Oscar Piastri bemused by lack of pace compared to Lando Norris at Barcelona GP

Norris took advantage of Kimi Antonelli's late retirement to finish on the podium for just the second time this season. The 2025 champion, despite not being in the battle for the victory, showed strong pace and only finished four seconds behind second-placed George Russell.

Piastri finished fifth but was only on for a seventh placed finish before the late retirements to both Antonelli and Leclerc. The Australian, who led for the majority of the 2025 championship, was considerably off the pace, finishing over half a minute behind Norris, and 18 seconds behind next-best Max Verstappen in fourth.

Speaking after the race, Piastri admitted that he was bemused by his lack of pace and does not have any answers behind the cause of his struggles in Barcelona.

He told the media including GPBlog: "No, not really. I was trying a lot of different things and running into a lot of different problems. So I think just struggling a lot with grip, tyre life obviously. So I don't have any answers at the moment. I'm sure there will be some answers later. But yeah, I was surprised to struggle so much.