Catalunya could become the fourth circuit at which Verstappen has four wins in a row, Sainz could score points for the 150th time and Tsunoda becomes the most experienced Japanese driver in F1 history. Here are the milestones and records which could be broken at the 2025 Spanish Grand Prix!
THE 2025 SPANISH GRAND PRIX MILESTONES
The 2024 Spanish Grand Prix will be the 1,134th World Championship event in Formula 1 history.
This will be the 62nd time that Formula 1 has raced in Spain. It will be the 35th Grand Prix held at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.
This will be the 65th Spanish Grand Prix since the event was first held in 1913 and the 55th time that the event has been run as a round of the World Championship.
The 2025 Spanish Grand Prix will be the 35th and final time that the Spanish Grand Prix will be held at Catalunya. It moves to Madrid in 2026. This is not expected to be F1’s last visit to Catalunya, as the track holds a contract to host a race next year.
Yuki Tsunoda makes his 96th F1 start this weekend, overtaking Ukyo Katayama as the Japanese driver who has made the most Grand Prix appearances.
This weekend, Lando Norris will overtake Jenson Button as the driver to have made the second-most starts with McLaren in F1 history. Button made 136 starts with McLaren, while Norris has made 136 starts to date.
Max Verstappen is set to make his 77th start in car number 1 at the 2025 Spanish Grand Prix. He will equal Sebastian Vettel for second on the list of most starts in car number 1 in Formula 1 history.
This weekend will mark the 450th Grand Prix in which McLaren have raced with Mercedes power.
The 2025 Spanish Grand Prix will be the second F1 race to take place on June 1, after the 2003 Monaco Grand Prix.
THE FORMULA 1 RECORDS WHICH COULD BE BROKEN
Victory for Fernando Alonso at the 2025 Spanish Grand Prix would make him the seventh driver to have won at home on as many as four occasions in Formula 1.
A podium finish for Lewis Hamilton at the 2025 Spanish Grand Prix would be his 13th top three finish at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. It would be only the second time that a driver has taken as many as 13 podium finishes at a single circuit, after Hamilton himself at Silverstone.
Max Verstappen could take a fourth consecutive win at Catalunya in 2025. If he does so, this would be the 13th time that a driver has taken four consecutive wins at a track. It would equal Verstappen’s longest winning streak at a circuit, having previously won four races in a row at Yas Marina Circuit, Suzuka and Imola.
If Max Verstappen crosses the finish line at the 2025 Spanish Grand Prix, it will be the ninth time in F1 history that a driver has finished as many as 30 consecutive races. Verstappen would become the second driver, after Lewis Hamilton, to have done so twice in his career. Verstappen could also make this the fourth time that a driver has scored points in 30 consecutive races. Again, it would be the second time he has done it – and Hamilton is the only other driver to have achieved the feat.
A points finish this weekend for Oscar Piastri would be his 27th consecutive points-scoring Grand Prix. He would equal Kimi Raikkonen for fifth on the list of most consecutive points finishes in Formula 1.
Should Max Verstappen lead a lap of the 2025 Spanish Grand Prix, he will become the fourth driver – after Michael Schumacher, Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel – to have led laps in as many as 100 Grands Prix.
A points finish for Carlos Sainz this weekend would make him the tenth driver to have scored a point in as many as 150 Grands Prix.
A win for Oscar Piastri this weekend would make Australia the seventh nation to have won as many as 50 Grands Prix.
If Oscar Piastri continues to lead the championship after the Spanish Grand Prix, this will be the first time an Australian driver has led the title race after five consecutive races since Alan Jones did so between the 1980 Canadian Grand Prix and the 1981 Brazilian Grand Prix.
A pole position for Red Bull this weekend would be their 107th pole, equalling Lotus for fifth on the list of most pole positions for a team in Formula 1.
Pole position for Max Verstappen at the 2025 Spanish Grand Prix would be his 44th pole with Red Bull, equalling Sebastian Vettel as the driver who has taken the most poles with the team. It would also see him equal Vettel for fourth on the list of most poles with a single team.
A podium finish for Max Verstappen at the 2025 Spanish Grand Prix would see him overtake Michael Schumacher for second on the list of most podium finishes with a single constructor. Schumacher took 116 top three finishes with Ferrari in his career, while Verstappen has taken 116 podiums to date with Red Bull.
If Max Verstappen leads the race from start to finish, he will overtake Sebastian Vettel for third on the list of most F1 races led from start to finish. Verstappen has led 15 Grands Prix from start to end so far in his career, doing so most recently at Imola.
If George Russell or Kimi Antonelli score a point this weekend, it will be Mercedes’ 300th points-scoring Grand Prix.
If both Alex Albon and Carlos Sainz finish in the points at the 2025 Spanish Grand Prix, this will be the first time that Williams have scored points at five consecutive races since the first five Grands Prix of the 2016 season.
Should Fernando Alonso fail to score a point in the 2025 Spanish Grand Prix, it would be the ninth consecutive race in which he has failed to score. It would become his longest point-less streak since finishing outside of the top ten at all of the last nine races of the 2015 season.
A pole position for Lando Norris would be his 12th with McLaren, overtaking Kimi Raikkonen for fifth place on the list of most poles with the team.
A pole position at any Grand Prix in 2025 for Kimi Antonelli, Ollie Bearman, Gabriel Bortoleto or Isack Hadjar would make them the youngest Grand Prix polesitter in F1 history.
Max Verstappen holds the record for wins from the most different grid positions in Formula 1. He’ll become the first driver to win from 11 different grid slots this weekend should he win from 5th, 8th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 15th, 16th, 18th, 19th or 20th on the grid.
If Max Verstappen wins the race without having started from pole position, it will be the 33rd race which he has won from a position other than pole. That would see him equal Alain Prost for third place on the list of most Grand Prix victories away from pole position.
A Grand Slam for Max Verstappen – winning from pole position having led every lap and set the fastest lap – would be his sixth Grand Slam. That would see him equal Lewis Hamilton for second on the list of most Grand Slams in F1, behind only Jim Clark.
A win for Lewis Hamilton would make him the 16th driver to have won Grands Prix with as many as three different teams.
A win for Ferrari would make 2025 the 60th season in which they’ve won a Grand Prix.
A victory for a Ferrari-powered car this weekend would make Ferrari the first engine manufacturer to have powered 250 victories in Formula 1. Of the 249 previous victories, Sebastian Vettel’s with Toro Rosso at the 2008 Italian Grand Prix is the only one which was not taken in a Ferrari chassis.
A fourth place finish for Lewis Hamilton would be his 34th fourth place finish in F1, equalling Sebastian Vettel at the top of the list of most fourth place results.
THE SPANISH GRAND PRIX RECORDS ON OFFER
Lewis Hamilton currently shares the record for most Spanish Grand Prix wins with Michael Schumacher. Victory for Hamilton at the 2025 Spanish Grand Prix would be a record-breaking seventh win at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.
A win for Max Verstappen at the 2025 Spanish Grand Prix would make him only the third driver – after Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton – to have won the Spanish Grand Prix five times.
Ferrari lead the way for most wins at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, with eight. Mercedes could equal their record tally at the 2025 Spanish Grand Prix.
Ferrari and Mercedes are currently tied as the most successful engine manufacturers in Spanish Grand Prix history, each with 12 wins at the event. Either manufacturer could set a new record this weekend, while Renault could become the third manufacturer to power 12 victories at the event.
A top three finish for Lewis Hamilton this weekend would see him overtake Michael Schumacher as the driver with the most podium finishes in Spanish Grand Prix history. Both drivers are currently tied on 12 podiums each at the track.
Should Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc lead 42 laps of the 2025 Spanish Grand Prix between them, Ferrari would become the first team to have led 1,000 laps at the Spanish Grand Prix during its time on the Formula 1 calendar.
If Alex Albon and Carlos Sainz complete eight laps of the 2025 Spanish Grand Prix between them, Williams will become the first team to have raced 4,000 laps at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya during its time on the F1 calendar.
Carlos Sainz is one of only four drivers – along with Alain Prost, Michael Andretti and Ralph Firman – who possess a 100% points-scoring rate at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. He’ll be hoping to stay in the group for an 11th consecutive home race appearance. Sainz would become only the second driver, after Michael Schumacher, to score points on all of his first 11 appearances at the track.
A first lap retirement for Lewis Hamilton, Pierre Gasly or Nico Hulkenberg would see them equal the record for most first lap DNFs at Catalunya. Jarno Trulli, Adrian Sutil and Kimi Raikkonen are currently the only drivers to record multiple first lap DNFs at the circuit.
2025 SPANISH GRAND PRIX: QUALIFYING RECORDS
Lewis Hamilton is one pole position away from equalling Michael Schumacher’s record of seven pole positions at the Spanish Grand Prix.
A pole position for Ferrari at the 2025 Spanish Grand Prix would see them equal Mercedes’ record of nine poles at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. A pole for Mercedes, meanwhile, would make them the first team to take ten poles at the track.
A different team has been on pole position at the Spanish Grand Prix in each of the last four years. It’s the longest streak of different teams on pole at Catalunya. The record will be extended this weekend if a team other than Mercedes, Ferrari, Red Bull or McLaren start from pole.
A front row start for Lewis Hamilton at the 2025 Spanish Grand Prix would make him the first driver to record ten front row starts at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.
Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri each hold a 100% Q3 appearance rate at the Spanish Grand Prix. Michael Schumacher is the only other driver in the group.
A Q1 exit for Lance Stroll at the 2025 Spanish Grand Prix would see him equal Marcus Ericsson’s record of five Q1 exits at Catalunya.
LONGEVITY RECORDS ON OFFER FOR HAMILTON AND ALONSO
A win for Lewis Hamilton this year would see him move into the top ten of Formula 1’s oldest Grand Prix winners. Meanwhile, a victory for Fernando Alonso would make him the sport’s sixth oldest winner – and the oldest since Jack Brabham at the 1970 South African Grand Prix. Only nine drivers have won races at the age of over 40. The most recent driver to do so was Nigel Mansell, at the 1994 Australian Grand Prix.
A pole position for Lewis Hamilton in 2025 would make him the first driver in his 40s to take pole position since Nigel Mansell at the 1994 Australian Grand Prix. He would be the sixth driver to take a pole position above the age of 40.
Lewis Hamilton is currently tied with Michael Schumacher as the driver who has set the fastest lap of a Grand Prix in the most consecutive seasons. Schumacher set a fastest lap in at least one race in all 15 seasons between 1992 and 2006, while Hamilton has set a fastest lap in every season since 2010. A fastest lap for Hamilton this year would see him become the first driver to take a fastest lap in 16 consecutive seasons.
A win for Fernando Alonso at any race in 2025 would see him set a new record for the longest gap between two Formula 1 victories, with his last having come at the 2013 Spanish Grand Prix. The current record is 6 years, 6 months and 28 days, set by Riccardo Patrese.
A pole position for Fernando Alonso in 2025 would make him the sport’s fourth-oldest polesitter. He would be the oldest polesitter since Jack Brabham at the 1970 Spanish Grand Prix.
