P11 for Esteban at inaugural Madrid GP

P11 for Esteban at inaugural Madrid GP

Date:
September 13, 2026

event:
Madrid Grand Prix

Article:
Race Report

P11 for Esteban at inaugural Madrid GP

TGR Haas F1 Team finished with Esteban Ocon 11th and Oliver Bearman 16th at Round 14 of the 2026 FIA Formula 1 World Championship, the Spanish Grand Prix, held Sunday at Madring.

Esteban took the start from 13th place on the grid on Pirelli P Zero Yellow medium tires, and moved up two positions on the opening lap to take 11th position. Esteban slotted into the top 10 following the retirement of Lewis Hamilton, and came into the pit lane on lap 14 under a virtual safety car caused by Lance Stroll’s Aston Martin suffering a brake issue. Esteban took on White hard tires but ultimately lost out to Audi driver Nico Hulkenberg – and their respective positions were retained through to the checkered flag, with the Frenchman coming home in 11th position just shy of the points.

TGR Haas F1 Team holds seventh position in the Constructors’ Championship on 21 points.

Up front Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli took his eighth victory of the season, ahead of Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen and McLaren’s Lando Norris.

Esteban Ocon: “We’re disappointed as we deserve much more, we deserved to be in the points today. The plan was to get both Audis at the start, and we managed to do so, and we knew it would be hard to hold them, but we did so until the stop. At the stop, we lost the position, so we need to see what I could’ve done better, if I could’ve stopped in a better position or what, as I thought it was a decent stop but they must’ve had a better one. We gave it our all out there and I’m proud of everyone, as we came from being out in Q1 and now we’re fighting for points, so it’s positive and encouraging for the rest of the races.”

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