P1racenews AI automatic summary:
Oscar Piastri is now equal with Ayrton Senna in the all-time McLaren record books.
Oscar Piastri matched Ayrton Senna’s record with eight consecutive F1 podiums by winning the Spanish Grand Prix from pole position.
Piastri dominated the race, briefly losing the lead to Max Verstappen during pit stops, but excelled during a late safety car restart.
His victory, the fifth in nine races, extended his championship lead over Lando Norris to 10 points, with Norris finishing second.
Piastri has now scored eight podiums in nine races this season, with only one race outside the top three – a ninth-place finish in Australia due to rain chaos.
Piastri’s achievement matches Senna’s streak of eight consecutive podiums between the 1988 Mexican and Belgian Grands Prix.
Next up, Piastri aims to equal Lewis Hamilton’s nine consecutive podiums at the Canadian Grand Prix, before challenging Michael Schumacher’s all-time record of 19 consecutive podiums.
