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
McLaren boss Andrea Stella believes Lando Norris is still not able to drive instinctively in the 2025 Formula 1 season, having crashed in qualifying for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. The McLaren driver hit the barrier on his first Q3 flyer, losing control of his MCL39 as he drifted across theContinue Reading
Charles Leclerc was “really not happy” after qualifying for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix despite thinking he maximised the result for Ferrari.The Monegasque qualified fourth in Jeddah but was 0.376s off poleman Max Verstappen, while Leclerc’s team-mate Lewis Hamilton came seventh.It continues a disappointing start to the 2025 Formula 1Continue Reading
Yuki Tsunoda was a “frustrated” figure after qualifying for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix as the Red Bull driver admitted he is unable to find the car’s limit.The Japanese driver qualified eighth in Jeddah while his team-mate Max Verstappen took a stunning pole for Sunday’s grand prix.It is only Tsunoda’sContinue Reading
Lewis Hamilton cut a dejected figure after he qualified down in seventh place for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.Since winning the Shanghai sprint race on the second weekend of the 2025 Formula 1 campaign, Hamilton has struggled for form and to get to grips with this year’s Ferrari.After another disappointingContinue Reading
Momentous events can result from small decisions and it was Max Verstappen’s race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase, known to the world as ‘GP’, who made the call.Lando Norris had just asked too much of his MCL39’s front axle on the approach to the Jeddah Corniche circuit’s Turn 4, sailed over theContinue Reading
Lando Norris is standing by his own harsh analysis after he crashed out of qualifying for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix and called himself a “fucking idiot” for doing so.Having looked on the pace all weekend despite admitting to lacking confidence heading to the fifth round of the season, Norris’Continue Reading
Aston Martin likes to emphasise that its Formula 1 team is in a rebuilding phase at the moment after the latest management and technical restructure.Its performance in practice and qualifying for the 2025 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix demonstrated the challenges that lie immediately ahead.Lance Stroll was eliminated in Q1 andContinue Reading