An “insanely calm” Oscar Piastri has been hailed as having one of the coolest heads Formula 1 ever seen as one former driver declared the “floodgates have opened” for the Australian star in his title quest.

It was a battle of the McLaren drivers across Formula One’s 2025 Spanish Grand Prix qualifying, with Oscar Piastri ultimately topping Lando Norris’ with purple sectors across the board on the final runs — eking a two-tenths of a second gap over his teammate.

Qualifying result and race start time as Piastri wins McLaren battle for pole F1 grid: Starting positions for Spanish Grand Prix F1 title gamechanger? Spanish GP awaits impact of new flexi-wing rule McLaren have won six of the eight rounds so far,