Madrid successfully debuted its €83 million hybrid Formula One circuit, marking the sport's return after 45 years.

Madrid's circuit earns high marks on its debut from team principals. “For a first time, it may be the best I’ve seen so far; I’m very impressed,” says Wolff

Follow live updates from qualifying and FP3 at the Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix.

For the first time since 1981, Formula One returned to Madrid, this time with the drivers racing on the newly created Madring. Fans saw the addition of the second Spanish Grand Prix as an opportunity to create a track that would help fix the widely discussed issues of the sport becoming tedious to watch.

Formula 1’s latest venue might be fun to drive, but the race was processional and dull.

Luck defeated Lando Norris in 2026's Spanish GP. But the beneficiary of the race's key swing - Kimi Antonelli - put himself in place to win.

From Spanish Transport Minister Oscar Puente, who has also strongly criticised the Madring layout for the lack of spectacle it produced, to Honda announcing a leadership change in its Aston Martin F1 power unit development programme,