Round 10 of the Formula One World Championship brought us to the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya for the Spanish Grand Prix. It was a superb Saturday for Lando Norris, taking a second career pole position, but it wasn’t to be on the Sunday for the Brit. A stellar drive from Max Verstappen halted any chance of a win for Lando running an alternate tire strategy to fight back in the closing moments. Elsewhere around the paddock, Alpine is potentially debating becoming an engine customer, Domenicali is posing the idea to add more sprint races, and Adrian Newey set an outlandish salary request for Aston Martin. On top of this, F1 ticket prices are starting to become a real issue, VCARB brought a huge upgrade package to Barcelona, and a breakdown of the Mercedes email scandal took place. Outside of F1, a bit of time was spent going over the WEC calendar released last week and why the series officials are right in their hesitation to expand the calendar. Two more rounds to go in the triple header, we will see you back On The Gravel for the Austrian Grand Prix next week!

In the build up to the Spanish GP in a weeks time, On the Gravel took us to France for the 24 hr of Le Mans in the World Endurance Championship for a fantastic battle of wit, strategy and endurance. And what a race it was, with Ferrari winning Le Mans back to back after a 60 year drought. Elsewhere around the F1 paddock, Charles elaborated on his struggles from Canada, Perez’s triggering of the safety car was brought into question, and Zak Brown spoke on the toxic environment at Red Bull. The FIA also rewrote the super license rules this week for Antonelli, Norris believes it's between Ferrari and McLaren for the constructors, and Williams have offered Sainz a 4 year deal at Williams. Not the heftiest of weeks but still one to keep us on our toes On The Gravel, see you all in Spain in weeks time!

Round 9 of the Formula One World Championship took us to the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve for the Canadian Grand Prix, arguably the most entertaining race weekend we’ve had all season, from a Mercedes on pole and the second ever dead heat in qualifying, to all the different strategies posed by the rain and a multi team challenge for the win. It wasn’t to be for George Russell or Lando Norris however, with multiple safety cars playing into Verstappen's favor, seeing him cross the line to take his 60th victory in Formula One. Elsewhere around the paddock, Yuki Tsunoda extended his deal with VCARB for a further year, Perez somehow earned a multiyear extension, and a deep dive into the newly released images and information about the 2026 regulations. Lights out for the Spanish GP is two weeks out, but the fabled 24hr of Le Mans is here to give us a full day of racing this coming weekend and we can't wait to share our thoughts with you next time out On The Gravel.