Overview
- Lewis Hamilton won the Spanish Grand Prix at the Circuit de Barcelona‑Catalunya on Sunday by running a planned three‑stop strategy and using a late Virtual Safety Car to make a timely final pit stop.
- Championship leader Kimi Antonelli retired with a technical failure while running near the front, which ended Mercedes’ run of season wins and cut his lead to 41 points.
- George Russell started from pole and finished second after Mercedes stuck with a two‑stop plan, while Lando Norris inherited third when Antonelli stopped.
- Several front‑running cars suffered late problems, including Charles Leclerc, Nico Hülkenberg and Fernando Alonso, and race stewards are reviewing incidents and track‑limit matters from the finish.
- With only seven of 22 rounds complete, the result shifts momentum by narrowing the points gap and puts pressure on Mercedes to address intra‑team tactics and reliability before the next rounds.