Spanish Grand Prix 2025: Piastri takes pole
Oscar Piastri took pole for the 2025 Spanish Grand Prix at Barcelona by 0.209s from Lando Norris, with McLaren locking out the front row.
Oscar Piastri took pole position for the 2025 Spanish Grand Prix at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya by 0.209s over Lando Norris. The McLaren pair secured a front-row lockout in qualifying for round 9 of the 2025 season.
Qualifying
Piastri set a 1:11.546 in Q3 to claim pole for McLaren after posting 1:12.551 in Q1 and 1:11.998 in Q2. Norris qualified second for McLaren with a 1:11.755 in Q3 after laps of 1:12.799 in Q1 and 1:12.056 in Q2.
Max Verstappen and George Russell shared the second row after both recorded 1:11.848 in Q3, with Verstappen classified third for Red Bull and Russell fourth for Mercedes. Lewis Hamilton took fifth for Ferrari with a 1:12.045, while Andrea Kimi Antonelli placed sixth for Mercedes on 1:12.111.
Top 10
Charles Leclerc qualified seventh for Ferrari with a 1:12.131 in Q3, 0.086s behind Hamilton. Pierre Gasly put Alpine F1 Team eighth on a 1:12.199, Isack Hadjar took ninth for RB F1 Team with a 1:12.252, and Fernando Alonso completed the top 10 for Aston Martin on 1:12.284.
All 10 of those drivers reached Q3 at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in the qualifying session for round 9. The top four were covered by 0.302s, with Piastri ahead of Norris, Verstappen and Russell on the grid.
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