The Latest Breaking News from Motorsport Images

At the start, polesitter Verstappen swung right after leaving the line to cut off the momentum of fellow front row starter Carlos Sainz, but the Ferrari – on soft tyres versus the mediums on the Red Bull – got a slipstream and attacked on the outside line at Turn 1.

Norris qualified third for the Barcelona race behind pole-winner Max Verstappen and home hero Carlos Sainz – his best qualifying result of 2023 by four positions (his next best was seventh in Azerbaijan). 

Due to space issues at the 1.7-mile, nine-turn track layout in the heart of the city, in the shadow of the General Motors Renaissance Center, the pitboxes have been split in two.

Spots of rain falling ahead of Q1 led to that segment featuring many offs and a red flag – with Fernando Alonso picking up damage in an incident that meant he was not a pole threat.

Max Verstappen and Red Bull did as they have for the rest of Formula 1 2023 so far and dominated the opening day of practice at Barcelona, quickest by a big margin over long runs and topping the times overall.

Following his victory in Monaco last weekend, Verstappen carried on where he left off by clocking the fastest times in both free practice sessions at the Circuit de Catalunya-Barcelona on Friday.

With a long and wide-ranging CV in off-road racing and other disciplines, it’s fair to say that Tanner Foust has experienced many interesting tracks during his highly-decorated motorsport career. From drift racing to hillclimb, rallycross and Extreme E, Foust has seen it all. And perhaps unsurprisingly given his three rallycross…

The current Barcelona venue has been on the calendar since 1991 and for this year, the final chicane has been ditched in favour of a return to high-speed Turns 13-14. This tweak has been devised to boost overtaking.

To select our top 10, we looked at how well the drivers got on at Le Mans, the circumstances of their failures, and the amount of success scored elsewhere.