2025 Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix Highlights

The European triple-header has concluded at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya with Fernando’s home race: the 2025 Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix. Get the thoughts of Lance, Fernando and the team from the weekend.

Fernando secured his first points of the 2025 season after taking P9 at the Spanish Grand Prix, whilst Lance did not start after withdrawing from the race through injury.

Fernando Alonso, Driver, Aston Martin F1 Team

It’s always special racing at home, and it means a lot to score my first points of the season here in Barcelona. The support from the fans was incredible.

The car’s pace wasn’t quite where we wanted it to be, especially after feeling strong yesterday. I struggled to overtake on the straights, so I had to get quite creative at Turn Three.

I’m happy to take the points in the end, and now we’ll look to keep the momentum going as we head to Canada. We missed Lance today, and I wish him a quick recovery.

Andy Cowell, CEO & Team Principal, Aston Martin F1 Team

We are pleased to come away from this race with some hard-earned points after great battles on track by Fernando in front of his home crowd.

We were involved in some early scraps for the top ten, and we wanted to extend Fernando’s first stint on the Softs, but the tyres didn’t quite have enough left in them by the time we pitted. From then on, he fought to get back into the top ten before a well-timed Safety Car bunched up the field for a sprint finish to the end.

Fernando then showed his racing skill and overtook three cars in the remaining six laps and stayed within 10 seconds of Max [Verstappen] to finish P9.

“We’ll digest and analyse everything we’ve learnt over this busy triple-header, and we are all wishing Lance well and a speedy recovery.

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