{"id":39612,"date":"2026-06-13T10:42:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T10:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/39612\/"},"modified":"2026-06-13T10:42:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T10:42:06","slug":"f1-qualifying-results-2026-barcelona-grand-prix-times-and-grid-positions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/39612\/","title":{"rendered":"F1 Qualifying Results: 2026 Barcelona Grand Prix times and grid positions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Qualifying for the Barcelona Grand Prix takes place today (Saturday) as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpfans.com\/en\/f1-drivers\/george-russell\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">George Russell<\/a> looks to stop his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpfans.com\/en\/f1-teams\/mercedes\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mercedes<\/a> team-mate Kimi Antonelli from continuing his F1 title charge.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\nF1 is in Barcelona this weekend for the <a title=\"seventh round of the season\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gpfans.com\/en\/f1-race-calendar\/2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">seventh round of the season<\/a>, with the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya seeing a resumption of the championship battle between Russell and Antonelli.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\nAntonelli has won five grands prix in a row, and is now <a title=\"66 points clear of second-place Lewis Hamilton\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gpfans.com\/en\/f1-standings\/2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">66 points clear of second-place Lewis Hamilton<\/a>, and 68 points ahead of Russell.&#13;<\/p>\n<p> Article continues under video<\/p>\n<p>\nThe two Mercedes team-mates have shared all six grand prix pole positions so far in 2026, and are likely to be the favourites this time around too.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\nHowever, McLaren could well threaten their dominance, if Friday&#8217;s anything to go by. <a title=\"During FP2, 2025 world champion Lando Norris finished top of the time sheets\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gpfans.com\/en\/f1-news\/1085770\/f1-results-today-barcelona-catalunya-grand-prix-2026-practice-fp1-fp2-times\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">During FP2, 2025 world champion Lando Norris finished top of the time sheets<\/a>, ahead of both Mercedes drivers.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\nSo, who will take the pole position in Barcelona? Check back in here as we will keep you updated with the results as they happen during Q1, Q2 and the all-important Q3 to set Sunday&#8217;s grid.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\nREAD MORE: <a title=\"Monaco Grand Prix result changed AGAIN as amended podium announced after FIA hearing\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gpfans.com\/en\/f1-news\/1085747\/f1-monaco-grand-prix-2026-result-amended-fia-hearing-alpine-gasly\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Monaco Grand Prix result changed AGAIN as amended podium announced after FIA hearing<\/a>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>F1 Qualifying Results: Barcelona Grand Prix 2026<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nF1 Barcelona Grand Prix Qualifying Results&#13;<br \/>\n  &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n      Position&#13;<br \/>\n      Driver&#13;<br \/>\n      Team&#13;<br \/>\n      Time&#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n  &#13;<br \/>\n  &#13;<br \/>\n    1TBCTBCTBC&#13;<br \/>\n    2TBCTBCTBC&#13;<br \/>\n    3TBCTBCTBC&#13;<br \/>\n    4TBCTBCTBC&#13;<br \/>\n    5TBCTBCTBC&#13;<br \/>\n    6TBCTBCTBC&#13;<br \/>\n    7TBCTBCTBC&#13;<br \/>\n    8TBCTBCTBC&#13;<br \/>\n    9TBCTBCTBC&#13;<br \/>\n    10TBCTBCTBC&#13;<br \/>\n    11TBCTBCTBC&#13;<br \/>\n    12TBCTBCTBC&#13;<br \/>\n    13TBCTBCTBC&#13;<br \/>\n    14TBCTBCTBC&#13;<br \/>\n    15TBCTBCTBC&#13;<br \/>\n    16TBCTBCTBC&#13;<br \/>\n    17TBCTBCTBC&#13;<br \/>\n    18TBCTBCTBC&#13;<br \/>\n    19TBCTBCTBC&#13;<br \/>\n    20TBCTBCTBC&#13;<br \/>\n    21TBCTBCTBC&#13;<br \/>\n    22TBCTBCTBC&#13;<br \/>\n  &#13;<br \/>\nChanges to F1 Qualifying in 2026<\/p>\n<p>\nThere are a couple of changes to the way qualifying works this year, not quite as sweeping as the new technical regulations.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\nFirstly we now have 22 cars on the grid, so instead of five cars exiting after Q1 and Q2, we will have six being eliminated. That still leaves 10 for the pole shootout in Q3.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\nThe other notable change is in the timings &#8211; Q3 now gets an extra minute and lasts for 13 rather than 12.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\nF1 HEADLINES: <a title=\"Hamilton replacement confirmed, questions raised for Ferrari chief Vasseur\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gpfans.com\/en\/f1-news\/1085726\/f1-news-today-lewis-hamilton-replacement-confirmed-questions-ferrari-chief-fred-vasseur\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hamilton replacement confirmed, questions raised for Ferrari chief Vasseur<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Related\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Qualifying for the Barcelona Grand Prix takes place today (Saturday) as George Russell looks to stop his Mercedes&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":39613,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[92,18164,12764,4357,273,11455],"class_list":["post-39612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-barcelona","tag-barcelona","tag-barcelona-grand-prix","tag-circuit-de-barcelona-catalunya","tag-f1","tag-news","tag-sam-cook"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39612\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}