2025 Spanish Grand Prix

Championship standings

Piastri leads the Drivers’ Championship with 161 points, three ahead of Norris and twenty-five ahead of Verstappen in third.

Previous race

Norris won at Monaco — McLaren’s first victory there since 2008. The new mandatory two-stop rule produced extensive tactical gaming: several teams instructed one driver to drive slowly and block traffic so the other could pit without losing position. Russell was penalised with a drive-through for cutting the chicane to pass Albon. Verstappen gambled by staying out on old tyres hoping for a late safety car that never came, pitting on the final lap and dropping to fourth.

Circuit note

This is the final Spanish Grand Prix to be held at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. The race moves to a new street circuit in Madrid from 2026 onward.

Entrants

Ryō Hirakawa replaces Ocon at Haas in FP1; Victor Martins replaces Albon at Williams in FP1, making his Formula One practice debut.

Tyre choices

Pirelli brings the three hardest compounds — C1, C2 and C3 — designated hard, medium and soft.

Practice

Norris topped FP1 ahead of Verstappen and Hamilton. Piastri led FP2 ahead of Russell and Verstappen. FP3 was again topped by Piastri, with Norris second and Leclerc third.