{"id":894965,"date":"2026-09-14T03:46:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T03:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/894965\/"},"modified":"2026-09-14T03:46:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T03:46:20","slug":"f1-2026-spanish-grand-prix-results-oscar-piastri-snaps-after-clash-kimi-antonelli-wins-in-madrid-highlights-points-standings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/894965\/","title":{"rendered":"F1 2026, Spanish Grand Prix, results: Oscar Piastri snaps after clash, Kimi Antonelli wins in Madrid, highlights, points, standings"},"content":{"rendered":"

Championship leader Kimi Antonelli made the most of a slice of luck to claim his eighth win of the season in meticulous style as he steered his Mercedes to a measured victory in the Spanish Grand Prix at the Madring on Sunday<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The 20-year-old Italian extended his lead to 81 points after coming home 4.351 seconds ahead of Red Bull\u2019s four-time champion Max Verstappen with unlucky pole-sitter Lando Norris of McLaren third, just 0.738 seconds adrift.<\/p>\n

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Australia\u2019s Oscar Piastri finished eighth, more than a minute and a half behind Antonelli, after another tough race day.<\/p>\n

The 25-year-old made contact with Antonelli\u2019s Mercedes teammate George Russell twice on the opening lap after starting from seventh on the grid.<\/p>\n

Those altercations caused damage to Piastri\u2019s front wing and the Australian was dumbfounded when McLaren did not repair it during a pit stop.<\/p>\n

\u201cAre you gonna fix my front wing or not?\u201d a frustrated Piastri asked on the team radio.<\/p>\n

His engineer replied: \u201cWe can add three holes without the time loss of fixing it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOkay, yes, but tell me if you\u2019re going to fix it next time.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Piastri’s race ruined by opening clash | 00:32<\/p>\n

Piastri\u2019s frustrations were not eased when he was called in for his final pit stop with 15 laps remaining, only to run into heavy traffic once back on track as Arvid Lindblad, Franco Colapinto and Gabriel Bortoleto all went past him.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s not worked out well,\u201d Martin Brundle said on commentary of Piastri.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s not had a great weekend and he\u2019s not having a great afternoon. The traffic has really hurt Piastri, hasn\u2019t it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Antonelli, who had won thrillingly from 19th on the grid in his home Italian race a week earlier, this time took full advantage of an early setback for McLaren\u2019s world champion Norris when he was caught out by an early Virtual Safety Car (VSC) intervention after leading for 15 laps.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a very difficult race and not straightforward at all,\u201d admitted Antonelli who is set to become Italy\u2019s first world champion since Alberto Ascari in 1953.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had to manage the tyres, but it is good to win, although it feels not so good because Lando deserved to win.\u201d <\/p>\n

Lando refuses to ditch the Coca-Cola! | 00:17<\/p>\n

Norris had led from pole, but lost his advantage when Aston Martin\u2019s Lance Stroll crashed to bring a VSC pause that was ill-timed for him as he passed the pits as it happened, gifting his rivals a \u2018cheap\u2019 pit stop.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was nothing I could do about it. So, congratulations to them. I did my best and tried, but it was so difficult to pass Max and he made no mistakes,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s racing sometimes so we\u2019ll take it on the chin and try better next time.\u201d <\/p>\n

Ferrari\u2019s Charles Leclerc, who led for most of a relatively uneventful first race at the new Madring circuit, finished fourth ahead of George Russell in the second Mercedes, Liam Lawson in the second Red Bull and Alpine\u2019s Franco Colapinto.<\/p>\n

Piastri was eighth in the second McLaren ahead of Racing Bulls\u2019 rookie Arvid Lindblad and Nico Hulkenberg of Audi.<\/p>\n

Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton retired with brake problems on lap seven, the first time this year he has failed to complete a race with Ferrari.<\/p>\n

Kimi Antonelli claims Spanish Grand Prix | 01:32<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s an incredible result for us, but Lando was very unlucky with the VSC,\u201d said Verstappen.<\/p>\n

Norris made an excellent start from his 19th pole position to escape a wild scrap on the opening laps as Antonelli, twice, and Verstappen, ran off-track in skirmishes that saw Hamilton suffer brake problems leading to his early retirement.<\/p>\n

Antonelli handed a place back twice for his misdemeanours, but the Dutchman waited for radio instructions to give back second, having battled past both the Italian and Hamilton, who came in after seven laps.<\/p>\n

Horror pit stop costs Norris the lead | 00:44<\/p>\n

It was his first non-finish after completing every previous lap this season. The big crowd, part of a weekend sellout of 353,000, were then treated to a Spanish spat as two-time champion Fernando Alonso grumbled aloud after his Aston Martin\u2019s front wing was clipped by compatriot Carlos Sainz of Williams on lap 13.<\/p>\n

Sainz was given a five-seconds penalty before, on lap 15, Lance Stroll smacked the barriers at Turn 20 to prompt a Virtual Safety Car (VSC), just as the luckless Norris passed the pit lane entry. Antonelli swept in to switch from mediums to hards.<\/p>\n

MADRID, SPAIN – SEPTEMBER 13: Third placed Lando Norris of Great Britain and McLaren celebrates on the podium during the F1 Grand Prix of Spain at Madring on September 13, 2026 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Rudy Carezzevoli\/Getty Images)Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n

Norris missed the VSC opportunity and his stop, a lap later, was also slowed by a sticky front left wheel. He rejoined fifth behind Russell as Leclerc, who did not pit, took over as leader ahead of Antonelli and Verstappen.<\/p>\n

As expected, with a track temperature of 54 degrees, the race was a high-speed contest in tyre-management and strategy – Leclerc was still on his original hards, after 30 laps, when Russell, who stopped again after 28 laps, had already pitted twice.<\/p>\n

The Monegasque led Antonelli by 3.3sec at that stage. After the thrills of Monza\u2019s effervescent racing, there were few passing moves or dramas before Leclerc finally pitted on lap 48, dropping to fourth.<\/p>\n

Antonelli took over as leader 1.8sec ahead of Verstappen with Norris third, 0.8 adrift and Leclerc 23sec further back – and nine laps of high concentration high-speed racing remaining.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Championship leader Kimi Antonelli made the most of a slice of luck to claim his eighth win of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":894966,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[49,48,578,576,577,82],"class_list":["post-894965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/894965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=894965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/894965\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/894966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=894965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=894965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=894965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}