Hamilton on Ferrari changes behind first win of season
Lewis Hamilton says Ferrari's first win of the season would not have happened without changes he pushed for behind the scenes, and credited team boss Fred Vasseur for backing them after his victory at the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix. Hamilton said: "He continued to believe, continued to be a good friend, continued to be a great teammate and an ally and really supportive. And, you know, ultimately, he really listened at the end and I had to really ask, really ask for some of the changes. And he enabled them to happen, which I'm forever grateful for, because this wouldn't have happened without those changes."
Lewis Hamilton 'relentless' with changes at Ferrari, Fred Vasseur 'enabled them to happen'
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Vasseur on ignoring Hamilton title talk after Barcelona win
Ferrari boss Fred Vasseur says he will not get drawn into Lewis Hamilton title talk or change the team’s approach after Hamilton’s Barcelona victory cut Kimi Antonelli’s championship lead. Vasseur said: "I'm not sure that I want to reply to this kind of question. I had probably the same comments two weeks ago, that everything was a disaster - and now we are speaking about the world championship. The approach is to go to Austria exactly with the same approach that I had in Barcelona and not to think about the championship. I will never do it."
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Perez on his Cadillac form after Red Bull exit
Sergio Perez says his performances since joining Cadillac have shown he is still “one of the best” drivers in Formula 1, after struggling in the final months of his Red Bull stint before leaving the team at the end of 2024. Perez said: "Well, obviously, when you look at my last six months at Red Bull, you wouldn't think that I'm one of the best out there. But when you understand the circumstances I was in at that point, and the people that understand performance at the end of the day, when you see the level of performance that I'm putting in with my team, you realise that I'm one of the best out there."
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Ocon on identifying Haas' improvement priorities
Esteban Ocon says his main role at Haas is to pinpoint the team’s priorities for improvement and push for them to be addressed quickly, amid renewed speculation about his future with the team. Esteban Ocon said: "I feel like my job is really to point exactly where we need to improve, and to really push these points as quickly as possible. Because in F1, we've divided different departments, and some things are priorities, some things are not. Some things are priority, but my job is to really show what is the priority and push it forward."
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Verstappen on Red Bull being fourth-fastest and RB22 progress
Max Verstappen says Red Bull are currently the fourth-fastest team and the RB22 is still a “work in progress” after he finished fourth at the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix. Verstappen said: "It's clear that I think we are still behind the Ferrari, Mercedes and McLaren, because we finished behind each one of them. So we're still P4 as a team. Maybe a little bit better, but still not where we want to be. But it's a work in progress."
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Lawson on feeling in a better place than last year
Liam Lawson says he is in a “better place” than he was this time last year, after a difficult start to the season with Red Bull that led to him being demoted back to Racing Bulls. Lawson said: "On a personal level – probably, I think we're always evolving and learning. So, the more experience I have, I'm going to get better. And I think compared to last year, I would say I'm in a better place. There's been a bit more consistency this year and that's been helping."
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Lawson on Racing Bulls needing better race pace
Liam Lawson says Racing Bulls need to improve their race pace to keep pushing at the front of the midfield after the team scored points with both cars at the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix. Lawson said: "Yeah, for us it's good. It's a long season; we have a lot of races to go. Alpine have had some good races recently and scored some good points. But yeah, if we keep this trend – obviously we had a quick car in qualifying – hopefully that translates to the rest of the season. I think Barcelona is normally quite a good sign for that, so we just need to sort out the race car."
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Hamilton thanks Vasseur for backing Ferrari changes
Lewis Hamilton thanked Ferrari team principal Fred Vasseur for backing him and listening to his “relentless” push for changes, after Hamilton’s maiden win for the team at the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix. Hamilton said: "Because I am very, very vocal – if I see something that I don't think is right, I push very, very hard, that's like at the core of who I am and I'm relentless with it. And I think it's it's not easy to be on the receiving end of that... [I] had to really ask – really, really ask – for some of the changes, and he enabled them to happen, which I'm forever grateful for, because then wouldn't have happened without those changes. So, big, big thank you to him."
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Brundle on Monaco pit-lane penalty fallout
Martin Brundle says there is “no easy solution” to the Monaco Grand Prix penalty fallout, with teams challenging pit-lane speeding penalties and the race result still provisional nearly two weeks after the event. Brundle said: "It's all a mess with no easy solution. It turns out one of the timing loops in the Monaco pit lane was 77cm shorter than calibrated hence lots of 60.1kph recordings when the limit was 60kph. It had been a topic of correspondence since first practices, and some teams adjusted their limiters."
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Brundle on Gasly Monaco podium reinstatement after penalty review
Martin Brundle says Pierre Gasly’s Monaco Grand Prix podium reinstatement is a “mess with no easy solution” after Alpine’s right to review the pit lane speeding penalty imposed on Gasly was upheld. Brundle said: "That's a very complicated and uncomfortable decision. Other drivers in Monaco had served their penalties and adjusted strategies accordingly, and Russell's race was destroyed, but because they were not post-race penalties nothing was changed for them retrospectively in the results. This also sets a precedent of not serving marginal in-race penalties to preserve the right to contest them post-race. It's all a mess with no easy solution."
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Lando Norris' finishing results in the races/sprints he's completed since F1 returned in Miami
🇺🇸 Miami sprint - P1 🥇
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If he finishes, he ends up in the top 3.
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Extending his own record ✅
Lewis now boasts two victories over 19 years apart - nobody comes close to his winning longevity 🏆
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Mercedes' broken F1 battery is stuck on a boat! 🚢
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🚨 Best podium percentage on the grid
Max Verstappen - 53.33%
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Putting Lewis Hamilton's F1 career in perspective 😳
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🚨 Career podiums in Formula 1
Oscar Piastri - 28
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Lewis scores his first Ferrari win at the same circuit as the iconic Michael Schumacher ❤️
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🏆 Lewis Hamilton has been responsible for 4 of Ferrari’s last 5 podiums since he got his first podium for the Scuderia in China
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🇲🇨 - Lewis Hamilton 🥈
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Lando Norris eclipsed 1500 career points at the 2026 Barcelona GP (1503 pts)
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Hamilton on doubting himself before first Ferrari win
Lewis Hamilton says there were moments last season when he wondered if he had “lost it”, after taking his first Ferrari victory at the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix. Hamilton said: "After a year like last year, there were definitely moments that I was like, 'Sheesh, maybe it is true that, you know, when you get to a certain point, you lose it.' But I've proven that you don't. You always have it and it just takes work."
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Komatsu on Haas operational failings in Barcelona
Haas team principal Ayao Komatsu said the team “weren’t good enough” operationally after failing to score at the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix, with Ollie Bearman retiring and Esteban Ocon finishing 13th. Komatsu said: "This weekend the car wasn't quick enough and I think operationally we weren't good enough. From day one this weekend we didn't operate at the level we should be operating at and that has had a knock-on effect into today. In the race, communication wasn't good enough. Yes, the car needs to be improved and be faster, but we're not getting the best out of it."
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Perez on Cadillac's shortcomings after Barcelona struggles
Sergio Perez said the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix weekend showed Cadillac “what we are lacking”, after the team struggled with tyre management and a lack of pace at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. Perez said: "I think we always knew that Barcelona was going to show what we are lacking and I think we've got some work to do. We have a pretty good idea on what's happening and we confirmed that today."
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Perez on Cadillac's short-term gains on first F1 car
Sergio Perez says Cadillac can see “very clear gains” it can make in the short term on its first Formula 1 car, but expects it to be tough against the established teams. Perez said: "At the moment, we see some very clear gains that we can have in a short period of time, but obviously we're fighting the best teams in the world, the most established teams so we're not in an easy situation at the moment."
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Wolff on Mercedes digging deep after Antonelli retirement
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff says the team will be “really digging deep” on reliability after Andrea Kimi Antonelli retired late in the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix. Wolff said: "We don't know yet what was the cause of the failure. Most of the others were battery-related, but different failures. It was not always the same, so we need to understand what it was, but clearly the symptom was quite similar, that the car, like George in Montreal, where the car just switched off. We will be really digging deep to make sure that this doesn't happen again."
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Leclerc on matching Hamilton after Ferrari's latest upgrade
Charles Leclerc says he has to start delivering performances closer to team-mate Lewis Hamilton after Ferrari’s latest upgrade helped Hamilton win the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix. Leclerc said: "It's great for the team, and it's great for Lewis. The team has been pushing massively to bring upgrades, and it seems to be working well. Now I've got to be up there with him, which hasn't been the case since Canada."
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Mekies on Red Bull seeking ADUO ranking checks
Red Bull team principal Laurent Mekies said the team cannot see any FIA data showing it has an internal combustion engine advantage over Mercedes, as it pushes for additional checks into the initial Additional Development and Upgrade Opportunities (ADUO) ranking. Mekies said: "We certainly would like to have a deeper conversation because we do not see one single data sample that indicates that we would have an advantage over our friends at Mercedes. We do not see one single data sample where we estimate ourselves higher than competition, let alone being consistently above them."
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