F1 2026 Barcelona Shakedown: Best times and total distance traveled

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The 2026 F1 opening pre-season check concluded after 5 days of driving in Barcelona.

The shakedown behind closed doorways allowed groups to run the 2026 Challenger in anger for the primary time, rack up vital miles and collect early information concerning the new rules.

Under is an summary of the variety of laps accomplished by every staff and driver, in addition to their greatest lap instances on the Barcelona-Catalunya circuit (unofficial).

quickest lap time

quickest lap time
place	driver	time
1	lewis hamilton	1 minute 16 seconds 348
2	george russell	1 minute 16.445 seconds
3	land norris	1 minute 16 seconds 594
4	charles leclerc	1 minute 16.653 seconds
5	Kimi Antonelli	1 minute 17.081 seconds
6	Oscar Piastri	1 minute 17.446 seconds
7	max verstappen	1 minute 17.586 seconds
8	Pierre Gasly	1 minute 17.707 seconds
9	Isaac Hajar	1 minute 18.159 seconds
10	Esteban Ocon	1 minute 18.393 seconds
11	ollie bearman	1 minute 18.423 seconds
12	Arvid Lindblad	1 minute 18.451 seconds
13	Liam Lawson	1 minute 18.840 seconds
14	Franco Colapinto	1 minute 19.150 seconds
15	Nico Hulkenberg	1 minute 19.870 seconds
16	Gabriel Bortleto	1 minute 20 seconds 179
17	Fernando Alonso	1 minute 20.795 seconds
18	valtteri bottas	1 minute 20 seconds 920 seconds
19	Sergio Perez	1 minute 21.024 seconds
20	Lance Stroll	1 minute 46.404 seconds

Lewis Hamilton set the quickest time on the Barcelona shakedown late on the ultimate day, beating the quickest time set by Mercedes’ George Russell by 10 seconds.

Reigning world champion Lando Norris positioned his McLaren in third place on the general timesheets from testing, however the different finish of the leaderboard was made up of Aston Martin and Cadillac drivers.

Most laps accomplished by a staff

	Variety of laps accomplished by the staff
place	staff	wrap
1	mercedes	502
2	ferrari	440
3	fireside	386
4	Takayama	349
5	racing bulls	319
6	pink bull	303
7	mclaren	291
8	audi	240
9	Cadillac	164
10	aston martin	65

Mercedes might not have set the quickest time ultimately, however they left Barcelona with a extra vital statistic: essentially the most miles pushed.

Russell and teammate Kimi Antonelli had been the busiest drivers of the week, clocking in over 500 laps.

Haas additionally boasted a great mileage, rating third out of the ten groups taking part, and Alpine are most likely glad with their work.

Aston Martin’s late arrival meant the Silverstone-based staff misplaced practically two full days of operating, ending backside of the mileage chart.

Mercedes sets up landmark in Barcelona — Mercedes units up landmark in Barcelona

Variety of accomplished laps by engine producer

	Variety of laps accomplished by PU producer
place	Producer	wrap
1	mercedes	1142
2	ferrari	990
3	RBPT	622
4	audi	240
5	honda	65

Mercedes’ wonderful opening check was capped off by the truth that they logged over 1000 laps between them and buyer groups McLaren and Alpine.

Crimson Bull Powertrain shall be happy with the reliability of its first F1 energy unit.

It is no shock that Audi and Honda have the fewest whole laps, contemplating they solely provide one staff every.

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Most laps accomplished by a driver

	Variety of laps accomplished by driver
place	driver	wrap
1	george russell	265
2	Esteban Ocon	239
3	Kimi Antonelli	237
4	charles leclerc	235
5	Pierre Gasly	231
6	lewis hamilton	205
7	Arvid Lindblad	167
8	land norris	163
9	Isaac Hajar	158
10	Liam Lawson	152
11	ollie bearman	147
12	Nico Hulkenberg	146
13	max verstappen	145
14	Oscar Piastri	128
15	Franco Colapinto	118
16	Gabriel Bortleto	94
17	valtteri bottas	87
18	Sergio Perez	77
19	Fernando Alonso	61
20	Lance Stroll	4