Follow live text and BBC 5 Sports Extra commentary from third practice and qualifying at the Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona.

Initially thought to be the hardest hit by the technical directive regarding the flexiwing, McLaren appears to be significantly less affected in reality. This is bad news for the competition, including Max Verstappen and Red Bull Racing.

George Russell sarcastically joked that the FIA’s newest technical directive, TD018, “clearly slowed McLaren down”, after all, they were only P1 in both Friday practices in Spain. Formula 1 introduced a revised technical directive at round nine of the F1 2025 championship, Barcelona, one aimed at eradicating flexible front wings.

What does one do after their racing team won the famed Grand Prix of Monaco? Go to one of Major League Baseball's most famous ballparks and take some cuts in the cage. Zak Brown, the CEO of McLaren Racing in Formula One and IndyCar,

While it may feature only a 3.0-liter V6, the plug-in hybrid 296 made easy work of the limited-run 911 GT2 RS and McLaren 765LT in the quarter-mile

Oscar Piastri makes it a hat-trick for McLaren and leads FP3 ahead of teammate Lando Norris in P2 and Charles Leclerc in P3. In the first ten minutes only a handful of drivers had made their way around the track,

Even without a fully flexible front wing, McLaren remains on top in Formula 1. When asked about the FIA’s much stricter flexibility checks that have taken effect this weekend, Mercedes’ George Russell quipped sarcastically: “Well,

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