Overview
- Lewis Hamilton won the Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona on Sunday, claiming his first race victory for Ferrari and the 106th win of his F1 career after a 686‑day drought.
- He executed a bold three‑stop strategy and used a Virtual Safety Car period to make a late pit stop that handed him track position and a 19‑second winning margin.
- Championship leader Kimi Antonelli retired with a late technical/electrical failure, a result that leaves Hamilton 41 points behind in the standings.
- George Russell finished second for Mercedes and Lando Norris third for McLaren, while team‑mates Charles Leclerc and Nico Hülkenberg were forced out by a steering/power‑servo failure and an unusual stone‑triggered shutdown respectively.
- The result shifts the season narrative by boosting Hamilton and Ferrari’s momentum, putting pressure on Mercedes over reliability and prompting fresh debate inside Ferrari about which driver the team should prioritise.