{"id":890653,"date":"2026-09-13T15:38:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T15:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/890653\/"},"modified":"2026-09-13T15:38:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T15:38:13","slug":"spanish-grand-prix-live-f1-2026-scores-results-odds-stats-and-start-time-from-madring-circuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/890653\/","title":{"rendered":"Spanish Grand Prix LIVE: F1 2026, scores, results, odds, stats and start time from Madring circuit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oscar Piastri\u2019s increasingly underwhelming and unlucky 2026 season has taken another hit, finishing eighth after an early contact in the opening lap of the Spanish Grand Prix.<\/p>\n

In a race marred by safety cars, botched pitstops and ill-time safety cars, Kimi Antonelli came out on top piloting his Mercedes to victory, to strengthen his championship lead.<\/p>\n

\"KimiKimi Antonelli has won the Spanish Grand Prix AP Photo\/Bernat Armangue<\/p>\n

Dutchman Max Verstappen finished in second, with pole sitter Lando Norris in third. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a very difficult race – not straightforward at all, especially trying to manage tyres,\u201d the Antonelli said in a post-race interview. <\/p>\n

\u201cI think today it\u2019s good to win but it doesn\u2019t feel as good because I think Lando today deserved the win but overall, we [will] take it.\u201d <\/p>\n

It was an unfortunate day for McLaren, with Piastri suffering early contact on the opening lap and Lando Norris losing the lead of the race after missing the pitstop window during a virtual safety car.<\/p>\n

\"LandoLando Norris had a horrifically slow pitstop.AP Photo\/Manu Fernandez<\/p>\n

Norris then weathered an agonisingly slow seven second pitstop \u2013 a mixture of human error and a wheel gun problem. The reigning world champion still managed to salvage his race to secure a podium position. <\/p>\n

The Australian \u2013 who started in seventh after a self-described \u201cpretty shocking qualifying session\u201d had a solid start, but was hit twice by George Russell in the opening lap, before the first corner. <\/p>\n

THe Mercedes cut it in front of Piastri and the impact sent debris flying. It left Piastri with damage to his left front wing and marooned him back to 11th place.<\/p>\n

As McLaren CEO Zak Brown summarised the situation perfectly, noting the racing gods \u201cwere cruel today\u201d. <\/p>\n

Piastri still produced a commendable drive, showcasing stunning overtakes on Arvid Lindblad and had a great battle with Franco Colapinto. <\/p>\n

He managed to get back into the points and clinch eighth place.<\/p>\n

This weekend marks the first time F1 has raced at the Madring \u2013 the first track to debut on the F1 calendar since Las Vegas was added in 2023<\/p>\n

The 57-lap circuit is 5.44km long and has incredibly fast corners and basically no margin for error, with limited overtaking opportunities.<\/p>\n

\"TheThe Spanish GP in Madrid is a hybrid street circuit.AP Photo\/Manu Fernandez<\/p>\n

Turn eight \u2013 \u201cEl Bunker\u201d \u2013 is named after La Mata Espesa, two bunkers built in 1936 by the Republican forces to protect the eastern flank Madrid from attack during the Spanish Civil War.<\/p>\n

The new hybrid street circuit has been one of the most highly anticipated tracks this year, with George Russell describing it as the \u201cthe most risky\u201d track on the calendar and Lewis Hamilton characterising it as \u201cmassively challenging circuit\u201d.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Alpine driver Pierre joked that he\u2019d hit the wall multiple times during his simulation trials for the new track.<\/p>\n

Overall, most of the drivers fared reasonably well \u2013 excluding Lewis Hamilton and Lance stroll who both retired from the race. <\/p>\n

The next race will be the Azerbaijan Grand Prix in Baku on September 26. <\/p>\n

Kimi Antonelli leads the 2026 Formula 1 Drivers\u2019 Championship by 81 points.<\/p>\n

Anything can happen in F1. But so far, the Italian is on track to be the youngest world champion in history. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Oscar Piastri\u2019s increasingly underwhelming and unlucky 2026 season has taken another hit, finishing eighth after an early contact…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":890654,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,806,805,803,804,85],"class_list":["post-890653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=890653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890653\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/890654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=890653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=890653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=890653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}