F1 Qualifying Results: Hamilton lands major blow as McLaren star suffers shocking defeat.
McLaren locked out the front row at the Spanish Grand Prix as arguably their most dominant weekend of the season continues.Oscar Piastri knocked Lando Norris off provisional pole by more than two tenths of a second with an absolutely mighty lap at the death, as the pair continue to duel for the drivers’ titlle.Max Verstappen was beaten by more than quarter of a second by Piastri in every part of the session, but team-mate Yuki Tsunoda was the headline-maker on Saturday afternoon, setting the slowest time of the session to qualify 20th and last.Lewis Hamilton struggled with his Ferrari early on after some issues in free practice, struggling through in 11th in Q1 before picking up the pace in Q2 to edge ahead of team-mate Charles Leclerc, putting eventually putting himself fifth on the grid, outqualifying his team-mate for just the second time in grand prix qualifying this year.Franco Colapinto caused an almighty traffic jam in the pitlane with just a few minutes left of Q1, his car unable to pull away and leaving him stationary at the head of a large queue.The Argentine was unable to set a final lap time, ending up parked at the pit exit, sending him out of the session early.F1 Qualifying Results: Spanish Grand Prix 2025← Scroll →Position Driver Team Time/Status1 Oscar Piastri McLaren 1:11.5462 Lando Norris McLaren +0.209s3 Max Verstappen Red Bull +0.302s4 George Russell Mercedes +0.302s5 Lewis Hamilton Ferrari +0.499s6 Kimi Antonelli Mercedes +0.565s7 Charles Leclerc Ferrari +0.585s8 Pierre Gasly Alpine +0.653s9 Isack Hadjar Racing Bulls +0.706s10 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin +0.738s11 Alex Albon Williams OUT IN Q212 Gabriel Bortoleto Sauber OUT IN Q213 Liam Lawson Racing Bulls OUT IN Q214 Lance Stroll Aston Martin OUT IN Q215 Ollie Bearman Haas OUT IN Q216 Nico Hulkenberg Sauber OUT IN Q117 Esteban Ocon Haas OUT IN Q118 Carlos Sainz Williams OUT IN Q119 Franco Colapinto Alpine OUT IN Q120 Yuki Tsunoda Red Bull OUT IN Q1How does F1 Qualifying work?The qualifying session is split into three finite windows, which provide a dramatic prelude to Sunday’s race.The bottom five drivers are eliminated at the end of Q1, with a further five eliminated after Q2.Then, Q3 gives us a shootout between the remaining 10 drivers in the battle for positions at the front of the grid.
