Best facts and stats from the Spanish Grand Prix

We’re getting used to seeing two orange cars at the head of the field – so much so that it’s hard to believe the last time McLaren swept the board in Barcelona was 25 years ago. Similarly unfathomable was that Max Verstappen’s P10 finish was his worst Grand Prix result since 2017! Want more? Read on…

• This was McLaren’s 52nd 1-2 finish in Formula 1, and their first in Spain for 25 years (after Mika Hakkinen and David Coulthard in 2000).

• It was Oscar Piastri’s fifth win of the season.

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• Piastri becomes the third McLaren driver to score eight consecutive podium finishes, joining Ayrton Senna in 1988 and Lewis Hamilton in 2007.

• The Spanish Grand Prix was won from the front row for the 32nd time in 35 races at this venue.

• Lando Norris finished second in Barcelona for the second consecutive season.

• Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc’s P3 was his first Spanish Grand Prix podium finish on his eighth visit to Barcelona.

• It was Ferrari’s first podium in Barcelona since 2017.

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• Mercedes’ George Russell started and finished fourth in Spain for the second consecutive season.

• Max Verstappen and George Russell set identical lap times during Qualifying and collided twice in the closing laps of the Grand Prix.

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• Nico Hulkenberg’s P5 was the best result for Kick Sauber since the 2022 Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix (where Valtteri Bottas took P5).

• It was Hulkenberg’s best-ever Spanish Grand Prix result in his 12th start at this track.

• Lewis Hamilton’s P6 for Ferrari was his worst Spanish Grand Prix result since colliding with Nico Rosberg on Lap 1 in 2016.

• It was Hamilton’s eighth points finish of the season, the most for any driver without a podium finish.

• Racing Bulls rookie Isack Hadjar in P7 scored a career-best finish for the second consecutive weekend (he finished P8 in Monaco).

• Pierre Gasly’s P8 for Alpine was his best Spanish Grand Prix result since finishing eighth for Red Bull in 2019.

• Alpine scored points in a Grand Prix for only the second time this season.

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• Fernando Alonso’s P9 for Aston Martin was his first points finish of the season.

• Red Bull’s Max Verstappen finished fifth on the road but was classified 10th after receiving a 10-second time penalty.

• It was Verstappen’s worst result in the Spanish Grand Prix since 2017 and his lowest finish in a race since the 2017 Italian Grand Prix (where he also took P10).

• Gabriel Bortoleto’s P12 for Kick Sauber was his career-best finish.

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• Williams’ Carlos Sainz, in P14, failed to score for the first time in 11 career Spanish Grand Prix starts.

• After a technical retirement, Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli has now failed to score in the last three Grands Prix.

• It was Mercedes’ first DNF at this track since Hamilton and Rosberg collided on the opening lap of the 2016 race.

• Williams’ Alex Albon suffered his first DNF of the season (after seven last season).

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