Montmelo (Spain), Jun 1 (AP) Oscar Piastri will start the Spanish Grand Prix from pole position ahead of McLaren teammate Lando Norris on Sunday with the papaya-colored cars poised to continue their early dominance of the Formula 1 season. Defending F1 champion Max Verstappen will start from third and will be hard pressed to extend his winning streak at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya to a fourth win in a row. Also Read | PBKS vs MI IPL 2025 Qualifier 2: Arshdeep Singh Looking Forward To Help Punjab Kings Win Their First Indian Premier League Title. Piastri leads Norris by three points at the top of the points standings after they won six of the eight races so far this year. Verstappen, who has won the other two races this year, is 25 points off Piastri's lead in his Red Bull. Mercedes' George Russell and Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton will start fourth and fifth. Also Read | ENG vs WI 1st ODI 2025: West Indies Cricket Team Fined for Slow Over-Rate in First ODI Against England. Piastri won from pole position in China and Bahrain, while he also pipped a pole-sitting Verstappen to win in Saudi Arabia and Miami. His only blemish was losing to Verstappen after taking pole in Imola two rounds ago. Norris arrives after winning the Monaco GP last weekend. Fernando Alonso will be the only Aston Martin entry after Lance Stroll withdrew due to pain in his hand and wrist. Verstappen's teammate Yuki Tsunoda will start from last place after a disastrous qualifying session for Red Bull's second driver. (AP) (This is an unedited and auto-generated story from Syndicated News feed, LatestLY Staff may not have modified or edited the content body)