On the calendar since 1991, Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya has been host of the Spanish Grand Prix for over 30 years. 2025 marks the last time that the circuit will host the event. The 2025 Spanish Grand Prix is set to take place on June 1.
1134th F1 GRAND PRIX | 65th SPANISH GRAND PRIX | 35th GRAND PRIX AT CIRCUIT DE BARCELONA-CATALUNYA
2024 POLESITTER: LANDO NORRIS | 2024 WINNER: MAX VERSTAPPEN
2025 SPANISH GRAND PRIX: WEEKEND SCHEDULE
Friday May 30
Free Practice 1 – 1:30pm Local Time / 12:30pm UK Time
Free Practice 2 – 5pm Local Time / 4pm UK Time
Saturday May 31
Free Practice 3 – 12:30pm Local Time / 11:30am UK Time
Qualifying – 4pm Local Time / 3pm UK Time
Sunday June 1
The 2025 Spanish Grand Prix – 3pm Local Time / 2pm UK Time
2025 SPANISH GRAND PRIX: WEEKEND MILESTONES
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.
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WHAT HAS CHANGED AT THE CIRCUIT SINCE LAST YEAR?
Changes to the circuit since last year’s race will be posted here.
HOW MANY DRS ZONES WILL THERE BE AT THE 2025 SPANISH GRAND PRIX?
It’s yet to be announced how many DRS zones there will be at the 2025 Spanish Grand Prix. Last year, there were two DRS zones. Activation zones are usually on the main straight and between Turns 9 & 10.
CIRCUIT DE BARCELONA-CATALUNYA TRACK GUIDE
The Spanish Grand Prix moved homes plenty of times before it settled at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in 1991. The track is well known by drivers and mechanics thanks to extensive testing.
Spain has one of the longest histories with motorsport, with the first Spanish Grand Prix taking place in 1913 on a road circuit near Madrid. Another race was held ten years later, after the First World War, at the Autódromo de Sitges-Terramar, before Grand Prix racing found a more permanent home at the Circuito Lasarte. The racing was popular, but was halted when the Spanish Civil War broke out in 1936.
Racing returned in the 1950s, as Spain hosted a Formula 1 race for the first time at the Pedralbes circuit. Between 1968 and 1975, the sport visited the Circuito del Jarama and the Montjuïc circuit on a yearly rotation, before the latter hosted the Spanish Grand Prix consistently between 1976 and 1981 following a crash which killed four spectators at the Montjuïc circuit.
In 1986, the new Jerez circuit was built to host the Spanish Grand Prix, though this only lasted for five seasons before the event moved to another new venue – the Circuit de Barcelona Catalunya.
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WHO WILL BE IN THE 2025 SPANISH GRAND PRIX PRESS CONFERENCES?
The world’s media will have the opportunity to talk to the drivers ahead of the on-track action. The drivers appearing in the press conference for this race are yet to be announced.
The media will also be talking to prominent members of Formula 1’s teams in a separate press conference over the race weekend. The team members appearing in the press conference are yet to be announced.
WHO WILL BE THE RACE DIRECTOR AT THE 2025 SPANISH GRAND PRIX?
Rui Marques will be the race director at the 2025 Spanish Grand Prix.
WHO WILL BE THE DRIVER STEWARD AT THE 2025 SPANISH GRAND PRIX?
Each weekend a former Formula 1 driver, or a driver from another prominent series of motorsport, joins the stewards to help judge any incidents from a drivers’ perspective. The Driver Steward this weekend is yet to be announced.
WHICH TYRE COMPOUNDS WILL BE USED AT THE 2025 SPANISH GRAND PRIX?
Pirelli have not yet announced which tyre compounds will be used at the 2025 Spanish Grand Prix. The C1, C2 and C3 compounds were used in 2024.
WHAT HAPPENED LAST TIME AT THE SPANISH GRAND PRIX?
Norris hunted down Verstappen in the second half of the 2024 Spanish Grand Prix but the Red Bull held on to claim victory.
It was a relatively drama-free start to the Spanish Grand Prix weekend with the headlines from practice being an on-track collision between Charles Leclerc and Lando Norris, the Monegasque driver picking up a reprimand for the incident.
A close battle for pole position saw Norris secure the top starting spot for only the second time in his career, doing so by just 0.020 seconds. Max Verstappen lined up alongside him on the front row, while the two Mercedes drivers filling the second row of the grid.
When the red lights went out for the start of the race on Sunday, Norris and Verstappen squabbled over the lead of the race. Their battling allowed George Russell – who had started fourth – to sweep around the outside of both of them to take his place at the front of the pack. Verstappen got ahead of the polesitter for second place.
At the start of Lap 3, Verstappen took the lead from Russell with a similar move around the outside at Turn 1. The Ferrari duo made slight contact as they fought over fifth place. Russell and Sainz were first of the frontrunners to pit on Lap 15, a slow stop for Russell meaning that he only just stayed ahead of the Ferrari. Sainz endured more contact at Turn 1, this time with Lewis Hamilton passing him at Turn 1.
Norris assumed the lead on Lap 18 when Verstappen pitted, with the McLaren eventually diving in for his stop five laps later, dropping to sixth in the order. Norris set about overtaking Sainz and Hamilton over the following laps and it wasn’t long before he was on Russell’s tail, passing for second on Lap 35 – despite a fight from the Mercedes driver.
Verstappen led by just under ten seconds as the race passed its halfway point – but Norris chipped away at the Red Bull’s advantage and closed to six seconds with 15 laps to go. He could not get close enough to challenge for victory, with Verstappen winning by just over two seconds. Hamilton took third position from Russell as the race neared its closing stages to secure his first podium finish of the 2024 season. All 20 drivers crossed the finish line.
WHAT’S THE FASTEST EVER LAP AT THE SPANISH GRAND PRIX?
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