As F1 visits the Madring for the first time, Hamilton could set a new record of most wins and podiums at the Spanish Grand Prix and Red Bull overtake Tyrrell on the list of most starts. Here are the milestones and the records which could be broken at the 2026 Spanish Grand Prix!
The 2026 Spanish Grand Prix Milestones
The 2026 Spanish Grand Prix will be the 1,163rd race in World Championship history.
This weekend, the Madring becomes the sixth different venue to have hosted the Spanish Grand Prix in its time as a round of the World Championship.
This will be the 64th time that Formula 1 has raced in Spain. 2026 will become the first season in which F1 has raced in Spain twice since 2012, when the last race at Valencia Street Circuit – host of the European Grand Prix – was held.
This will be the 66th Spanish Grand Prix since the event was first held in 1913 and the 56th time that the event has been run as a round of the World Championship.
The 2026 Spanish Grand Prix will be the eighth F1 race to take place on September 13. This is the first time F1 has raced outside of Italy on this date. The last race held on September 13 was the 2020 Tuscan Grand Prix.
Red Bull will make their 431st Grand Prix start this weekend, overtaking Tyrrell for fifth on the list of most starts for a constructor in Formula 1.
The Formula 1 Records Which Could Be Broken
The new Madring is one of only two circuits on the 2026 calendar at which Max Verstappen has never previously won. A win this weekend would make the Madring the 27th different circuit at which Verstappen has won during his Formula 1 career.
The Madring is one of four tracks on the current Formula 1 calendar at which Lewis Hamilton has never previously recorded a victory. A win this weekend would see him extend his record for the most different circuits at which a driver has won to 32.
A pole position for Lewis Hamilton at the 2026 Spanish Grand Prix would make the Madring the 33rd different track at which he has taken a pole position, extending his record for the most different circuits at which a driver has secured a pole.
The Madring is one of only three circuits on the 2026 calendar – along with Marina Bay Street Circuit and Las Vegas Strip Circuit – at which Max Verstappen has never previously taken pole position. A pole this weekend would make this the 24th different track at which Verstappen has secured pole, overtaking Sebastian Vettel for second place on the list of most different circuits at which a driver has taken pole.
The Madring is one of only two circuits on the calendar – along with Miami International Autodrome – at which Lewis Hamilton has never finished on the podium. A top three finish at the 2026 Spanish Grand Prix would see Hamilton extend the record for most different circuits at which a driver has finished in the top three to 37.
The new Madring is the only circuit on the 2026 Formula 1 calendar at which Max Verstappen is yet to record a podium finish. A top three result this weekend will make it the 32nd different track in total at which he has finished on the podium.
If a Mercedes-powered car finishes on the podium, Mercedes would equal their own longest streak of podium finishes as an engine manufacturer. Mercedes-powered cars have finished in the top three in every race since the 2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix. Another top three result at the 2026 Spanish Grand Prix would be the engine manufacturer’s 41st consecutive Grand Prix weekend with a podium. They previously recorded 41 successive podium results between the 2019 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and the 2022 Bahrain Grand Prix.
A victory for Fernando Alonso at the 2026 Spanish Grand Prix would make him the seventh driver to have won on home soil on as many as four occasions during his Formula 1 career.
If Oscar Piastri or Charles Leclerc win, they will join a list of eight other drivers who have won as many as ten Grands Prix without ever winning the title.
A sixth place finish for Carlos Sainz or Fernando Alonso will see them equal Felipe Massa for the most sixth place finishes in F1 history. Massa recorded 27 sixth place finishes during his career, while Sainz and Alonso have had 26 to date.
With Kimi Antonelli having taken his maiden win at the 2026 Chinese Grand Prix, there are now 13 previous Grand Prix winners on the grid. If another driver takes a maiden victory this year, the next race will be the first time since the 1980 British Grand Prix that as many as 14 previous winners have lined up on the grid.
A pole position for Charles Leclerc would see him equal Nigel Mansell for eighth on the list of most poles with a single team. Mansell took 28 poles with Williams during his career, while Leclerc has taken 27 poles with Ferrari to date.
A podium finish for Charles Leclerc this weekend would see him equal Rubens Barrichello and Sebastian Vettel on the list of most top three finishes with Ferrari.
A Grand Slam for Max Verstappen or Lewis Hamilton – winning from pole position having led every lap and set the fastest lap – would be their seventh Grand Slam. It would see them take outright second place on the list of most Grand Slams in F1, behind only Jim Clark.
A fastest lap for a Mercedes-powered car this weekend would make Mercedes the second constructor, after Ferrari, to have recorded as many as 250 fastest laps in Formula 1. Ferrari reached the milestone at the 2018 British Grand Prix.
The Spanish Grand Prix Records On Offer
Lewis Hamilton is eyeing a record-breaking seventh Spanish Grand Prix victory this weekend. He is currently tied with Michael Schumacher on six wins at the event.
As well as being tied on most Spanish Grand Prix wins, Hamilton is also tied with Schumacher on 12 top three finishes at the event. Another this weekend would see him take the outright record.
Mercedes have powered more Spanish Grand Prix wins than any other engine manufacturer, with 13 victories. Ferrari could equal the record tally this weekend. Likewise, Mercedes have powered 15 Spanish Grand Prix poles compared to Ferrari’s 14.
A pole position for Lewis Hamilton would see him equal Michael Schumacher’s record of seven poles at the Spanish Grand Prix.
If Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc lead 42 laps of the 2026 Spanish Grand Prix between them, Ferrari will become the first constructor to have led 1,000 laps in the event’s World Championship history.
Verstappen and Red Bull Chasing Records
Max Verstappen has won 71 races to date with Red Bull. Another victory would see him equal Michael Schumacher for the second-most victories with a single constructor. Schumacher won 72 races with Ferrari during his career. The record for most wins with a team is 84, for Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes.
A fastest lap for Max Verstappen would be his 38th, equalling Sebastian Vettel for fifth on the list of most fastest laps.
A victory for Max Verstappen in 2026 would make him only the fourth driver – after Alain Prost, Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton – to have won in as many as 11 different Formula 1 seasons.
If Max Verstappen wins a race in 2026, it would be the 11th consecutive season in which he has won a Grand Prix. Verstappen would be only the third driver to win in as many as 11 successive years. Michael Schumacher reached the milestone in 2002, while Lewis Hamilton achieved the feat in 2017. Both drivers went on to win in 15 consecutive years.
A pole position in 2026 for Max Verstappen would make him the fifth driver – after Nelson Piquet, Ayrton Senna, Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton – to record pole positions in as many as eight consecutive Formula 1 seasons.
If Max Verstappen leads from start to finish, this would be the 19th Grand Prix which he has led from lights to flag. That would see him equal Ayrton Senna for second on the list of most races led from start to end.
Max Verstappen holds the record for wins from the most different grid positions in Formula 1. He’ll become the first driver to win from 11 different grid slots this weekend should he win from 5th, 8th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 15th, 16th, 18th, 19th or 20th on the grid.
A victory for Red Bull would be their 131st win, equalling Mercedes for third on the list of all-time Grand Prix victories.
A victory for Red Bull in 2026 would make this the 11th consecutive season in which they have won a Grand Prix. They would be the fifth team to have won in as many as 11 successive seasons, after Lotus, McLaren, Ferrari and Mercedes.
Longevity Records on Offer for Alonso
Fernando Alonso’s last win came at the 2013 Spanish Grand Prix. A victory at any race in 2026 would see him set a new record for the longest gap between wins in F1 history, by quite a margin. Riccardo Patrese holds the current record, having waited 6 years, 6 months and 28 days between wins at the 1983 South African Grand Prix and the 1990 San Marino Grand Prix.
A podium finish for Fernando Alonso at any race in 2026 would see him overtake Alain Prost for fifth on the list of most podium finishes in Formula 1. Both drivers have recorded 106 top three finishes.
If Fernando Alonso leads a race, he would become only the third driver – after Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton – to have led a lap of a Grand Prix in as many as 16 different seasons.
A victory for Fernando Alonso in 2026 would make him only the fourth driver – after Juan Manuel Fangio, Stirling Moss, Jackie Stewart and Alain Prost to have won with as many as four different constructors during his Formula 1 career.