Overview
- Mercedes completed its three permitted days with roughly 500 laps and smooth reliability, giving Russell and Antonelli extensive early-data on the W17.
- Ferrari finished strongly as Lewis Hamilton recorded the week's quickest lap at 1:16.348 and the team logged about 440 laps across the week.
- McLaren lost time to a fuel-system issue that limited Oscar Piastri to 48 laps on Thursday, then rebounded with 166 laps on Friday.
- Red Bull returned after repairs from Isack Hadjar’s crash, with Max Verstappen completing 118 laps on the final day in the RB22.
- Aston Martin’s Adrian Newey-influenced AMR26 ran only a handful of laps and stopped on Thursday before Fernando Alonso logged 61 laps on Friday, while Williams skipped Barcelona due to FW48 delays.