British media in raptures after Hamilton's first Ferrari win at Barcelona GP

An aggressive three-stop strategy up against the two-stopping Mercedes duo of George Russell and Kimi Antonelli, along with some help from a Lap 62 Virtual Safety Car, delivered a historic victory for Hamilton and Ferrari at the Circuit de Barcelona - 30 years on from Michael Schumacher's first win in red at the very same circuit.

British media also ought to be pleased with the full podium in Barcelona, ultimately completed by Russell and McLaren's Lando Norris to form F1's first all-British top three for the first time since Jackie Stewart, Graham Hill, and John Surtees at the US Grand Prix in 1968.

Focusing on Hamilton's Barcelona GP win, BBC Sport have hailed the Briton's performance as a statement not only to himself, but the wider F1 world - that his move from Mercedes to the Scuderia has been justified and that Ferrari can return to the very top of the sport.

The Daily Mail have also hailed Hamilton's turnaround from his disastrous 2025 debut season with Ferrari, with the Briton becoming the first Ferrari driver to fail at scoring a podium all season in 44 years. Now, Hamilton is on a charge in red - only 41 points behind championship leader Antonelli after the Italian's Barcelona DNF.

For The Telegraph, Hamilton's maiden Ferrari win pushes back on claims that the seven-time world champion's move to the Italian team has at all tarnished his glowing F1 legacy, with the 2026 regulation change, away from a difficult ground effect era of cars, a key factor for his return to form.

"Hamilton on top again. Who would have thought it? Certainly not the many, many people who wrote him off towards the end of his time at Mercedes. Or the many more who said the seven-time world champion was doing irreparable damage to his legacy pootling around in a Ferrari last year, miles behind his team-mate Charles Leclerc.