After every week of conjecture regarding the ineffective two-stop rule in Monaco final Sunday, the Method 1 tour bus parks up for Spanish Grand Prix this weekend in what appears set to be the final race on the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya for the foreseeable future.
With Madrid’s new road circuit set to be the house of Spain’s huge F1 weekend from 2026, will there be a fond farewell for Max Verstappen, who has received the earlier three editions in Barcelona? Under you’ll find my Spanish Grand Prix 2025 predictions.
Spanish Grand Prix 2025 Predictions
- Oscar Piastri – pole place @ 6/4
- Max Verstappen – race winner @ 7/2
- Isack Hadjar – factors end @ 6/4
Odds right on the time of publication
Spanish Grand Prix Odds
Max Verstappen – race winner @ 7/2
Whereas I don’t essentially fancy Verstappen’s Crimson Bull to outqualify each McLarens, I’ve the champ in thoughts the second I take into consideration someone actually making one thing occur on Sunday.
Certain, the blokes in papaya have the quicker automotive, and that’s the reason I fancy Oscar Piastri at 6/4 to seize pole place. However on the subject of race day, it’s the Dutchman who I’m prepared to get behind for the win.
Simply as we noticed in Emilia-Romagna a fortnight again, a McLaren pole isn’t any assure of Sunday success, with Max usurping Piastri on the second nook at Imola to undo all the Australian’s exhausting work within the qualifying classes.
And whereas Lando Norris bounced again to kind achieve pole place in Monaco earlier than happening to assert a second victory of the season, I’m not ready to persuade myself that he’s again to 100 per cent simply but.
In order that brings me spherical to Max coming by way of. Sure, the Crimson Bull isn’t what it was in 2023 and early 2024, however Verstappen stays one of the best driver on the planet and the hole between the McLarens and the four-time king of the highway stays so slight that he has the talent to make the distinction.
When it comes to the worth, I simply can’t look previous the 7/2 on supply for Max to take the chequered flag first.
There’s no manner I’m not backing him at that value provided that it is a man who has received 55 races because the starting of 2021, together with the final three at this observe, and continues to push the highest two within the Drivers’ Championship all the best way.
The percentages counsel a 22.2% chance of him profitable the race and that’s an enormous underestimate of one of the best within the enterprise.
F1 Odds
Isack Hadjar – factors end @ 6/4
For me, Hadjar has been an incredible addition to the grid this season. After his spell as a promising reserve driver for Crimson Bull, he has taken to life within the Racing Bulls staff beautifully.
Already he can boast 4 factors finishes in eight races, with all seven of his efforts since failing to make the beginning line on day one in Australia having resulted in returns of thirteenth or higher.
The French-Algerian is a driver with loads of moxie, and he has proven within the opening levels of this season that he is aware of the right way to deal with the automotive by way of visitors. So of all of the prospects in the midst of the sector, Hadjar at 6/4 appears an incredible shout for a top-10 end in Catalunya.