2025 Spanish Grand Prix

The event was held at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Montmeló for the 35th time in the circuit's history, across the weekend of 30 May – 1 June. The Grand Prix was the ninth round of the 2025 Formula One World Championship and the 55th running of the Spanish Grand Prix as a round of the Formula One World Championship. This was also the last Spanish Grand Prix to be held at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Montmeló before being moved to a new street circuit in Madrid from the following 2026 race onward. Championship standings before the race Going into the weekend, Oscar Piastri led the Drivers' Championship with 161 points, three points ahead of his teammate Lando Norris in second, and 25 ahead of Max Verstappen in third. McLaren, with 319 points, led the Constructors' Championship from Mercedes and Red Bull Racing, who were second and third with 147 and 143 points, respectively. Entrants The drivers and teams were the same as published in the season entry list with two exceptions; Yuki Tsunoda at Red Bull Racing was in the seat originally held by Liam Lawson before the latter was demoted back to Racing Bulls from the Japanese Grand Prix onward, and Franco Colapinto replaced Jack Doohan at Alpine from the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix onward until at least the Austrian Grand Prix on a rotating seat basis. Following qualifying, Lance Stroll withdrew from the event due to experiencing pain in his hand and wrists. During the first free practice session, two teams fielded drivers who had not raced in more than two Grands Prix, as required by the Formula One regulations: • Ryō Hirakawa for Haas in place of Esteban Ocon. • Victor Martins for Williams in place of Alexander Albon, making his Formula One practice debut. Tyre choices Tyre supplier Pirelli brought the C1, C2, and C3 tyre compounds (the three hardest in their range) designated hard, medium, and soft, respectively, for teams to use at the event. == Practice ==

Three free practice sessions were held for the event. The first free practice session was held on 30 May 2025, at 13:30 local time (UTC+2), and was topped by Lando Norris of McLaren followed by Max Verstappen of Red Bull Racing and Lewis Hamilton of Ferrari. The second free practice session was held on the same day, at 17:00 local time, and was topped by Oscar Piastri of McLaren followed by George Russell of Mercedes and Verstappen. The third free practice session was held on 31 May 2025, at 12:30 local time, and was topped by Piastri ahead of his teammate Norris and Charles Leclerc of Ferrari. ==Qualifying==

Qualifying was held on 31 May 2025, at 16:00 local time (UTC+2), and determined the starting grid order for the race. Qualifying classification Notes • – Max Verstappen and George Russell set identical lap times in Q3. Verstappen qualified ahead of Russell as he set the time earlier. • – Lance Stroll qualified 14th, but withdrew after experiencing pain in his hand and wrist. Drivers who qualified behind him gained a grid position. • – Yuki Tsunoda qualified 20th, but was required to start the race from the pit lane as his car was modified under parc fermé conditions. ==Race==

The race was held on 1 June 2025, at 15:00 local time (UTC+2), and was run for 66 laps. Verstappen made his second stop at the end of lap 29, switching to medium tyres and rejoining in fourth position behind Piastri, Norris and Leclerc. This made it clear Verstappen intended to make three pit stops in the race, whilst the leading McLaren pair could make it to the finish on just two. After easily passing Leclerc into turn 1 on lap 35, Verstappen made his final planned stop on lap 48 to switch onto another set of soft tyres. The leading McLarens quickly responded to the risk of another undercut by themselves stopping, also switching to the softs. On lap 55, Antonelli, who had been running in seventh place, suffered an engine failure – his second in three races – and pulled off into the turn 10 gravel trap. This caused the safety car to be deployed, resulting in the top nine drivers making pitstops and taking fresh tyres for the restart. All these drivers switched to the soft tyre except Verstappen, who with no soft sets remaining was forced to take the hard compound – something which he expressed displeasure with over the team radio. As the drivers prepared to return to green flag running, the top ten was: Piastri, Norris, Verstappen, Leclerc, Russell, Hamilton, Isack Hadjar of Racing Bulls, Hülkenberg, Pierre Gasly of Alpine and Lawson. Race classification Notes • – Max Verstappen finished fifth, but received a ten-second time penalty for causing a collision with George Russell. • – Oliver Bearman finished 13th, but received a ten-second time penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage. • – Lance Stroll withdrew after experiencing pain in his hand and wrist. Drivers who qualified behind him gained a grid position. ==Championship standings after the race==

The result extended Piastri's gap over Norris to ten points in the championship. Following his ten-second time-penalty for causing a collision with George Russell, four-time reigning champion Max Verstappen was now 49 points behind Piastri in third. Ferrari were able to overtake both Mercedes and Red Bull for second in the championship with 162 points, six and twenty-one points clear from both teams, respectively. ;Drivers' Championship standings ;Constructors' Championship standings • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. == See also ==