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Rivals at odds over who caused first-lap crash in Saudi Arabian GP

Motorsport - Sun, 2025-04-20 22:24
Yuki Tsunoda and Pierre Gasly have both refused to accept the blame for causing a race-ending crash for each driver in Jeddah.
Tsunoda’s Red Bull made contact with the Alpine of Gasly at Turn 4 on the opening lap of the race.
It was one of a series of exciting manoeuvres on lap one, with race winner Oscar Piastri tangling with Max Verstappen at the front, earning the Dutchman a five-second ...Keep reading

Christian Horner produces onboard evidence to dispute Max Verstappen's penalty

Motorsport - Sun, 2025-04-20 22:01
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 a lap one incident.
Piastri attacked down the inside of Turn 1 and ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen coy on Jeddah penalty: “Anything I say, it might get me in trouble”

Motorsport - Sun, 2025-04-20 21:44
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 had started on pole position in Jeddah but was challenged off the line by eventual race winner Oscar Piastri and cut Turn 2, leading to the stewards handing ...Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton’s 32-second interview sums up his Saudi shocker

Motorsport - Sun, 2025-04-20 21:29
Lewis Hamilton was in no mood for questioning after a disappointing Saudi Arabian GP 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 understand his new Ferrari F1 car.
Despite the win in Shanghai, Hamilton has largely struggled with his ...Keep reading

Zak Brown on Max Verstappen's penalty: "Oscar was clearly up the inside"

Motorsport - Sun, 2025-04-20 21:10
The 2025 Formula 1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix was ultimately decided by events at the first corner.
Oscar Piastri and Max Verstappen arrived side by side, with Piastri asserting himself on the inside line, leaving Verstappen with two options: back off or take to the run-off area on the outside.
Verstappen chose the latter and rejoined the track in the lead, incurring a five-second time penalty ...Keep reading

“I make life tough on myself” - Lando Norris bluntly owns up to Jeddah setback

Motorsport - Sun, 2025-04-20 21:01
Lando Norris admits he is making hard work of his F1 title challenge.
After starting the season as the favourite to win the championship, and his victory in the Australian GP, Norris has slipped behind his McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri in the pecking order.
Piastri has now taken two back-to-back wins in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia to move to the top of the table and got 10 points clear of ...Keep reading

Helmut Marko on Max Verstappen’s “harsh” penalty: “Where was he supposed to go?”

Motorsport - Sun, 2025-04-20 20:46
Helmut Marko disagreed with the stewards’ decision to hand Max Verstappen a five-second penalty for passing Oscar Piastri off-track in the first lap of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.
“I think the race was lost at the start. And really, where was Max supposed to go?” he told Sky Germany.
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Saudi’s first female racer welcomes a new future for Saudi motorsport at Qiddiya City

Motorsport - Sun, 2025-04-20 20:25
“I look at this as a blank canvas”, Reema Juffali says when she discusses not only helping to bring through the next generation of Saudi women racers but increasing motorsports participation in the region as a whole.
She is clearly passionate about the subject as she talks with vigour – but she has not been all talk and no action, launching her own team, Theeba Motorsport, and now working ...Keep reading

Piastri wins in Saudi Arabia and takes title lead

Formula 1 at the BBC - Sun, 2025-04-20 20:00
McLaren's Oscar Piastri wins the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix from Max Verstappen and takes the lead in the drivers' championship.

Piastri wins in Saudi Arabia and takes title lead

Formula 1 at the BBC - Sun, 2025-04-20 20:00
McLaren's Oscar Piastri wins the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix from Max Verstappen and takes the lead in the drivers' championship.

Piastri wins in Saudi Arabia and takes title lead

Formula 1 at the BBC - Sun, 2025-04-20 20:00
McLaren's Oscar Piastri wins the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix from Max Verstappen and takes the lead in the drivers' championship.

Piastri wins in Saudi Arabia and takes title lead

Formula 1 at the BBC - Sun, 2025-04-20 20:00
McLaren's Oscar Piastri wins the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix from Max Verstappen and takes the lead in the drivers' championship.

F1 Saudi Arabian GP: five quick takeaways

Motorsport - Sun, 2025-04-20 19:59
Piastri will be hard to beat this year
There's a certain logic in the fact that Oscar Piastri took the championship lead so unspectacularly, after a measured and controlled drive, delivering everything he needed.
Yes, Verstappen took pole, but Piastri did enough to force him to defend in Turn 1 - and ultimately earn his rival a penalty. After that, all he needed to do was stay close enough ...Keep reading

Piastri clinches victory in Saudi Arabia from Verstappen and Leclerc as McLaren driver becomes new championship leader

Formula 1 - Sun, 2025-04-20 19:56
Oscar Piastri has picked up his third win of the season with an assured drive to victory in the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, the Australian becoming the new Drivers’ Championship leader in the process.

RACE START: Verstappen retains Saudi Arabian GP lead from Piastri but is hit with penalty while Gasly and Tsunoda crash

Formula 1 - Sun, 2025-04-20 19:56
Max Verstappen held the lead from pole at the start of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, defending aggressively from Oscar Piastri as drama unfolded behind.

OFFICIAL GRID: Who starts where in Jeddah as Verstappen looks to defend pole

Formula 1 - Sun, 2025-04-20 19:56
For the second time in 2025 Max Verstappen starts from pole position after again upsetting the form book for Red Bull. McLaren – who had been widely expected to lock out the front row – have Oscar Piastri in P2, but Lando Norris only 10th.

LIVE COVERAGE: Follow the action as Piastri wins the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix

Formula 1 - Sun, 2025-04-20 19:56
Live coverage of Sunday's Formula 1 stc Saudi Arabian Grand Prix 2025 in Jeddah.

F2: Verschoor makes last-lap pass for Jeddah Feature Race win

Formula 1 - Sun, 2025-04-20 19:56
Richard Verschoor would not be denied victory in Jeddah, fighting through from ninth on the grid to take the Feature Race win for MP Motorsport.

Piastri wins in Saudi Arabia and takes title lead

Formula 1 at the BBC - Sun, 2025-04-20 19:51
McLaren's Oscar Piastri wins the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix from Max Verstappen and takes the lead in the drivers' championship.

F1 Saudi Arabian GP: Oscar Piastri wins to take title lead as Max Verstappen gets penalty

Motorsport - Sun, 2025-04-20 19:39
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 week as he benefitted from an early penalty against polesitter Max Verstappen.
Having qualified first, reigning champion Verstappen was not as quick off ...Keep reading

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