Summary

Oscar Piastri takes pole position at the Spanish Grand Prix
McLaren team-mate Lando Norris second, Max Verstappen third
Carlos Sainz knocked out in Q1 at his home grand prix
Red Bull's Yuki Tsunoda also fails to make Q2
F1 introduces stiffer tests on front wing flexibility this weekend
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Weather for qualifyingpublished at 15:04 British Summer Time 31 May
Ian Fergusson
BBC weather forecaster
Air temperature is 29.5C and the track 48.8C. Wind from the south east to south, with gusts to 19mph in the past hour.
Dry; FIA official risk of rain is 0%.
Fine marginspublished at 15:02 British Summer Time 31 May
Olli Caldwell
Former F2, F3 and Alpine development driver on Sports Extra 2
It's a track where you can be on the edge. There's a fine margin between being on the track and they've got a little bit of run off here at most corners before dipping into the gravel.
Like most tracks the car is on edge here in all of the sectors and it will be about who can be on edge the most without dipping a wheel into the gravel or making a mistake.
First qualifying startspublished at 15:01 British Summer Time 31 May
The first part of qualifying is under way. A smattering of cars head out. The others wait.
Listen to live commentarypublished at 14:58 British Summer Time 31 May
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Postpublished at 14:55 British Summer Time 31 May
Max Verstappen can always pull it together when it matters most but all we've seen so far this weekend suggests he needs to find considerably more to beat the McLarens to pole position. He finished almost a second off Oscar Piastri's time in final practice.
Last five Spanish GP polesitterspublished at 14:50 British Summer Time 31 May
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- 2024 – Lando Norris (McLaren)
- 2023 – Max Verstappen (Red Bull)
- 2022 – Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
- 2021 – Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
- 2020 – Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
'The reality today is to get one car into Q3' - Vowlespublished at 14:46 British Summer Time 31 May
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Williams team principal James Vowles speaking to Sky Sports after FP3:"It was a tricky session, still difficult for us. I think we made a tiny step forward. In reality there's still more to do. Carlos' [Sainz] lap wasn't quite where it should be. There was traffic in that last sector, so it was a little bit better than that, but not good enough really.
For Alex [Albon], we had a reliability problem in the car that's still being looked into, so he wasn't able to get out for that second run. I think the reality today is certainly to get one car into Q3."
On Barcelona being a weaker circuit for the team: "I think if we go back the last four, five years in our history, this circuit really stand out as somewhere we haven't performed. We've changed quite a bit of the characteristics for this year. You can see across the first seven races, the car has worked, but there are corner sequences here that really exemplify a weakness we still have in the car. It's slightly better, but nowhere where it needs to be."
On the technical directive introduced this weekend: "The car we have here is actually a little bit quicker than the car we had in Imola and Miami because we took this opportunity to update the front wings as well and that update was more potent than the technical directive.
I'm pretty sure everyone had stiffened their front flaps. In other words is it working, yes because we've all put work in to ensure we're stiffer. All it does really is it's a slight balancing tool. I don't think it was ever going to change the order."
How will Ferrari do?published at 14:44 British Summer Time 31 May
Hard to tell exactly how Ferrari will get on in qualifying. Charles Leclerc was third quickest in final practice but Lewis Hamilton had a gear box issue just before the end of the session.
Postpublished at 14:39 British Summer Time 31 May
Oscar Piastri is aiming for his fourth pole position of the season and is looking good for it, having finished final practice half a second clear of team-mate Lando Norris.
Key will be nailing the lap first time because the hot temperatures here means the soft tyres are struggling to hold up for too long.
Postpublished at 14:35 British Summer Time 31 May
Hello!
Welcome to our coverage of qualifying for the Spanish Grand Prix.
Oscar Piastri is looking the man to beat after topping two of three practice sessions, with Lando Norris headlining the other one.
They are showing no signs of being hampered by the tightening of flexi-wing regulations, but will that continue in the fight for pole?
Qualifying gets under way in just under 30 minutes.
Dominance set to continue?published at 14:30 British Summer Time 31 May
All signs are pointing to a McLaren car on pole position for the Spanish Grand Prix after they dominated all three practice sessions.
But you can never rule out this guy putting it all together when it matters...
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Piastri sets impressive pace in final practicepublished at 12:38 British Summer Time 31 May
Andrew Benson
BBC F1 correspondent in Barcelona
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McLaren’s Oscar Piastri set an impressive pace in final practice at the Spanish Grand Prix, heading team-mate Lando Norris by 0.526 seconds.
The championship leader’s margin was exaggerated by the fact that Norris ran wide at the fast Turn Nine on his first flying lap on the soft tyres.
That meant the Briton set his fastest time on tyres that were past their best.
But he was still 0.217secs faster than Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc in third place.
Mercedes’ George Russell was fourth and Max Verstappen’s Red Bull fifth - 0.988secs slower than Piastri.
Norris’ off was caused by the recurrence of an aerodynamic phenomenon known as “porpoising”, which affected many cars heavily in 2022, when the current rules were first introduced, but tends to occur only rarely now.
Porpoising is when the airflow under the car ‘stalls’ and causes a sudden loss of downforce, before the flow starts again, before stalling again, setting up a high-frequency bouncing of the car.
Norris was informed by his engineer that they could fix the porpoising but only if he returned to the pits so they could raise the ride-height.
Behind Verstappen, Racing Bulls’ Isack Hadjar was sixth, ahead of Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli.
Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso, Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton and Hadjar’s team-mate Liam Lawson completed the top 10.
Postpublished at 12:37 British Summer Time 31 May
Right, we'll be back for build up to qualifying at 14:30 BST. I'll leave you to have a read of Andrew Benson's final practice report until then.
See you soon!
'McLaren showing dominance'published at 12:36 British Summer Time 31 May
Olli Caldwell
Former F2, F3 and Alpine development driver on Sports Extra 3
McLaren are really showing some dominance and looking confident going into qualifying.
Team radio - Hamiltonpublished at 12:35 British Summer Time 31 May
"Downshifts are not working properly. Something is wrong with the gear shift."
Postpublished at 12:35 British Summer Time 31 May
Hmm, a late issue for Lewis Hamilton as he reports a problem with gear shift and he is trundling around the track now.
Not ideal a couple of hours out from qualifying.
FP3 - the restpublished at 12:34 British Summer Time 31 May
11) Bortoleto
12) Hulkenberg
13) Sainz
14) Tsunoda
15) Stroll
16) Gasly
17) Colapinto
18) Ocon
19) Albon
20) Bearman
FP3 - top 10published at 12:33 British Summer Time 31 May
1) Piastri
2) Norris
3) Leclerc
4) Russell
5) Verstappen
6) Hadjar
7) Antonelli
8) Alonso
9) Hamilton
10 Lawson
Postpublished at 12:32 British Summer Time 31 May
A McLaren clean sweep of practice, with Oscar Piastri fastest in second and third practice.
Chequered flagpublished at 12:31 British Summer Time 31 May
Oscar Piastri finishes fastest in final practice for the Spanish Grand Prix.

2025 Spanish Grand Prix

3rd Practice

Circuit de Catalunya, 31 May 2025

Rank	Driver	Number	Fastest Lap	Laps
1	Oscar Piastri McLaren	81	1:12.387	14
2	Lando Norris McLaren	4	1:12.913	18
3	Charles Leclerc Ferrari	16	1:13.130	17
4	George Russell Mercedes	63	1:13.139	18
5	Max Verstappen Red Bull	1	1:13.375	14
6	Isack Hadjar RB	6	1:13.382	17
7	Kimi Antonelli Mercedes	12	1:13.405	12
8	Fernando Alonso Aston Martin	14	1:13.414	17
9	Lewis Hamilton Ferrari	44	1:13.527	17
10	Liam Lawson RB	30	1:13.637	18
11	Gabriel Bortoleto Sauber	5	1:13.722	19
12	Nico Hulkenberg Sauber	27	1:13.733	18
13	Carlos Sainz Jnr Williams	55	1:13.758	16
14	Yuki Tsunoda Red Bull	22	1:13.892	13
15	Lance Stroll Aston Martin	18	1:13.904	20
16	Pierre Gasly Alpine	10	1:13.954	20
17	Franco Colapinto Alpine	43	1:14.085	23
18	Esteban Ocon Haas	31	1:14.138	14
19	Alexander Albon Williams	23	1:14.289	5
20	Oliver Bearman Haas	87	1:14.460	12

Last updated 31st May 2025 at 12:37

Second Practice

Circuit de Catalunya, 30 May 2025

Rank	Driver	Number	Fastest Lap	Laps
1	Oscar Piastri McLaren	81	1:12.760	28
2	George Russell Mercedes	63	1:13.046	32
3	Max Verstappen Red Bull	1	1:13.070	30
4	Lando Norris McLaren	4	1:13.070	31
5	Charles Leclerc Ferrari	16	1:13.260	33
6	Kimi Antonelli Mercedes	12	1:13.298	31
7	Fernando Alonso Aston Martin	14	1:13.301	28
8	Pierre Gasly Alpine	10	1:13.385	30
9	Isack Hadjar RB	6	1:13.400	29
10	Liam Lawson RB	30	1:13.494	29
11	Lewis Hamilton Ferrari	44	1:13.533	29
12	Nico Hulkenberg Sauber	27	1:13.592	30
13	Yuki Tsunoda Red Bull	22	1:13.683	31
14	Carlos Sainz Jnr Williams	55	1:13.721	34
15	Alexander Albon Williams	23	1:13.839	32
16	Lance Stroll Aston Martin	18	1:13.839	17
17	Gabriel Bortoleto Sauber	5	1:13.959	27
18	Esteban Ocon Haas	31	1:14.005	30
19	Oliver Bearman Haas	87	1:14.126	20
20	Franco Colapinto Alpine	43	1:14.303	31

Last updated 30th May 2025 at 17:06

First Practice

Circuit de Catalunya, 30 May 2025

Rank	Driver	Number	Fastest Lap	Laps
1	Lando Norris McLaren	4	1:13.718	29
2	Max Verstappen Red Bull	1	1:14.085	18
3	Lewis Hamilton Ferrari	44	1:14.096	29
4	Charles Leclerc Ferrari	16	1:14.238	31
5	Oscar Piastri McLaren	81	1:14.294	28
6	Liam Lawson RB	30	1:14.339	28
7	Oliver Bearman Haas	87	1:14.597	26
8	Isack Hadjar RB	6	1:14.605	26
9	Yuki Tsunoda Red Bull	22	1:14.643	27
10	Pierre Gasly Alpine	10	1:14.746	28
11	George Russell Mercedes	63	1:14.751	32
12	Lance Stroll Aston Martin	18	1:14.786	24
13	Fernando Alonso Aston Martin	14	1:14.798	20
14	Nico Hulkenberg Sauber	27	1:14.865	21
15	Carlos Sainz Jnr Williams	55	1:14.935	26
16	Gabriel Bortoleto Sauber	5	1:15.155	23
17	Ryo Hirakawa Haas	50	1:15.298	23
18	Kimi Antonelli Mercedes	12	1:15.369	31
19	Victor Martins Williams	45	1:15.522	26
20	Franco Colapinto Alpine	43	1:15.530	19

Last updated 30th May 2025 at 13:37

Qualification

Circuit de Catalunya, 31 May 2025

= Fastest lap

Rank	Driver	Number	Qualifying 1	Qualifying 1	Qualifying 2	Qualifying 2	Qualifying 3	Qualifying 3	Time
1	Oscar Piastri McLaren	81	fastest lap 1:12.551	fastest lap 1:12.551	fastest lap 1:11.998	fastest lap 1:11.998	fastest lap 1:11.546	fastest lap 1:11.546	Qualifying 3, fastest lap 1:11.546
2	Lando Norris McLaren	4	1:12.799	1:12.799	1:12.056	1:12.056	1:11.755	1:11.755	Qualifying 3, 1:11.755
3	Max Verstappen Red Bull	1	1:12.798	1:12.798	1:12.358	1:12.358	1:11.848	1:11.848	Qualifying 3, 1:11.848
4	George Russell Mercedes	63	1:12.806	1:12.806	1:12.407	1:12.407	1:11.848	1:11.848	Qualifying 3, 1:11.848
5	Lewis Hamilton Ferrari	44	1:13.058	1:13.058	1:12.447	1:12.447	1:12.045	1:12.045	Qualifying 3, 1:12.045
6	Kimi Antonelli Mercedes	12	1:12.815	1:12.815	1:12.585	1:12.585	1:12.111	1:12.111	Qualifying 3, 1:12.111
7	Charles Leclerc Ferrari	16	1:13.014	1:13.014	1:12.495	1:12.495	1:12.131	1:12.131	Qualifying 3, 1:12.131
8	Pierre Gasly Alpine	10	1:13.081	1:13.081	1:12.611	1:12.611	1:12.199	1:12.199	Qualifying 3, 1:12.199
9	Isack Hadjar RB	6	1:13.139	1:13.139	1:12.461	1:12.461	1:12.252	1:12.252	Qualifying 3, 1:12.252
10	Fernando Alonso Aston Martin	14	1:13.102	1:13.102	1:12.523	1:12.523	1:12.284	1:12.284	Qualifying 3, 1:12.284
11	Alexander Albon Williams	23	1:13.044	1:13.044	1:12.641	1:12.641	not available	not available	Qualifying 2, 1:12.641
12	Gabriel Bortoleto Sauber	5	1:13.045	1:13.045	1:12.756	1:12.756	not available	not available	Qualifying 2, 1:12.756
13	Liam Lawson RB	30	1:13.039	1:13.039	1:12.763	1:12.763	not available	not available	Qualifying 2, 1:12.763
14	Lance Stroll Aston Martin	18	1:13.038	1:13.038	1:13.058	1:13.058	not available	not available	Qualifying 2, 1:13.058
15	Oliver Bearman Haas	87	1:13.074	1:13.074	1:13.315	1:13.315	not available	not available	Qualifying 2, 1:13.315
16	Nico Hulkenberg Sauber	27	1:13.190	1:13.190	not available	not available	not available	not available	Qualifying 1, 1:13.190
17	Esteban Ocon Haas	31	1:13.201	1:13.201	not available	not available	not available	not available	Qualifying 1, 1:13.201
18	Carlos Sainz Jnr Williams	55	1:13.203	1:13.203	not available	not available	not available	not available	Qualifying 1, 1:13.203
19	Franco Colapinto Alpine	43	1:13.334	1:13.334	not available	not available	not available	not available	Qualifying 1, 1:13.334
20	Yuki Tsunoda Red Bull	22	1:13.385	1:13.385	not available	not available	not available	not available	Qualifying 1, 1:13.385

Last updated 31st May 2025 at 16:03

Race

Circuit de Catalunya, 1 June 2025

= Fastest lap

Rank	Driver	Number	Grid	Pits	Fastest Lap	Race Time	Points
1	Oscar Piastri McLaren	81	1	3	fastest overall lap 1:15.743	1:32:57.375	25
2	Lando Norris McLaren	4	2	3	1:16.187	2.471 behind	18
3	Charles Leclerc Ferrari	16	7	3	1:17.259	10.455 behind	15
4	George Russell Mercedes	63	4	3	1:17.244	11.359 behind	12
5	Nico Hulkenberg Sauber	27	15	3	1:17.575	13.648 behind	10
6	Lewis Hamilton Ferrari	44	5	3	1:17.706	15.508 behind	8
7	Isack Hadjar RB	6	9	3	1:17.770	16.022 behind	6
8	Pierre Gasly Alpine	10	8	3	1:17.896	17.882 behind	4
9	Fernando Alonso Aston Martin	14	10	3	1:18.128	21.564 behind	2
10	Max Verstappen Red Bull	1	3	4	1:17.019	21.826 behind	1
11	Liam Lawson RB	30	13	2	1:19.424	25.532 behind	0
12	Gabriel Bortoleto Sauber	5	12	2	1:18.297	25.996 behind	0
13	Yuki Tsunoda Red Bull	22	not available	4	1:17.998	28.822 behind	0
14	Carlos Sainz Jnr Williams	55	17	3	1:19.317	29.309 behind	0
15	Franco Colapinto Alpine	43	18	3	1:18.353	31.381 behind	0
16	Esteban Ocon Haas	31	16	2	1:18.624	32.197 behind	0
17	Oliver Bearman Haas	87	14	3	1:18.907	37.065 behind	0
not classified	Kimi Antonelli Mercedes	12	6	2	1:18.255	did not finish completed 53 laps	0
not classified	Alexander Albon Williams	23	11	3	1:20.508	did not finish completed 27 laps	0
not classified	Lance Stroll Aston Martin	18	not available	0	not available	did not finish completed 0 laps	0

Last updated 2nd June 2025 at 07:22

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