Formula 1 News: Piastri tops Practice 2 for GP of Spain

McLaren driver Oscar Piastri turned a lap of 1m12.760s to top Practice 2 for the 2025 GP of Spain in Barcelona.

–by Mark Cipolloni–

George Russell in the #63 Mercedes was 2nd fastest, 0.286s behind the superior McLaren,

The winner of the GP of Spain the last three years, Max Verstappen, was third in his #1 Red Bull. 0.310s behind Piastri.

Lando Norris, who topped Practice 1 in his #4 McLaren, was 4th, with the same exact lap time as Verstappen.

Charles Leclerc rounded out the top-5 in his #16 Ferrari, exactly 1/2-second behind Piastri.

Kimi Antonelli was sixth in the 2nd Mercedes, a much better showing from the teenager – although he has time to find, as he was three tenths behind his teammate.

Fernando Alonso gave the home fans something to cheer with seventh, ahead of Pierre Gasly, Isack Hadjar and Liam Lawson in 10th.

Six-time Spanish Grand Prix winner Hamilton had to settle for 11th, while Kick Sauber’s Nico Hulkenberg, Red Bull’s Yuki Tsunoda and the Williams duo of Carlos Sainz and Alex Albon covered 12th through to 15th. Behind them were the Aston Martin of Stroll (P16), Kick Sauber’s Gabriel Bortoleto (P17), Ocon (P18), Bearman (P19) and Colapinto (P20).

McLaren might have had a healthy advantage today in both sessions. The gaps tend to narrow into every Saturday, and that Mercedes, Red Bull and Ferrari have all had flashes of looking good here, and Qualifying should be a tight affair.

Plenty of teams were still testing things out in FP2 as well, running flow-vis paint at times.

2025 GP of Spain Practice 2 Results

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Time	Behind	Laps
1	81	Oscar Piastri	McLaren Mercedes	1:12.760	+0.000s	28
2	63	George Russell	Mercedes	1:13.046	+0.286s	32
3	1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing Honda RBPT	1:13.070	+0.310s	30
4	4	Lando Norris	McLaren Mercedes	1:13.070	+0.310s	31
5	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:13.260	+0.500s	33
6	12	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	1:13.298	+0.538s	31
7	14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes	1:13.301	+0.541s	28
8	10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine Renault	1:13.385	+0.625s	30
9	6	Isack Hadjar	Racing Bulls Honda RBPT	1:13.400	+0.640s	29
10	30	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls Honda RBPT	1:13.494	+0.734s	29
11	44	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	1:13.533	+0.773s	29
12	27	Nico Hulkenberg	Kick Sauber Ferrari	1:13.592	+0.832s	30
13	22	Yuki Tsunoda	Red Bull Racing Honda RBPT	1:13.683	+0.923s	31
14	55	Carlos Sainz	Williams Mercedes	1:13.721	+0.961s	34
15	23	Alexander Albon	Williams Mercedes	1:13.839	+1.079s	32
16	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes	1:13.839	+1.079s	17
17	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	Kick Sauber Ferrari	1:13.959	+1.199s	27
18	31	Esteban Ocon	Haas Ferrari	1:14.005	+1.245s	30
19	87	Oliver Bearman	Haas Ferrari	1:14.126	+1.366s	20
20	43	Franco Colapinto	Alpine Renault	1:14.303	+1.543s	31