Overview
- Andrea Kimi Antonelli won the Gran Premio de España at the new Madring circuit on Sunday and extended his lead in the drivers’ championship to 292 points.
- Alpine’s Franco Colapinto finished seventh to score six points and completed a breakout weekend by waving an Argentine flag handed to him on the cooldown lap by marshal Gabriel Andrijciw, who said the gesture was not prearranged.
- Race direction gave Carlos Sainz a five‑second penalty for a collision with Fernando Alonso; Sainz later retired with damage and Alonso publicly criticised the move, highlighting rising tensions between the two Spanish drivers.
- Organisers and local officials hailed the debut Madring event as a commercial success with roughly 350,000 visitors, large fan zones and high‑profile attendees while Madrid regional leaders pushed back publicly against TVE’s coverage of the weekend.
- Other stories from the weekend include a Novus poll showing a tight Swedish general election contest and Marc Márquez’s San Marino MotoGP victory that moved him level on points with Jorge Martín as the racing calendar now turns to Baku.