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2025 Spanish Grand Prix qualifying: Oscar Piastri took pole

Oscar Piastri took pole for McLaren ahead of Lando Norris and Max Verstappen at Catalunya.

Explore the race weekend, results, standings, drivers, teams, and related Formula 1 history.

Race recap

Pole
Oscar Piastri
Pole team
McLaren
Front row
Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris
Classified
Top 20
Round
9
Circuit
Catalunya
Qualifying date
May 31, 2025

The front of the grid

Oscar Piastri qualified first for McLaren. Lando Norris secured the other front-row place for McLaren, with Max Verstappen third for Red Bull.

How the classification lined up

The first three positions were Oscar Piastri, Lando Norris, and Max Verstappen. P4 through P20 were George Russell, Lewis Hamilton, Kimi Antonelli, Charles Leclerc, Pierre Gasly, Isack Hadjar, Fernando Alonso, Alexander Albon, Gabriel Bortoleto, Liam Lawson, Lance Stroll, Oliver Bearman, Nico Hülkenberg, Esteban Ocon, Carlos Sainz Jr., Franco Colapinto, and Yuki Tsunoda.

Team representation

Alpine placed 2 cars, Aston Martin placed 2 cars, Ferrari placed 2 cars, Haas placed 2 cars, Kick Sauber placed 2 cars, McLaren placed 2 cars, Mercedes placed 2 cars, Racing Bulls placed 2 cars, Red Bull placed 2 cars, and Williams placed 2 cars in the published classification. This summary reports only the supplied order and driver identities.

This summary sticks to the classification and does not speculate about incidents, strategy, weather, or causes. Source: F1DB (CC BY 4.0) · updated Jan 6, 2026.

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