Lewis Hamilton won the 2026 Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix, his first victory for Ferrari and the 106th win of his career. At 41, he became the oldest Grand Prix winner since Jack Brabham in 1970, ending a dry spell that reached back to 2024.
Red for the first time in victory lane
Barcelona delivered another milestone for a driver who has made the circuit his own. He took his 100th career pole position here in 2021, the first to reach three figures. Now the same track gave him a landmark in scarlet.
A career built on Spanish soil
The Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya has long been a stage for his record-breaking. He broke Michael Schumacher’s podium record at this track in 2020, claiming a 156th top-three finish. Across his years at Mercedes, he turned the Spanish Grand Prix into a personal showcase.
This win follows a seismic transfer to Scuderia Ferrari in 2025 after twelve seasons with Mercedes. The early races of the new partnership proved tough, making the breakthrough a real arrival moment for the Italian team’s most famous recruit.
Brabham’s mark, half a century later
No driver had won a World Championship Grand Prix in their forties since Jack Brabham triumphed in South Africa. The record stood untouched across generations of young champions.
Ending a winless run stretching from the close of 2024, the result handed Ferrari a forceful result on home European ground. The quiet closing laps simply measured out a piece of history that had waited fifty-six years.
