F1 2025 Spanish Grand Prix starting grid with penalties applied

The FIA have officially confirmed the starting grid for the 2025 Spanish Grand Prix, making a late change ahead of a tantalising main event at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.

Championship leader Oscar Piastri will start from pole position for the ninth round of this year’s Formula 1 campaign at the Barcelona track where 24 of the last 34 races have been won from the front of the grid.

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Papaya team-mate Lando Norris will start alongside him on the front row as the McLaren duo look to continue their significant advantage in the constructors’ championship with a career-first Spanish GP win now on the cards for Piastri.

Reigning champion Max Verstappen rounded out the top three in qualifying, but despite his past form at the Spanish track, he will have to pull out something special on Sunday to overtake both McLarens after lights out.

George Russell managed to return nearer to the top of the order after his Monaco horror show and Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton rounded out the top five, out-qualifying team-mate Charles Leclerc for only the second time this season.

There will be two cars missing from the start line at the Spanish GP, with Lance Stroll absent entirely following an official statement from his team confirming he had been dealing with wrist/hand pain, and Yuki Tsunoda starting from the pit lane after his team made changes to the car under parc ferme conditions.

The FIA have now confirmed that all of the drivers who had qualified behind Stroll have been bumped up one position, rather than there being an empty grid slot for the start of the race.

Here's the full, revised, starting grid for Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix as confirmed by an official FIA statement.

F1 Spanish Grand Prix 2025 starting grid

Lance Stroll had qualified 14th but was ruled out of the race through injury on Saturday evening.

*Yuki Tsunoda is required to start the Spanish GP from the pit-lane after a last-minute change to his car by Red Bull.

What time is the Spanish Grand Prix on today?

The Spanish Grand Prix kicks off today Sunday, June 1, 2025 at 3pm local time (CEST).

Find the session start times and day converted to your local time zone below:

How to watch the Spanish Grand Prix live on TV today

Broadcast details vary depending on your location. Check below to see how to tune in for some major countries:

Where to watch: F1 2025 broadcasters by region

*For viewers lucky enough to have access to Belgian, Austrian and Swiss television broadcasts, the main race at the Spanish GP can be watched live on free-to-air channels RSI La 2/RTS 2/SRF 2/SRF (Switzerland). On RTBF (Belgium) and ORF (Austria), the entire Spanish race weekend can be watched for free.

The Spanish Grand Prix is also free to watch on Mediaset's channel, Telecinco. DAZN holds the rights to Formula 1 in Spain, but an agreement was made to make the live coverage free to watch for the country's home race on the Telecinco channel.

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