, but for Charles Leclerc and Ferrari it remains a central plot to this coming weekend in Madrid.

On Sunday it's the first Spanish Grand Prix to be held at the new Madring circuit but whether Leclerc will be racing there is still very much in question.

Leclerc suffered a big crash at Monza last Sunday after spinning rearwards into a crash barrier. While the 28-year-old was able to climb from his Ferrari wreck, he took respite off the track by sitting down for a few moments.

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Fernando Alonso announces news on F1 2027 future decision: 'It's nice this way'

Fernando Alonso has given an update over his F1 future, although it's not the one people want to hear.

The 45-year-old claimed last year that this season could be his last depending on how Aston Martin performed, but has since pivoted to also including the direction of F1 regarding rules and regulations.

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Fernando Alonso is still pondering his F1 future.

Ferrari mocked by Mercedes after brutal F1 thrashing from Kimi Antonelli

Sunday was about as brutal as it could get for Ferrari as they endured Italian Grand Prix disaster, but Monday was not much better for the suffering Scuderia.

An enormous home crowd turned up for worship at the 'Temple of Speed' last weekend, most of them hoping to see the iconic Italian team claim a much-needed race win.

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Max Verstappen crashes in first laps of Madring circuit: 'I have no idea where it's going'

The buildup to this weekend's F1 debut of the Madring has been heavy on scare stories about the new track, with fans building up to expect a demolition derby on Sunday afternoon.

Those fears are almost certainly overblown, but there's been a steady drip-feeding of content playing into the idea that a lot of engineers in Madrid are going to be repairing damage at unprecedented rates.

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New Madring F1 track under fire for 'illegal' food ban as official complaint filed

F1's new Madring track is under fire for what campaigners claim is an 'illegal' ban on food for fans attending this weekend's Spanish Grand Prix.

Excitement is at fever pitch in the Spanish capital as the brand new 5.416km track opens its doors for the first time the premier motorsport series.

But as well as excitement, there is also controversy over one particular rule for fans.

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Christian Horner hits recording studio to tell all about controversial F1 exit

It might well be the biggest storyline in F1 for the rest of 2026 - Christian Horner is about to tell his side of the story.

The 52-year-old former Red Bull team principal was dramatically sacked from his position in July 2025 after two decades of glorious success.

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Graham Shaw - Consultant Editor

Digital sports leader with 30 years of senior level experience running global brands. Built sportinglife.com to be a behemoth in the UK as well as being in charge of the Planet Sport network of sites including planetf1.com, football365.com, teamtalk.com and planetrugby.com. Then grew goal.com to be the world's biggest soccer website in 18 languages and 37 territories. Was GM of Portals for Perform Group (now DAZN) with overall responsibility for sportingnews.com, spox.de and voetbalzone.nl.

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