Latest news on Spanish GP

Motorsport.com’s Global Editor-in-Chief Charles Bradley gives his views on a surprisingly spectacular Spanish Grand Prix at Barcelona.

Toto Wolff says Mercedes Formula 1 team's strategists made a "magic call" in pitting Lewis Hamilton late under Virtual Safety Car, which helped the Briton defeat Sebastian Vettel in the Spanish Grand Prix.

The Force India F1 team has been given a suspended fine of 25,000 euro after the FIA stewards deemed that its car numbers failed to comply with the new interpretation of the sporting regulations.

Toro Rosso driver Carlos Sainz says his car's Renault engine did not stack up well against rival team Sauber's year-old Ferrari power unit in the Spanish GP, calling it "a desperate situation".

Fernando Alonso admitted he is unsure he would have scored points in the Spanish Grand Prix even without his first-lap incident.

Sebastian Vettel feels he lost "an awful lot of time" when Mercedes used Valtteri Bottas to "block" him during his Spanish Grand Prix battle with Lewis Hamilton.

Lewis Hamilton says he loved having a “raw” fight for victory in Formula 1’s Spanish Grand Prix with Sebastian Vettel.

Kimi Raikkonen and Max Verstappen have both pointed the finger at Valtteri Bottas for their first-corner exits from the Spanish Grand Prix, but Bottas insists that he did not cause their collision “on purpose”.

Lewis Hamilton took his 55th career victory today - his second at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, and second of the 2017 season.

Lewis Hamilton won a thrilling battle with Sebastian Vettel to triumph in the Spanish Grand Prix and close the gap to his Formula 1 rival in the drivers’ standings.

Ferrari has overhauled its start system and copied rival Mercedes in a bid to help improve its getaway from the grid, Motorsport.com can reveal.

Stoffel Vandoorne is confident he will be able to match McLaren teammate Fernando Alonso after having been overshadowed by the Spaniard so far this year.

McLaren’s Fernando Alonso thinks he would need more than 50bhp extra from his Honda engine to fight for pole position in Formula 1, despite qualifying seventh for the Spanish Grand Prix.  

DRIVERS: Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes), Sebastian VETTEL (Ferrari), Valtteri BOTTAS (Mercedes)

Nico Hulkenberg believes the wind hurt his Renault team in qualifying for the Spanish Grand Prix after failing to reach Q3 for the first time in four races.

Kimi Raikkonen says he needs to drive better after making "a mess" of his Spanish Grand Prix Formula 1 qualifying session.

Daniil Kvyat says his Toro Rosso STR12 car felt like it was “driving on its own” as he struggled to a last-place finish in Spanish GP qualifying.

Max Verstappen believes his Red Bull F1 team has taken a "massive" step forward after qualifying closer to the leaders ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix.

Fernando Alonso labelled his seventh place on the grid for the Spanish Grand Prix a "gift" after making it to Q3 for the first time this year.

Sebastian Vettel says his error at the final chicane on his best qualifying lap cost him pole position for the Spanish Grand Prix at Barcelona.

Lewis Hamilton claimed his 64th career pole position - his third in four years at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya and third of the 2017 season.

Lewis Hamilton beat Formula 1 title rival Sebastian Vettel to pole position for the Spanish Grand Prix, after a thrilling qualifying battle.

Kimi Raikkonen led a Ferrari one-two in final practice for the Spanish Grand Prix as the Italian squad showed its speed again.

The FIA has extended the main DRS zone at the Circuit de Catalunya in a bid to help overtaking at the Spanish Grand Prix.

Giorgio Piola and Matt Somerfield get under the skin of the F1 tech war in the Barcelona paddock.

Pirelli has lowered the minimum tyre pressures for the Spanish Grand Prix after concerns about higher downforce loadings proved to be unfounded.

TEAM REPRESENTATIVES – Cyril ABITEBOUL (Renault), Robert FERNLEY (Force India), Toto WOLFF (Mercedes), Maurizio Arrivabene (Ferrari), Christian HORNER (Red Bull), Monisha Kaltenborn (Sauber)

McLaren executive director Zak Brown said his team felt "disbelief" and "sadness" when Fernando Alonso suffered his engine failure on his first lap of practice at the Spanish Grand Prix on Friday.

Lewis Hamilton believes Mercedes and Ferrari have made “pretty much the identical step” with Formula 1 upgrade packages brought to the Spanish Grand Prix.

Sebastian Vettel says he did not always feel like he was the "captain" of his Ferrari during a frustrating Friday practice for the Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix.

Red Bull Racing drivers Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo reckon upgrades brought for the Spanish Grand Prix have seen the team close the gap to Ferrari, after a solid showing in Friday practice.

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton completed a Friday practice sweep at the Spanish GP, leading teammate Valtteri Bottas in the FP2 session.

Felipe Massa says tha his former teammate Valtteri Bottas has to keep winning races to ensure that he’s not demoted to a supporting role for Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes.

The Mercedes W08 was already an extremely complex affair when it hit the track for pre-season testing, but as the team arrived in Barcelona it had ramped things up massively.

Lewis Hamilton headed a Mercedes one-two in the opening Formula 1 practice session for the Spanish Grand Prix, as McLaren-Honda suffered more engine woe.

Honda's hopes of progress in Formula 1 suffered a fresh setback in practice for the Spanish Grand Prix on Friday when Fernando Alonso's car stopped on an out-lap with a spectacular engine failure.

DRIVERS – Fernando ALONSO (McLaren), Carlos SAINZ (Toro Rosso), Sebastian VETTEL (Ferrari). Marcus Ericsson (Sauber), Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes), Max Verstappen (Red Bull).

The first elements of Red Bull much-awaited upgrade for the Spanish Grand Prix appeared on Thursday, with heavily revised bargeboards appearing on the RB13.

Mercedes has revealed a major aerodynamic revamp of its W08 for the Spanish Grand Prix which includes a radical scoop vane on the nose of its Formula 1 car.

Lewis Hamilton is confident there will be no repeat of his Sochi struggles in the Spanish Grand Prix, insisting Mercedes has a "good understanding" of what happened in Russia.

Felipe Massa says Williams is doing a much better job of developing its F1 car this year, and is bringing updates though much faster than in the past.

Romain Grosjean will have to wait until Spanish Grand Prix final practice for the Haas Formula 1 team's latest upgrade, after losing a coin toss to teammate Kevin Magnussen.

Sauber has only brought part of its new Formula 1 upgrade to the Spanish Grand Prix, with the majority of the package delayed until Monaco. 

Sergio Perez believes that the hard tyre available to drivers for this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix will only be good enough for ‘pictures’.

Formula 1 has revealed details about the host of new initiatives it is introducing for spectators from the Spanish Grand Prix as part of a new Fan Festival.

Renault will bring an updated rear wing and new bargeboards for its Formula 1 car to this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix.

The Haas Formula 1 team is planning to run Brembo brakes in this weekend's Spanish Grand Prix, as work on fixing its Russian GP cooling problems continues.

Formula 1's title battle will face a total reset from the Spanish Grand Prix, reckons Niki Lauda, with an upgrade push from the top three teams set to potentially change the competitive order.