Russell on accepting setbacks in the 2026 title battle
George Russell says it has been "hard to accept" aspects of the 2026 title battle when things outside his control go against him, after finishing second to Lewis Hamilton at the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix. Russell said: "It's tough, you know. It's not an easy sport. We work every single day of our life to achieve this dream, and when you know things out of your control go against you, it's difficult to accept. And if the performance isn't where you hope for it to be, it's also difficult to accept. But you have to continuously dig deep, every single day, dig deep, remind yourself why you're doing this."
George Russell admits F1 2026 title battle is ‘hard to accept' after Barcelona blow
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Hamilton on fans helping him through difficult first Ferrari season
Lewis Hamilton says his fans "rescued" him from a "dark place" during a difficult first season with Ferrari, after taking his first win for the team at the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix. Hamilton said: "It was really the fans that rescued me. Last year several of the fans were shouting to me: 'Don't forget who you are.' That really resonated with me, and I had to question how do I find myself again? How do I centre? How do I find the courage and the strength to keep going, keep building and keep trying?"
Hamilton: Fans rescued him from 'dark place'
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Leclerc on Barcelona retirement after power-steering, gear and brake failure
Charles Leclerc said he was forced to retire from the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix with three laps remaining after a power-steering failure, which he said was followed by the loss of gears and brakes. Leclerc said: "Yeah, I lost the power steering. Oh no, no [I could not have continued without power steering]. I had no gears, and I had no brakes as well, so it would have been tough."
Charles Leclerc explains full reason behind agonising late retirement
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Hamilton on carrying injury through 2025 after Catalunya crash
Lewis Hamilton says he carried an injury through last season after a “big crash” at the Circuit de Catalunya, speaking after winning yesterday’s race there for Ferrari. Hamilton said: "I trained very, very, hard this year. Last year was difficult from the beginning because I got injured here, actually, a big crash that I had here last year and I was carrying that injury through the whole year which was really really difficult."
Hamilton reveals he carried injury throughout 2025 season after “big crash” at Catalunya
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Stella on McLaren raising reliability standards after Spain
Andrea Stella said McLaren have “raised the bar” on reliability after Lando Norris returned to the podium at the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix, but added the team still have “quite a lot to improve” on performance. Stella said: "It’s good that we haven’t had any issues here in Spain. We have definitely raised the bar, the level of attention, and used situations we had in the previous races to reset and increase the standards in the way we do things. We need to retain these standards, the mission is very clear – we only want to think about performance, an area of performance in which we also have quite a lot to improve."
McLaren ‘definitely raised the bar' in Barcelona – Stella
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Leclerc on needing to improve after Barcelona retirement
Charles Leclerc says it is “up to me to up my game” after a disappointing Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix in which he retired with a car issue as his team-mate Lewis Hamilton won by almost 20 seconds. Charles Leclerc said: "Now it's up to me to up my game, to find this confidence with this car to put everything together. Hopefully, with clean weekends; it is true also that the last four weekends haven't been very clean technically for me. We have had a lot of issues, so I'm just looking forward to having clean races, taking the rhythm again, and hopefully, fighting at the front as well."
Charles Leclerc admits ‘It's up to me to up my game’ after disastrous F1 Barcelona GP
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Russell on making improvements after losing Barcelona win
George Russell said he will focus on “controlling my controllables” and making improvements after losing victory from pole position with second place at the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix. Russell said: "I'm thinking about just controlling my controllables. Friday and Saturday I felt like I did everything to the best of my ability and got absolutely the best result possible on almost every single lap I did. Today I made a great start. The first stint was solid, but the last two stints on the hard wasn't good enough, so my head is coming out of this race thinking the performance was not strong enough, and I need to make some improvements."
Russell vows to focus on ‘the controllables' after Barcelona defeat
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Vasseur on Hamilton's Barcelona win and staying calm for Austria
Ferrari team principal Fred Vasseur said Lewis Hamilton was “very outstanding” in his Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix win and warned Ferrari against getting carried away as they head to Austria. Vasseur said: "Today he was managing the situation very well – as soon as we were adjusting the strategy, he was pushing more or less. He was very outstanding today. We also have to stay calm – it's not like last week we were nowhere and today we are World Champions. That would be a huge mistake. It means that we need to keep the same approach in Austria as in Barcelona."
Vasseur praises ‘very outstanding' Hamilton in Barcelona
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Vasseur on Ferrari staying calm after Hamilton's Barcelona win
Fred Vasseur says Ferrari must stay calm after Lewis Hamilton won the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix to deliver the team’s first victory since the seven-time champion joined last year. Vasseur said: "Nothing changed today compared to last week. The result is different, the outcome of the race is different. The commitment of the guys in the garage in Maranello, from Lewis, from Charles, didn't change compared to last week. We have to stay calm with this. It's not that today everything is magic, and last week it was not."
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Vasseur on Hamilton's Barcelona win without late VSC
Ferrari team principal Fred Vasseur said Lewis Hamilton would still have won the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix even without the late Virtual Safety Car that followed Fernando Alonso’s retirement with a battery issue. Vasseur said: "We would have won the race, perhaps with a bit less. But we were also in a good situation with a fresh set of tyres at this stage. It was positive for us, but I don't want to do the calculation what would have been in the race with this or this. But I think we were already in a very good situation."
Vasseur: Hamilton would have won Barcelona GP even without VSC
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⚪️ Wolff on facing Hamilton as a title threat
"I'd rather not fight with him for a title, because I know what he's capable of. If he smells blood, he goes. I've seen it many years where suddenly the Lewis Hamilton train started to go and then it's very difficult to stop it."
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Norris on what McLaren need to beat Mercedes and Ferrari
Lando Norris said McLaren need “a little bit of everything” to start beating Mercedes and Ferrari after being beaten by both teams in the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix. Norris said: "Ah, just a little bit of everything at the minute. We're doing a good job as a team, and I think we're making good progress, but these guys are just doing a better job. So, we have to give credit to them and admit to ourselves that we've got to keep working hard and keep putting in the effort."
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Mekies on Red Bull appealing Gasly Monaco podium reinstatement
Red Bull boss Laurent Mekies said the team is set to appeal the stewards’ decision to reinstate Pierre Gasly’s Monaco Grand Prix podium, saying it is a “matter of principle” to get clarity on how race penalties affect final results. Mekies said: "We have not yet submitted the full appeal; we have a bit of time for that. But we think it's more so a matter of principle for the goodness of the sport, in order for the sport to get the right clarity on how we go about non-appealable penalties during the race, and getting the right results at the end of the race. No measurement system is perfect... and 17 or 18 cars have managed to be legal."
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Mercedes seeks Monaco right of review
Mercedes has submitted a Right of Review request to the FIA over the Monaco Grand Prix result, RaceFans reports, after the stewards admitted pitlane speeding penalties were issued incorrectly because the pitlane length was measured 77 metres short. RaceFans understands Mercedes plans to use that admission as part of its challenge, after George Russell’s five-second penalty escalated to a drive-through and he dropped from third to 14th after serving it. Toto Wolff said: “Do we think that we realistically have a position, a chance of reverting the result? I don’t think so,” but added Mercedes “definitely have to give it a go”.
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Daniel Valente 🏎️
@F1GuyDan
🚨 Time since last win
Lewis Hamilton: 1d
Kimi Antonelli: 8d
George Russell: 3m 7d
Max Verstappen: 6m 8d
Lando Norris: 7m 6d
Oscar Piastri: 9m 15d
Carlos Sainz: 1y 7m 19d
Charles Leclerc: 1y 7m 26d
Sergio Perez: 3y 1m 16d
Valtteri Bottas: 4y 8m 5d
Esteban Ocon: 4y 10m 14d
Pierre
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Autosport
@autosport
A 41-point gap with 15 races remaining. Game on 🍿
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Daniel Valente 🏎️
@F1GuyDan
🚨 Lewis Hamilton is the only driver in Formula 1 history to win a race in their 20s, 30s and 40s.
That’s a feat only a GOAT could do 🐐
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@wearetherace
😳 Toto Wolff believes Mercedes might have cost itself victory at Barcelona by allowing George Russell and Kimi Antonelli to race each other in the manner they did, and will evaluate its position on intra-team battles for future races:
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The Race
@wearetherace
👏 Lewis Hamilton's win in Barcelona drew praise from across the paddock, including rivals and former team-mates:
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Autosport
@autosport
Lando loved seeing Lewis prove all his doubters wrong 🤝
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Who slept best last night: Frederic Vasseur
Who slept the worst last night: George Russell
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