Oscar Piastri was quickest on the first day of practice for the Spanish Grand Prix. McLaren's Australian was the only driver to get under the 1'13" barrier, his best lap being a 1'12"760, half a second quicker than Lewis Hamilton's fastest Friday lap from last year.

Oscar Piastri has claimed his relationship with Lando Norris will not spiral out of control as the McLaren drivers duel to become champion of the world. Following his much-needed victory last time out in Monaco, Norris heads into Sunday’s Spanish Grand Prix just three points adrift of his Australian team-mate.

Oscar Piastri was quickest on the first day of practice for the Spanish Grand Prix. McLaren’s Australian was the only driver to get under the 1’13” barrier, his best lap being a 1’12”760, half a second quicker than Lewis Hamilton’s fastest Friday lap from last year.

Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris have just three points between them at the top of the F1 standings as the McLaren pair aim to break Max Verstappen’s hold on the Spanish Grand Prix this weekend.

That will play on his mind for the rest of the day because now he will be there studying the data and he will see how Oscar was so quick there, so quick there.”

Oscar Piastri y Lando Norris están separados por apenas en la cima de la clasificación de pilotos de la Fórmula Uno y el binomio McLaren

Over the weekend, that photo above made the rounds: AJ, an Oscar Piastri fan from Australia, had posted on X that he’d make a life-sized version of Piastri out of pizza if Piastri won pole. Folks: Piastri won pole, and AJ made the Pizzastri. I had to reach out to him and ask about this. Here’s my Q&A with AJ. Bon appétit.

McLaren's Oscar Piastri says he expects a "tight battle" for pole position at the Spanish Grand Prix after setting the pace in Friday practice.