F1 Results Today: Spanish Grand Prix practice times and positions

Verstappen during FP1 at Madring — Photo: © IMAGO

Spanish Grand Prix Practice

F1 Results Today: Spanish Grand Prix practice times and positions

All the times from F1 Spanish Grand Prix practice at the Madring

Chris Deeley Editor

Experienced sports writer covering F1 and other motorsports since 2023

Friday 11 September 2026 14:34 Updated: 14:45

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

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.

Antonelli went second, a further couple of tenths ahead of the Ferrari of Charles Leclerc, with Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen rounding out the top five.

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Yuki Tsunoda, in for his third consecutive race with Liam Lawson replacing Isack Hadjar at Red Bull, was forced to pull into the pits midway through the session with a power steering issue which ended his afternoon – losing him crucial track time at a brand new circuit.

Oscar Piastri's session ended a little early too, the Australian complaining of something loose in his footwell, which appeared to be something broken in the cockpit of his car.

Spanish Grand Prix FP1 times

F1 Italian Grand Prix FP1 times
Pos	Driver	Team	Gap
1	George Russell	Mercedes	1:34.077s
2	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	+0.286s
3	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	+0.459s
4	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	+0.543s
5	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	+0.626s
6	Lando Norris	McLaren	+0.870s
7	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls	+0.956s
8	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	+1.071s
9	Nico Hulkenberg	Audi	+1.452s
10	Liam Lawson	Red Bull	+1.462s
11	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	+1.575s
12	Esteban Ocon	Haas	+1.757s
13	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	+1.856s
14	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	+2.167s
15	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	+2.396s
16	Oliver Bearman	Haas	+2.680s
17	Carlos Sainz	Williams	+2.793s
18	Yuki Tsunoda	Racing Bulls	+2.862s
19	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	+3.177s
20	Alex Albon	Williams	+3.514s
21	Sergio Perez	Cadillac	+4.073s
22	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac	+4.741s