Max Verstappen refused to talk about the first-lap incident that cost him a shot at winning the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix – claiming he could end up in hot water with the FIA and that “people can’t handle the truth”.The Red Bull driver started on pole in Jeddah but wasContinue Reading
Red Bull boss Christian Horner has said the team is unlikely to protest the penalty decision that cost Max Verstappen his victory at the 2025 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.The reigning, four-time world champion started on pole, but finished runner-up to McLaren’s Oscar Piastri after receiving a five-second penalty for aContinue Reading
Lewis Hamilton was in no mood for questioning after a disappointing Saudi Arabian Grand Prix where he finished seventh.After the highs of winning the sprint race in China last month, the seven-time world champion came into the race in Jeddah saying he needed “a brain transplant” in order to understandContinue Reading
Oscar Piastri took victory at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix to move into the lead of the Formula 1 drivers’ championship.The McLaren man sealed his third win of the season, going back-to-back after taking the chequered flag in Bahrain last weekend as he benefitted from an early penalty against polesitterContinue Reading
As the lights went out at Formula 1’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, Oscar Piastri hooked up faster from second on the grid than polesitter Max Verstappen, and the McLaren and Red Bull headed into Turn 1 side by side.Piastri had the inside line even though his car wasn’t significantly ahead,Continue Reading
Jeddah’s fast and furious street race is shaping up to be an enthralling contest, thanks to several cars which are starting out of position.At the front there is Red Bull’s pole sitter Max Verstappen, who will be desperately fighting off the faster McLaren of Oscar Piastri. Then there is LandoContinue Reading
The Formula 1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix presents an intriguing race for Williams, with one driver planning to err on the side of caution and the other looking to rein in his own perceived over-confidence.Carlos Sainz will start a season-best sixth on the grid at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit onContinue Reading
Max Verstappen says he is “not very confident” of beating McLaren’s Oscar Piastri in Jeddah on Sunday. The reigning world champion’s Red Bull claimed pole by a mere 0.010s after the McLarens had looked faster all weekend, with Piastri joining him on the front row. The other McLaren of LandoContinue Reading
Mark Mann-Bryans and Filip Clereen review qualifying day for the 2025 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix as Max Verstappen shocked with a stunning pole lap to beat Oscar Piastri by just one hundredth of a second. Mark and Filip debate whether it was good as his Suzuka pole lap, as wellContinue Reading
Close, but no cigar.This might not have been the actual phrase going through Oscar Piastri’s head, and that of his race engineer Tom Stallard, after Piastri’s first Q3 lap, but the sentiments will have been the same.That lap – 1m27.560s – was actually fractionally slower than his final Q2 lapContinue Reading