McLaren’s Oscar Piastri will start today’s 2025 Spanish Grand Prix on pole position after beating Lando Norris with a stunning lap in qualifying. Piastri leads his McLaren team-mate Norris by three points after eight races in the 2025 World Drivers’ Championship standings.

Oscar Piastri triumphed at Formula 1’s Spanish Grand Prix for his fifth victory of the season while World Champion Max Verstappen melted in the Barcelona heat as his title ambitions suffered a major blow.

A late safety car set Max Verstappen up for mayhem on hard tires, leading to two separate incidents with Charles Leclerc and George Russell and a 10-second penalty. The McLaren drivers watched comfortably from the lead.