Five Formula 1 Winners & Losers: Spanish Grand Prix

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The Spanish Grand Prix is far from the most fun race on the calendar, but it is the one that gives us the best overall basis of how each car works.

Which means it’s a great benchmark for our winners and losers.

And here we go!

Losers

5. Oscar Piastri

Oscar’s still a very good driver on a very good team, but you can’t ignore he was comprehensibly beaten by his teammate Lando Norris over the weekend, mainly due to unforced errors.

It’s a bummer, but it’s not the end of the world.

4. Sergio Perez

Checo is really, really not doing enough in that Red Bull.

It was a weekend worthy of a higher spot on the loser list.

But, the man got a new two year extension.

So I guess it doesn’t really matter, does it?

3. Kevin Magnussen

Magnussen is trying to find a spot in the 2025 grid, and being whooped by Nico Hulkenberg is certainly not going to help him find one.

Maybe Haas keeps him regardless for the experience.

He better hope so, cause these performances aren’t helping.

2. Logan Sargeant

The Williams wasn’t going to be good here this weekend, but Sargeant was still pretty awful.

I’d say it’s set in stone that he won’t be on the grid next year.

1. Ferrari

Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz are bickering, and Ferrari, at the track that’s the best benchmark for overall performance, were 4th fastest on the grid.

That doesn’t necessarily mean they’re the fourth fastest team overall, but it certainly isn’t comforting.

Winners

5. The United States of America

Logan Sargeant may have had a terrible weekend, but Americans Chloe Chambers and Jak Crawford won their respective F1 Academy and F2 races.

That’s pretty cool!

Yes, I’m biased!

4. Alpine

Alpine looked to be headed towards a disastrous season, but it’s now back to back race weekends the French team have gotten double points.

Maybe it was too soon to write them off!

3. Lando Norris

Lando’s poor start off the line cost him the lead and possibly the race, but his pole position lap was remarkably good, and surprising.

Once I saw Max Verstappen improve by almost 3 tenths of a second, I assumed Lando had no chance of beating it.

I was wrong, and I was very impressed.

2. Max Verstappen

But Max did what he usually does and drove a perfect and consistent race which got him and his team the win.

Lando and McLaren may be fast, but Max and Red Bull still run the show.

1. Lewis Hamilton

The first podium of the year shockingly for Lewis Hamilton, and a great podium it was.

Good qualifying, managed the tires well, beat his teammate easily.

It was nice to see that Lewis Hamilton again.