F1 Spanish GP 2025 LIVE: Race start time, stream and schedule as Oscar Piastri starts on pole

A statement from the British team said: “Over the course of the past six weeks Lance has been experiencing pain in his hand and wrist, which his medical consultant believes is in relation to the procedure he underwent in 2023.

“As a result his medical team have confirmed that he will not race tomorrow and he will undergo a procedure to rectify these issues before focusing on his recovery.”

1. Oscar Piastri – 161 points

2. Lando Norris – 158 points

3. Max Verstappen – 136 points

4. George Russell – 99 points

5. Charles Leclerc – 79 points

6. Lewis Hamilton – 63 points

7. Kimi Antonelli – 48 points

8. Alex Albon – 42 points

9. Esteban Ocon – 20 points

10. Isack Hadjar – 15 points

11. Lance Stroll – 14 points

12. Carlos Sainz – 13 points

13. Yuki Tsunoda – 10 points

14. Liam Lawson – 8 points

15. Pierre Gasly – 7 points

16. Nico Hulkenberg – 6 points

17. Ollie Bearman – 6 points

18. Fernando Alonso – 0 points

19. Jack Doohan – 0 points

20. Gabriel Bortoleto – 0 points

Lewis Hamilton took aim at the new front-wing technical directive that has come into force this weekend but doesn’t appear to have changed things too much…

“It has not made a difference,” he said.

“What a waste of money. The wings still bend and everyone has had to spend more money. It doesn’t make sense. I would have given that money to charity.”

Lewis Hamilton, incidentally, has won this race six times, a joint record alongside Michael Schumacher. One would suggest that a seventh victory in Spain might be unlikely but the Ferrari driver was encouraged by his qualifying performance yesterday. If he gets off to a good start from fifth and in amongst the front of the field, you never know…

Here’s a look at how the standings sit entering today’s race. Can Oscar Piastri convert pole into victory to extend his lead at the top ahead of teammate Lando Norris?

1. Oscar Piastri – 161 points

2. Lando Norris – 158 points

3. Max Verstappen – 136 points

4. George Russell – 99 points

5. Charles Leclerc – 79 points

6. Lewis Hamilton – 63 points

7. Kimi Antonelli – 48 points

8. Alex Albon – 42 points

9. Esteban Ocon – 20 points

10. Isack Hadjar – 15 points

Lando Norris insisted he is not in a world championship shootout with McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri – and claimed the entire grid is still in title contention.

Norris reignited his stuttering bid to land a first championship by winning from pole position in Monaco to reduce the deficit to Piastri to just three points.

Piastri has four victories to Norris’ two, with Red Bull’s Max Verstappen the only driver outside of McLaren to win a grand prix this season.

Lewis Hamilton has dismissed claims he is at odds with Ferrari race engineer Riccardo Adami, insisting that he is “amazing to work with”.

Lewis Hamilton does not feel that the flexi-wing tweak will make enough of a difference to make the cost of the changes worthwhile.

The FIA has imposed a stiffer load test on front wings in an attempt to limit the amount teams could exploit their movement for aerodynamic benefit, but Hamilton has questioned whether it will actually make a difference at all.

“[They’ve] just wasted everyone’s money,” Hamilton said yesterday. “It’s literally changed nothing.

“Everyone’s wings still bend, it’s just half the bending, and everyone’s had to make new wings and spend more money to make these. It just doesn’t make sense.”

There will be a few eyes on the flexi-wings in Barcelona today, the controversial midseason rule tweak perhaps not affecting McLaren too much in qualifying but maybe more impactful today, as Kieran Jackson explored ahead of race weekend.

Lando Norris admitted mistakes cost him pole position for the Spanish Grand Prix – as championship rival Oscar Piastri secured top spot to deal a blow to the British driver’s bid of winning back-to-back races for the first time.

McLaren were in a class of one in qualifying for the ninth round of a campaign which looks increasingly set to come down to a battle between team-mates Norris and Piastri for the biggest prize in motor racing.

Norris ended a poor run over one lap to take pole in Monaco a week ago before going on to claim his second win of the campaign and reducing Piastri’s championship lead to just three points.