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Max Verstappen’s best efforts in qualifying for the 2025 F1 Spanish GP could only reward him with a third place grid slot, behind the two McLaren drivers – and the Dutchman put that down to Red Bull simply “lacking” a bit of speed compared to the Papaya cars. Red Bull “clearly lacking too much” speed…
McLaren’s Oscar Piastri secured his fourth F1 pole position of the season at the 2025 Spanish GP, and although he described it as the “best spot” to start the race, the Australian expects to face an “exciting” turn one given the long run down to the first corner. Piastri beat his team-mate and championship rival…
Qualifying for round 9 of the 2025 F1 season is in the books as the Spanish GP grid has been decided, full report and results below. McLaren went into qualifying as the hottest of favourites after pummeling the field in final practice. Q1 Franco Colapinto set the first time of qualifying as he logged a…
Franco Colapinto’s second start to life in Formula 1 has been far from ideal, and Alpine F1 Team Principal Flavio Briatore is already calling for improvement heading into the Spanish GP. The 23-year-old was brought in to replace Jack Doohan after six rounds, but his first two races have raised plenty of questions. Colapinto finished…
Oscar Piastri set the pace in FP3 at the F1 Spanish GP ahead of his McLaren teammate Lando Norris, the full report and results are below. The McLaren pair was supremely fast, and Charles Leclerc could only set a time seven-tenths slower than Piastri’s benchmark. The third practice session at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya got…
After a nightmarish start to the season with eight rounds and zero points to his name, Fernando Alonso has started the F1 Spanish GP weekend on a hopeful note. The Spaniard, for a change, found himself in the top 10 in the FP2 tally on Friday. Alonso finished the session in P7 with a gap…
McLaren had a strong start to their F1 Spanish GP weekend as Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri, respectively, led FP1 and FP2 Friday. Norris’ 1:13.718 was .367 seconds up on Max Verstappen in 2nd and over a half-second quicker than Piastri’s best time (1:14.294, P5) in the first session. Piastri goes fastest, ready for a…
Mercedes ended Friday’s running at the 2025 F1 Spanish GP with encouragement after George Russell finished P2 and Kimi Antonelli secured P6 in a productive FP2 sessions in Barcelona. The Silver Arrows showed competitive pace following their struggles in Monaco, with Russell leading their team’s charge behind pacesetter Oscar Piastri. Russell secures P2 with strong…
After a busy FP2 session at the F1 Spanish GP, Charles Leclerc’s ends the day P5, while his teammate Lewis Hamilton takes P11. Leclerc was half a second away from Oscar Piastri’s P1 time of 1:12.760. Overall, it was a difficult session for the Ferrari drivers. Everyone begun the session on medium C2 tires, except…
Max Verstappen delivered a composed and competitive showing in FP2 at Barcelona, securing third place on the timesheets ahead of the F1 Spanish GP. The Red Bull driver finished just 0.310 seconds adrift of McLaren’s Oscar Piastri, who topped the session with an impressive 1:12.760. While Verstappen matched Lando Norris’s time, he was classified ahead…
