McLaren driver Oscar Piastri won the F1 2025 Spanish Grand Prix with Lando Norris second and Ferrari's Charles Leclerc third.

BARCELONA, Spain — In a year in which McLaren has emerged as Formula One’s dominant team with a brilliant car and two outstanding drivers, Max Verstappen’s efforts to stay in the hunt for the World Championship must be applauded.

Lando Norris was quizzed on his Max Verstappen comment after a feisty end to the Spanish Grand Prix. On Sunday afternoon, McLaren star Oscar Piastri put on a masterclass around the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya as he took the chequered flag ahead of Norris and Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc.

Verstappen struggled to get going on his hard tyres and was attacked by the two drivers behind him, with Leclerc up to third while Verstappen went down the escape road and stayed

The McLaren motor has looked a cut above the chasing pack throughout the weekend's action, despite the best efforts of Max Verstappen in the Red Bull. The reigning world champion starts the day in third, while George Russell, who dubbed his team's approach as "too conservative" on Saturday, also earned a spot in the second row.

Just as the race appeared settled after the final round of pit stops — kicked off by Verstappen’s third when he was just a few seconds adrift of Norris — a safety car period intervened, caused by Kimi Antonelli’s Mercedes engine expiring smokily.

Oscar Piastri has won the Spanish Grand Prix ahead of McLaren teammate Lando Norris as McLaren continued its early dominance of the Formula 1 championship.

Max Verstappen has received a clear message: start consistently outperforming at least one McLaren each weekend or say farewell to dreams of a fifth consecutive Formula 1 championship. The Red Bull phenom is vying to join Michael Schumacher as the only drivers to clinch such a streak,