Lewis Hamilton wins Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix, ends wait for Ferrari win and 64-year streak

Lewis Hamilton has yet ended his hold for a Grand Prix triumph successful the colours of Ferrari with a triumph successful Barcelona-Catalunya connected Sunday.

While the seven-time satellite champion has prevailed successful a Sprint contention for Ferrari, the Briton endured a hard archetypal play and has had to hold for occurrence contempt an upturn successful 2026.

However, Hamilton was a people supra the tract arsenic helium executed a three-stop strategy - aided by a perfectly-timed virtual information car - to decorativeness up of George Russell and Lando Norris.

The British trio instrumentality their spot successful past arsenic the archetypal from the federation to present an all-British podium for the archetypal clip since 1968.

Russell had led for a ample chunk of the race, but it became wide that Mercedes teammate and World Championship person Kimi Antonelli was faster than him aft the archetypal pit stops.

Hamilton was quicker than some of them passim the contention and appeared to beryllium successful cruise power from thigh 42 onwards, helped by a virtual information car allowing him to pit and instrumentality to the way successful the lead.

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Antonelli had been connected people for a 2nd oregon third-placed finish, depending connected whether a five-second punishment was imminent for breaching way limits, but the Italian retired with 4 laps remaining owed to motor failure.

Charles Leclerc besides retired soon afterwards, ensuring that Max Verstappen, Oscar Piastri and Isack Hadjar finished successful fourth, 5th and sixth spot respectively.

What does Hamilton triumph bash to F1 Championship?

With his archetypal triumph of the season, Hamilton is present wrong 41 points of Antonelli, whose five-race winning streak comes to an end.

Russell is besides backmost to wrong 50 points of his teammate with a morale-boosting second, but defending champion Norris is inactive 83 points adrift of Antonelli down successful fifth.

Verstappen is present wrong 20 points of fourth-placed Leclerc.