McLaren battle for pole; Max Verstappen edges out George Russell for third as Lewis Hamilton takes fifth; watch the Spanish Grand Prix live on Sky Sports F1 at 2pm on Sunday, with build-up from 12.30p

Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris captured the 1-2 spots in qualifying on Saturday for the Formula One 2025 Spanish Grand Prix, giving McLaren dominance in the front row.

Nico Rosberg, the former world champion, accused Lando Norris of repeatedly making “little mistakes when the pressure is at its highest” after the Briton took second on the grid for Sunday’s Spanish Grand Prix.

McLaren remains unaffected in terms of performance after F1’s new Technical Directive was implemented at the Spanish GP. The new TD aimed to clamp down on Woking’s alleged flexi-wing fiasco that was rumored to give them an unfair advantage.

Oscar Piastri has claimed his fourth pole of the F1 season at the Spanish Grand Prix. The Australian leads the championship by three points ahead of teammate Lando Norris. ABC Sport's Mick Doyle will be live blogging all the action tonight, will the race set to start at 11pm (AEST).

Series leader Oscar Piastri erased “miserable” memories yesterday as he outpaced team-mate Lando Norris to deliver McLaren’s first front row lockout

It’s McLaren dominance once again as Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris top the final practice timesheet ahead of qualifying! Norris may have set the pace in the early session yesterday, but with a time of 1.12.387, Piastri goes back-to-back as fastest in practice. Just a few minutes to go.

Oscar Piastri returned to the top in Barcelona, securing his fourth pole position of the season. The battle between him and his main rival, Lando Norris, proved to be a close one, with the ever-quick Verstappen once again posing a serious threat to McLaren’s drivers.

Oscar Piastri stormed to his fourth pole position of the season in Spain, but he admitted he'd probably do it differently next time.