Spanish Grand Prix Qualifying Review

F1: Chequered Flag

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🗓️ 31 May 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Harry Benjamin & former Alpine F1 development driver Olli Caldwell reflect on qualifying at the Spanish GP, where Oscar Piastri took a stunning pole position ahead of Lando Norris and Max Verstappen. We hear from the top three, plus discuss George Russell’s good performance in the Mercedes and hear from Lewis Hamilton who qualified in fifth for Ferrari.

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0:00.0	No, but Tom, he says to me, what are you wearing?
0:04.2	He's like, you look ridiculous.
0:05.6	His invite said yoga party.
0:07.5	You were spot on, bro.
0:08.4	No, no, no.
0:09.1	His text auto-corrected.
0:11.0	So what was it meant to say then?
0:12.4	Toga party.
0:13.8	What?
0:14.2	Oh no.
0:14.6	So they all came as Romans.
0:16.4	Well, I never thought of it like that.
0:18.5	You about? Never thought of it like that. You About. Join me, Roman Kemp, and me, Tom Gremlin, for our weekly catch-up, otherwise known as a podcast.
0:24.9	You About?
0:25.6	Listen on BBC Sounds.
0:29.7	BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:34.1	Five Live, Formula One.
0:38.8	Well, it went down to the closing stages, but in the end, it was the championship leader Oscar Piastri, who nixed pole position away from his teammate Lando Norris.
0:48.3	Max Verstappen lines up third.
0:49.9	You're listening to the checkered flag podcast post-qualifying review of the Spanish Grand Prix.
0:56.5	Alongside myself, Harry Benjamin is the former F2, F3 and Alpine F1 development driver, Oliver Caldwell.
1:03.3	Ollie, Oscar Piastri looked strong from FP3 onwards.
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