Internet sees McLarens starting ahead of Verstappen: 'Like 2016 with Hamilton and Rosberg'

20:41, 31 May 2025

Estéban den Toom is an editor at GPblog, specializing in Formula 1. With a background in journalism and a keen eye for detail, he delivers daily, reliable coverage and analysis of technical developments and on-track strategy within the sport.

After qualifying for the Spanish Grand Prix, Max Verstappen has to chase the McLaren drivers on Sunday at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. The Dutchman was fast on Saturday afternoon but could not match the speed of Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris. The internet has reacted to the qualifying session for the Spanish Grand Prix and GPblog brings you the best of them.

Verstappen set the same time as Russell during Saturday afternoon's qualifying, but since the reigning world champion set his time earlier, he starts from P3.

It was a painful qualifying for Verstappen's teammate, Yuki Tsunoda, who suffered from a broken floor and thus did not advance beyond P20 in Q1. Therefore, scoring a significant number of points for Red Bull Racing with two cars will be challenging.

Pos.	Driver	Team	Points
1	Kimi Antonelli Kimi Antonelli	MercedesMER	204
2	Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton	FerrariFER	159
3	George Russell George Russell	MercedesMER	154
4	Charles Leclerc Charles Leclerc	FerrariFER	126
5	Lando Norris Lando Norris	McLarenMCL	103
6	Oscar Piastri Oscar Piastri	McLarenMCL	92
7	Max Verstappen Max Verstappen	Red Bull RacingRBR	91
8	Isack Hadjar Isack Hadjar	Red Bull RacingRBR	60
9	Pierre Gasly Pierre Gasly	AlpineALP	42
10	Liam Lawson Liam Lawson	Racing BullsRCB	39
11	Arvid Lindblad Arvid Lindblad	Racing BullsRCB	22
12	Franco Colapinto Franco Colapinto	AlpineALP	19
13	Oliver Bearman Oliver Bearman	HaasHAA	18
14	Gabriel Bortoleto Gabriel Bortoleto	AudiAUD	10
15	Carlos Sainz Carlos Sainz	WilliamsWIL	6
16	Alexander Albon Alexander Albon	WilliamsWIL	5
17	Esteban Ocon Esteban Ocon	HaasHAA	3
18	Fernando Alonso Fernando Alonso	Aston MartinAST	1
19	Nico Hulkenberg Nico Hulkenberg	AudiAUD	0
20	Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas	CadillacCAD	0
21	Sergio Perez Sergio Perez	CadillacCAD	0
22	Lance Stroll Lance Stroll	Aston MartinAST	0

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