Oscar Piastri returned to winning ways in a scorching Spanish Grand Prix to strengthen his lead at the top of the standings and while there were others who had plenty to celebrate too, some were itching to get away and put the weekend behind them. Lawrence Barretto selects his winners and losers from the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.
Oscar Piastri had bad memories of Barcelona after struggling to extract performance out of his McLaren last year – but he banished those demons superbly this season with a brilliant lap to take pole.
It was the largest pole margin of the season so far (0.209s) and meant he out-qualified team mate Norris for the fifth time in 2025, having done so only four times in the entirety of last season.
The Australian then converted P1 into his fifth Grand Prix victory of the season – and first since Miami. He is now the third McLaren driver to score eight straight podiums, joining illustrious company in Ayrton Senna (1988) and Lewis Hamilton (2007).
Crucially, he extends his championship lead to 10 points over team mate Norris and 49 over Red Bull's Max Verstappen.
Piastri won his fifth race of the season in Barcelona
This was a chastening weekend for Max Verstappen, whose hopes of a fifth straight world title took a huge blow.
The Dutchman failed to make the front row in Barcelona for the first time since 2020 – and while he had a good start to run second, his race gradually fell apart.
The Red Bull driver was left frustrated by the team's decision to give him hard tyres towards the end of the race, which left him exposed for the Safety Car restart.
He than clashed with George Russell, earning him a 10-second time penalty that demoted him to 10th and moved him to 11 points on his Super Licence (12 triggers a one-race ban).
He admitted his mistake on Monday, posting on Instagram: "Our tyre choice to the end and some moves after the Safety car restart fuelled my frustration, leading to a move that was not right and shouldn't have happened.
"I always give everything out there for the team and emotions can run high. You win some together, you lose some together."
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Nico Hulkenberg was annoyed with himself after he failed to escape the first part of Qualifying – especially as an upgrade package had improved the pace for Kick Sauber – but he made up for it with aplomb on Sunday.
The German rose five places at the start to haul himself into points contention and then he made the most of fresh soft tyres (he had extra sets because of his early Qualifying exit) after the Safety Car to pass Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton and take P6, which became P5 after Verstappen's penalty was applied.
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It was his best-ever result in Barcelona, on what was his 12th visit, and Kick Sauber's best result since Valtteri Bottas took P5 in the 2022 Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix. It means the Swiss squad jump two places to eighth in the Teams' Championship, above Aston Martin and Alpine.
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Williams' sensational run of form that has seen them score with both cars in all of the four races preceding Barcelona came to a stuttering end in Spain.
While the team made a step forward in their relative performance at the track, with Alex Albon securing their best Qualifying result at the venue since 2017 with P11, race day was disappointing.
Both Albon and Carlos Sainz suffered front wing damage on the opening lap, with Albon retiring for the first time this season and Sainz failing to score on home soil for the first time in 11 starts.
Ferrari were no match for McLaren and Red Bull's Verstappen for much of the Spanish Grand Prix weekend, but a tyre offset in the final stint allowed Charles Leclerc to snatch the final podium from Verstappen.
It was Leclerc's first podium in Spain, on his eighth visit to the track, and Ferrari's first piece of Barcelona silverware since 2017.
Leclerc scored his second straight podium with P3 in Spain
It was Leclerc's second podium in a row – following second in his home race in Monaco – and seventh successive finish in the points.
Kimi Antonelli bounced back from a difficult couple of Qualifying sessions to secure his first top-10 start since Miami with P6.
The Italian managed his tyres well and was running a decent P7 while lapping similarly to team mate George Russell when a power unit issue forced his retirement.
As a result, he failed to score at any point during the triple header.
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As Antonelli toiled through the triple header, his fellow rookie Isack Hadjar excelled.
The Frenchman reached Q3 for the fifth time this season – and third time in a row – with P9 in his Racing Bull.
The 20-year-old then raced superbly to cross the line seventh and take his third successive points finish. That moves him up to P9 in the Drivers' standings.
Seven-time World Champion Lewis Hamilton cut a dejected figure post-race in Spain, with no answers as to why he was off the pace in the Grand Prix.
The Ferrari racer was optimistic about his chances of a strong result in Spain, on a track where he has historically run well, after equalling his best-start for Ferrari and out-qualifying Leclerc for only the second time this year with P5.
But he lamented a lack of pace from the start, saying after the race that the balance felt off throughout, and he ended up P6 in what is his worst result in Barcelona since 2016.
Hamilton had a difficult race in Barcelona, finishing well behind his team mate
Fernando Alonso ended his long wait for points in 2025 with a battling drive to ninth.
The Spaniard – who was Aston Martin's lone representative in the Grand Prix after Lance Stroll didn't take part on medical grounds – kicked off his weekend with his third consecutive appearance in Q3.
With a lack of performance on the straights, he had to get creative in the corners – and he was rewarded with P10 at the flag, which became P9 courtesy of Verstappen's time penalty.
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Yuki Tsunoda had a weekend to forget in Barcelona.
The Japanese racer was a woeful P20 in Qualifying – as former team mate Hadjar starred at sister team Racing Bulls.
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The team made a swathe of changes to the car that triggered a pit lane start for the race and while he did make progress, he couldn't recover to the points and ended up 13th.
He has now gone two races without points and has a tally of just 10 across seven race weekends, which has meant Red Bull are down to P4 in the Teams' Championship, 21 points behind Ferrari in P2.
Pierre Gasly gave Alpine plenty to smile about in Barcelona after a painful weekend in Monaco, as the Frenchman secured his second-best start of the year with P8.
Gasly conceded the team didn't have such good pace on Sunday but the late Safety Car gave him the chance to pit for fresh boots and he was able to hold on to secure P8.
That was only the second time Alpine have scored points in a Grand Prix this season.
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