Spanish Grand Prix 2026 — practice pace, results and tyre analysis

Practice 1

Fri 11 Sept, 11:30 UTCFastestRUS1:34.077

Single-lap pace

RUS1:34.077—28 laps

ANT1:34.363+0.28627 laps

LEC1:34.536+0.45927 laps

HAM1:34.620+0.54327 laps

VER1:34.703+0.62625 laps

NOR1:34.947+0.87027 laps

LIN1:35.033+0.95628 laps

PIA1:35.148+1.07122 laps

HUL1:35.529+1.45226 laps

LAW1:35.539+1.46226 laps

BOR1:35.652+1.57527 laps

OCO1:35.834+1.75725 laps

COL1:35.933+1.85624 laps

GAS1:36.244+2.16723 laps

ALO1:36.473+2.39626 laps

BEA1:36.853+2.77624 laps

SAI1:36.870+2.79330 laps

TSU1:36.939+2.86216 laps

STR1:37.254+3.17726 laps

ALB1:37.591+3.51425 laps

PER1:38.150+4.07326 laps

BOT1:38.818+4.74125 laps

Best lap regardless of fuel load or compound — a sighting shot, not a form guide.

Long runs, fuel-corrected

Driver	Tyre	Laps	Fuel-corrected	Gap	Spread	Deg / lap
SAI	M	6*	1:39.984	—	±0.592	—
STR	M	5*	1:40.069	+0.085	±0.938	—
VER	M	5*	1:41.347	+1.363	±1.043	—
LAW	S	7*	1:41.568	+1.584	±1.055	—

Each driver's longest clean stint, using green-flag laps only. Cool-down laps go first (anything more than 7% slower than that stint's best), then laps sitting well above the stint's own trend — traffic and mistakes — and a stint is discarded entirely if what remains isn't one continuous run. Times are corrected for fuel burn at 60 ms per lap, measured from 2024 race stints rather than assumed. Runs under eight laps (marked *) get no degradation figure, because a trend through so few laps is noise. Teams don't publish fuel loads, and 15 kg is worth about 0.4s a lap, so read these as driver groupings rather than exact gaps, and compare runs on the same compound.

Sectors and the lap they could have done

Driver	S1	S2	S3	Ideal lap	Best lap	Left out
RUS	29.187	33.677	31.136	1:34.000	1:34.077	0.077
ANT	29.397	33.661	31.241	1:34.299	1:34.363	0.064
HAM	29.234	33.817	31.374	1:34.425	1:34.620	0.195
LEC	29.136	33.688	31.712	1:34.536	1:34.536	0.000
VER	29.358	33.853	31.492	1:34.703	1:34.703	0.000
NOR	29.419	34.086	31.442	1:34.947	1:34.947	0.000
LIN	29.383	33.799	31.851	1:35.033	1:35.033	0.000
PIA	29.666	33.938	31.529	1:35.133	1:35.148	0.015
HUL	29.374	34.392	31.516	1:35.282	1:35.529	0.247
LAW	29.572	33.697	32.089	1:35.358	1:35.539	0.181
BOR	29.145	34.304	32.063	1:35.512	1:35.652	0.140
OCO	29.645	34.238	31.900	1:35.783	1:35.834	0.051
GAS	29.647	34.181	32.060	1:35.888	1:36.244	0.356
COL	29.687	34.031	32.179	1:35.897	1:35.933	0.036
ALO	30.058	34.555	31.860	1:36.473	1:36.473	0.000
BEA	29.653	34.547	32.534	1:36.734	1:36.853	0.119
SAI	29.957	34.541	32.372	1:36.870	1:36.870	0.000
TSU	30.021	34.423	32.495	1:36.939	1:36.939	0.000
STR	30.323	34.454	32.221	1:36.998	1:37.254	0.256
ALB	29.915	34.816	32.754	1:37.485	1:37.591	0.106
PER	30.021	35.009	32.918	1:37.948	1:38.150	0.202
BOT	30.012	35.595	33.059	1:38.666	1:38.818	0.152

Best sector times are usually set on different laps, so their sum — the ideal lap — is quicker than anyone's actual best. The last column is the time left out there. Purple marks the session's fastest sector.

What the tyres are worth here

SSoft — referenceM+0.973(15 drivers ran both)Honly 1 driver ran both — too few to price

Measured within each driver — only drivers who set a representative time on both compounds count — then averaged, so this isn't distorted by who happened to run which tyre. A lap counts only if it is within 2% of that driver's own best of the session, which keeps genuine runs on a slower tyre while dropping in-laps and aborted runs that would otherwise masquerade as a compound's best. A compound fewer than three drivers tried is listed but not priced. Even so, these laps aren't all qualifying simulations, so read this as the order of the compounds rather than an exact price.

Team-mates, head to head

MercedesRUSahead of ANT+0.286

FerrariLECahead of HAM+0.084

Red Bull RacingVERahead of LAW+0.836

McLarenNORahead of PIA+0.201

Racing BullsLINahead of TSU+1.906

AudiHULahead of BOR+0.123

Haas F1 TeamOCOahead of BEA+1.019

AlpineCOLahead of GAS+0.311

Aston MartinALOahead of STR+0.781

WilliamsSAIahead of ALB+0.721

CadillacPERahead of BOT+0.668

Same car, so the gap on their best lap is the clearest read on the driver available.

Stints and compounds

RUS11107

ANT113355

LEC1449

HAM11412

VER8737

NOR94113

LIN123337

PIA9364

HUL103310

LAW83393

BOR610335

OCO3453334

COL11139

GAS19310

ALO10511

BEA3433434

SAI17103

TSU1042

STR12311

ALB1537

PER16739

BOT11311

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Practice 2

Fri 11 Sept, 15:00 UTCFastestANT1:33.662

Single-lap pace

ANT1:33.662—24 laps

LEC1:33.775+0.11326 laps

HAM1:33.811+0.14923 laps

LIN1:33.890+0.22815 laps

RUS1:33.999+0.33725 laps

VER1:34.063+0.40122 laps

PIA1:34.200+0.53824 laps

TSU1:34.758+1.09626 laps

OCO1:34.867+1.20526 laps

LAW1:34.938+1.27621 laps

GAS1:34.959+1.29721 laps

HUL1:35.060+1.39822 laps

BOR1:35.170+1.50825 laps

BEA1:35.203+1.54126 laps

COL1:35.886+2.22422 laps

SAI1:36.291+2.62925 laps

ALO1:36.780+3.11816 laps

ALB1:36.936+3.27422 laps

PER1:37.195+3.53324 laps

STR1:37.273+3.61120 laps

BOT1:37.727+4.06524 laps

NOR2:00.105+26.4432 laps

Best lap regardless of fuel load or compound — a sighting shot, not a form guide.

Long runs, fuel-corrected

Driver	Tyre	Laps	Fuel-corrected	Gap	Spread	Deg / lap
RUS	M	5*	1:39.755	—	±0.756	—
VER	S	5*	1:39.974	+0.219	±1.176	—
ANT	M	5*	1:40.307	+0.552	±0.723	—
HAM	M	6*	1:40.718	+0.963	±0.796	—
OCO	S	6*	1:40.816	+1.061	±0.518	—
GAS	M	6*	1:41.362	+1.607	±0.847	—
BEA	M	6*	1:41.721	+1.966	±0.573	—
COL	M	5*	1:41.829	+2.074	±1.119	—
ALB	M	5*	1:42.511	+2.756	±1.070	—
PER	M	5*	1:43.817	+4.062	±1.146	—
BOT	S	5*	1:45.671	+5.916	±1.024	—

Each driver's longest clean stint, using green-flag laps only. Cool-down laps go first (anything more than 7% slower than that stint's best), then laps sitting well above the stint's own trend — traffic and mistakes — and a stint is discarded entirely if what remains isn't one continuous run. Times are corrected for fuel burn at 60 ms per lap, measured from 2024 race stints rather than assumed. Runs under eight laps (marked *) get no degradation figure, because a trend through so few laps is noise. Teams don't publish fuel loads, and 15 kg is worth about 0.4s a lap, so read these as driver groupings rather than exact gaps, and compare runs on the same compound.

Sectors and the lap they could have done

Driver	S1	S2	S3	Ideal lap	Best lap	Left out
LEC	28.846	33.427	31.205	1:33.478	1:33.775	0.297
ANT	28.977	33.481	31.114	1:33.572	1:33.662	0.090
HAM	28.886	33.755	31.170	1:33.811	1:33.811	0.000
LIN	28.822	33.743	31.325	1:33.890	1:33.890	0.000
RUS	29.143	33.587	31.163	1:33.893	1:33.999	0.106
VER	29.061	33.324	31.678	1:34.063	1:34.063	0.000
PIA	29.059	33.759	31.382	1:34.200	1:34.200	0.000
LAW	29.394	33.424	31.769	1:34.587	1:34.938	0.351
TSU	28.887	33.939	31.808	1:34.634	1:34.758	0.124
HUL	29.091	33.971	31.718	1:34.780	1:35.060	0.280
OCO	29.266	33.830	31.771	1:34.867	1:34.867	0.000
GAS	29.249	33.543	32.167	1:34.959	1:34.959	0.000
BOR	29.113	33.892	32.126	1:35.131	1:35.170	0.039
BEA	29.086	33.945	32.172	1:35.203	1:35.203	0.000
COL	29.113	34.114	32.291	1:35.518	1:35.886	0.368
ALO	29.765	34.713	31.743	1:36.221	1:36.780	0.559
SAI	29.617	34.435	32.239	1:36.291	1:36.291	0.000
ALB	29.863	34.642	32.431	1:36.936	1:36.936	0.000
PER	29.832	34.626	32.735	1:37.193	1:37.195	0.002
STR	30.072	34.658	32.521	1:37.251	1:37.273	0.022
BOT	29.796	35.075	32.856	1:37.727	1:37.727	0.000

Best sector times are usually set on different laps, so their sum — the ideal lap — is quicker than anyone's actual best. The last column is the time left out there. Purple marks the session's fastest sector.

What the tyres are worth here

SSoft — referenceM+0.608(18 drivers ran both)Honly 1 driver ran both — too few to price

Measured within each driver — only drivers who set a representative time on both compounds count — then averaged, so this isn't distorted by who happened to run which tyre. A lap counts only if it is within 2% of that driver's own best of the session, which keeps genuine runs on a slower tyre while dropping in-laps and aborted runs that would otherwise masquerade as a compound's best. A compound fewer than three drivers tried is listed but not priced. Even so, these laps aren't all qualifying simulations, so read this as the order of the compounds rather than an exact price.

Team-mates, head to head

MercedesANTahead of RUS+0.337

FerrariLECahead of HAM+0.036

Racing BullsLINahead of TSU+0.868

Red Bull RacingVERahead of LAW+0.875

McLarenPIAahead of NOR+25.905

Haas F1 TeamOCOahead of BEA+0.336

AlpineGASahead of COL+0.927

AudiHULahead of BOR+0.110

WilliamsSAIahead of ALB+0.645

Aston MartinALOahead of STR+0.493

CadillacPERahead of BOT+0.532

Same car, so the gap on their best lap is the clearest read on the driver available.

Stints and compounds

ANT4233210

LEC93311

HAM53510

LIN5532

RUS372310

VER8311

PIA8610

TSU832211

OCO93311

LAW533334

GAS7311

HUL9346

BOR326374

BEA633311

COL73111

SAI37564

ALO5110

ALB5548

PER83211

STR956

BOT54411

NOR2

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Practice 3

Sat 12 Sept, 10:30 UTCFastestANT1:32.797

Single-lap pace

ANT1:32.797—13 laps

LEC1:32.963+0.16613 laps

PIA1:32.986+0.18912 laps

NOR1:33.033+0.23613 laps

VER1:33.172+0.3759 laps

RUS1:33.499+0.70211 laps

LAW1:33.902+1.10514 laps

HUL1:33.933+1.13614 laps

HAM1:34.284+1.4875 laps

BOR1:34.288+1.49114 laps

COL1:34.346+1.54914 laps

OCO1:34.430+1.63312 laps

BEA1:34.481+1.68411 laps

LIN1:34.505+1.7087 laps

TSU1:34.565+1.76812 laps

GAS1:34.971+2.17413 laps

ALO1:35.020+2.22316 laps

SAI1:35.464+2.66715 laps

STR1:35.570+2.77312 laps

PER1:36.441+3.64413 laps

BOT1:36.670+3.87313 laps

ALB1:46.647+13.8502 laps

Best lap regardless of fuel load or compound — a sighting shot, not a form guide.

Sectors and the lap they could have done

Driver	S1	S2	S3	Ideal lap	Best lap	Left out
ANT	28.683	33.306	30.808	1:32.797	1:32.797	0.000
LEC	28.810	33.083	30.996	1:32.889	1:32.963	0.074
PIA	28.698	33.317	30.923	1:32.938	1:32.986	0.048
NOR	28.799	33.374	30.765	1:32.938	1:33.033	0.095
VER	28.675	33.154	31.343	1:33.172	1:33.172	0.000
RUS	28.696	33.554	31.008	1:33.258	1:33.499	0.241
LAW	29.080	33.340	31.408	1:33.828	1:33.902	0.074
HUL	28.637	33.806	31.472	1:33.915	1:33.933	0.018
HAM	29.598	33.387	31.299	1:34.284	1:34.284	0.000
BOR	29.187	33.789	31.312	1:34.288	1:34.288	0.000
COL	29.034	33.877	31.435	1:34.346	1:34.346	0.000
OCO	28.999	33.907	31.448	1:34.354	1:34.430	0.076
BEA	29.017	33.872	31.520	1:34.409	1:34.481	0.072
TSU	29.207	33.716	31.572	1:34.495	1:34.565	0.070
LIN	29.182	33.759	31.564	1:34.505	1:34.505	0.000
GAS	29.249	34.267	31.455	1:34.971	1:34.971	0.000
ALO	29.645	33.978	31.397	1:35.020	1:35.020	0.000
STR	29.668	34.061	31.643	1:35.372	1:35.570	0.198
SAI	29.398	34.098	31.966	1:35.462	1:35.464	0.002
PER	29.389	34.375	32.372	1:36.136	1:36.441	0.305
BOT	29.441	34.654	32.545	1:36.640	1:36.670	0.030

Best sector times are usually set on different laps, so their sum — the ideal lap — is quicker than anyone's actual best. The last column is the time left out there. Purple marks the session's fastest sector.

What the tyres are worth here

SSoft — referenceMonly 2 drivers ran both — too few to priceHonly 1 driver ran both — too few to price

Measured within each driver — only drivers who set a representative time on both compounds count — then averaged, so this isn't distorted by who happened to run which tyre. A lap counts only if it is within 2% of that driver's own best of the session, which keeps genuine runs on a slower tyre while dropping in-laps and aborted runs that would otherwise masquerade as a compound's best. A compound fewer than three drivers tried is listed but not priced. Even so, these laps aren't all qualifying simulations, so read this as the order of the compounds rather than an exact price.

Team-mates, head to head

MercedesANTahead of RUS+0.702

FerrariLECahead of HAM+1.321

McLarenPIAahead of NOR+0.047

Red Bull RacingVERahead of LAW+0.730

AudiHULahead of BOR+0.355

AlpineCOLahead of GAS+0.625

Haas F1 TeamOCOahead of BEA+0.051

Racing BullsLINahead of TSU+0.060

Aston MartinALOahead of STR+0.550

WilliamsSAIahead of ALB+11.183

CadillacPERahead of BOT+0.229

Same car, so the gap on their best lap is the clearest read on the driver available.

Stints and compounds

ANT67

LEC517

PIA534

NOR67

VER234

RUS56

LAW77

HUL1031

HAM32

BOR833

COL34331

OCO32232

BEA32231

LIN52

TSU534

GAS5323

ALO934

SAI5316

STR651

PER3334

BOT337

ALB2

SSoftMMediumHHard

How the weekend has moved

Practice 1

Single-lap pace

Long runs, fuel-corrected

Sectors and the lap they could have done

What the tyres are worth here

Team-mates, head to head

Stints and compounds

Practice 2

Single-lap pace

Long runs, fuel-corrected

Sectors and the lap they could have done

What the tyres are worth here

Team-mates, head to head

Stints and compounds

Practice 3

Single-lap pace

Sectors and the lap they could have done

What the tyres are worth here

Team-mates, head to head

Stints and compounds