The final race of a triple Formula 1 heading sign, since the grid is directed to the Barcelona circuit, Barcelona-Catalunya for the Spanish Grand Prix.
And there is no shortage of stories.
From the victory of Lando Norris in the Monaco Grand Prix, to a hero of the city that pursues its first points of the season, here are the key stories for the 2025 Spanish Grand Prix.
Lando Norris returns to the containment of the championship
The second place of Lando Norris at the Romagna Grand Prix of Emilia took him 13 points from his teammate Oscar Piastri in the race of the pilot championship.
But his victory in Monaco, limiting what he called a “perfect” weekend, was the last chapter in what is becoming a fascinating pilot championship race.
The three consecutive victories of Piastri of the Bahrein Grand Prix through Saudi and Miami-Saw Arabia, the McLaren pilot, broke a 16-point advantage in the race of the pilot championship. But Max Verstappen’s victory in Icola (along with Norris’s P2) approached that paastri closer to Piastri at the top of the table.
And with Norris ending at the top of the stage in Monaco, and Piaastri in third place, the gap between teammates is only three points when the grid is going to Barcelona.
At this time, Piaastri leads the way with 161 points, followed by Norris in 158 and Verstappen in third with 136. But what could be equivalent to Norris is the way he showed in Monaco and the belief that will continue the rest of the season.
“I am working hard in recent months to have that impulse I had in Australia, that trust,” Norris began after the Monaco Grand Prix. “What I felt this weekend was a small step forward, but it is not he. It is not as if I had stuck now and everything has returned.
“There are still things in which I need to work, there are still things that, as a team, that give me the team, and I do not mean making a faster car, because the car is quick enough, but gem geng of the things I need and Max. This year,” Norris continued. “Entonces, todavía las cosas de ambos lados, pero estoy muy orgulloso de ayer. Estoy feliz con el resultado de ayer que de hoy. Quiero decir, hoy es increíble, pero fui más emocional ayer mepant que el novio. Yo, para mí, para mí, para mí, para mí, para mí, para mí, para mí, para mí, para mí, para mí, para mí, para mí, para mí, para mí, para mí, para mí, para mí, para mí, para mí, para mí, para Me, for me, for me, for me, for me, for me, for me, for me, for me.
As for why Norris needed “trying to recover that form of qualification, he said that competing against the best of the world means that it needs to be its” highest level “possible.
“For any other Reasson separated from a couple of things that I have clearly fought and also have a hard competition. Have Oscar, Charles, Max, I am against the best types in the world and if you are the most likely level,” Norris added. “So, yes, nobody knows the amount of work and effort that enters separate things and my team. And those are the only people who need to know what enters everything and knows the truth of everything. And that is the way it will stay.”
The first two races of this triple header saw Verstappen, and then Norris issued their responses to the strong piastri form.
We will see how the final chapter of this trilogy develops.
The last chapter of the Flexi-Wing saga
Is this the week that everything changes?
McLaren’s rivals would love to think so.
In the last week, the technical debate has focused on McLaren’s ability to keep the tires in an optimal operational window, while their rivals dealing with overwhelming and tires degradation. That was certainly a focus in the hours after the Miami Grand Prix, where Oscar Piasstri and Lando Norris blocked the first row. While rivals such as Christian Horner and Toto Wolff praised McLaren and their engineers for the development of MCL39, Osother Media outlets reported that Red Bull was going to extend, including the use of toys in the toy in Maling toir Toir Toir Toy Toy Toy Tocet Operating Window.
To be clear, the Nith Piastri, nor Norris’s number 4, has failed in any technical inspection this season, and an inspection after the Pastrri MCL39 career after his victory in Miami discovered that “”[a]It was found that the inspected components of LL were in accordance with the technical regulations of Formula one 2025. ”
However, that is not the only technical issue in the file, and a larger one enters a clearer approach this week.
The 2025 F1 season begged with a continuous debate on the theme “Flexi-Wing”, which was an issue of heated discussion as the 2024 season writes its final chapters. The problem? The front and rear wings that would pass the duration of the technical inspections a static test, but would be “flexed” under aerodynamic load, creating what some called an “mini-drs” effect.
While the governing body of the sport, the FIA, said that all the teams complied with the technical regulations, after the Singapore Grand Prix, McLaren, modified the rear wings in their cars.
Before this season, the FIA introduced new tests for the rear wings, which begged in the Australian Grand Prix. However, in the additional tests of the Spanish Grand Prix this week they will be held on the front wings, that McLaren’s rivals believe that it could be a “Gamechanger” for the season.
“The most likely will be Spain because we have a clear change of regulation with the new complete front wing. This could be the image of the championship a bit. Hopefully this,” said Ferrari Greric Vasseur before the future or the Emdoric Vasseur.
“It could be a restart in the immediate image, but not in the championship. The guy that will lead the championship in Spain will still lead the championship after Spain, but, in terms of pure performance, it could be a Gamechanger.”
Wait that the “flexi-wing” debate is a great conversation issue this week.
Fernando Alonso’s search for his first points of 2025
A few seasons ago, the grid arrived in Barcelona for the 2023 Spanish Grand Prix with Fernando Alonso dreaming or ensuring his long -awaited victory of the 33rd Grand Prix at home. Alonso and Aston Martin came out of the door that season, and Alonso had secured a podium in five of the six big prizes.
Now, when the network arrives in Barcelona, the city’s hero is still looking for its first point in the campaign.
Alonso is perhaps his best shot in the points this season, since he qualified for P7 for the Monaco Grand Prix, and began sixth after a penalty of three places was given to Lewis Hamilton for preventing the Califieta of Max ReINING. Given the difficulty of advancing in Monaco, it seemed that a final of the top ten was in the cards.
But Alonso’s ARM25 suffered a problem with the energy recovery system in Tour 15, and the team withdrew its car.
“I had a problem with the engine so long 15, so we were low in power. I thought we could maintain an overtaking of Balkus is very difficult here, but unfortunate that was not the case,” Alonso said after the race. “We solve another great opportunity to write down some good points today. I am happy with my performance this weekend and we advance in the next race for another opportunity to go again.”
Can you break with your first points of the 2025 season at home?
Carlos Sainz Jr.’s Spanish debut for Williams
Fernando Alonso is not the only pilot about to compete in front of the fans of his hometown.
Carlos Sainz Jr. is now heading to Barcelona as Williams driver, and enters the Spanish Grand Prix in something like a hot streak. Sainz has ended at the points in each of the four Grands Prix, and although he has not yet reached the stage this year, he has acclimatized quite well in Williams.
Can Sainz score at home?
The future of the Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona
Similar to one of the main conversation points ahead of Emilia Romagna’s Grand Prix, what is the future of F1 in Barcelona?
Madrid assumes the host of the Spanish Grand Prix next year, with a new circuit that joins the grid that will make drivers roll through the Spanish capital in the street sections and not on the street. According to F1, the new circuit located only five minutes from Madrid-Barajas Airport Adolfo Suárez “will become one of the most accessible races on the F1 calendar, with the circuit a little of distance per meter per meter, train and city lines.” Estimates argue that “90% of fans will be able to travel to Paddock through public transport, while those who stay in local accommodation will be a few steps from the place.”
However, Barcelona is still under contract for a race in 2026. The promoters of the race signed a contract extension with F1 in November or 2021 that extends until next season.
The promoters of the breed are eager to extend that contract, which would give to the races of Spain both in Barcelona and Madrid, but given the discussions about the future of Imola, with the F1 officials pointing out that it could be a nation that a nation remains more than fusion -more than. In Barcelona beyond 2026 it is a matter of open debate.
There will be follow -up actions before the year in Barcelona, since F1 already announced a couple of test sessions before the 2026 season to give the teams extra time with their 2026 challengers, the first one under the technical regulations incoming sport.
But what about the races in Barcelona for 2026 and beyond?
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