2025 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix

2025 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix
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Layout of the Jeddah Corniche Circuit
Race details
Date	20 April 2025
Official name	Formula 1 STC Saudi Arabian Grand Prix 2025
Location	Jeddah Corniche Circuit Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Course	Street circuit
Course length	6.174 km (3.836 miles)
Distance	50 laps, 308.450 km (191.662 miles)
Weather	Clear
Pole position
Driver	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT
Time	1:27.294
Fastest lap
Driver	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes
Time	1:31.778 on lap 41
Podium
First	Oscar Piastri	McLaren-Mercedes
Second	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT
Third	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari
Lap leaders

The 2025 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 STC Saudi Arabian Grand Prix 2025) was a Formula One motor race held on 20 April 2025 at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. It was the fifth round of the 2025 Formula One World Championship.

Max Verstappen of Red Bull Racing took pole position for the event, his second of the season, but lost out to Oscar Piastri of McLaren in the race, who took his third win of the season and the Championship lead. The podium was completed by Verstappen and Charles Leclerc, the latter taking Ferrari's first podium of the season. Piastri's victory made him the first Australian to lead the Championship since Mark Webber at the 2010 Japanese Grand Prix.

Background

The event was held at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit in Jeddah for the fifth time in the circuit's history, across the weekend of 18–20 April. The Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 2025 Formula One World Championship, and the fifth running of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.

Championship standings before the race

Going into the event, Lando Norris led the Drivers' Championship with 77 points, three points ahead of his teammate Oscar Piastri in second, and eight ahead of Max Verstappen in third. McLaren, with 151 points, entered the race as the leader in the Constructors' Championship from Mercedes in second with 93 points, and Red Bull Racing third with 71 points.

Entrants

See also: 2025 Formula One World Championship § Entries

The drivers and teams were the same as published in the season entry list. The only exception was Yuki Tsunoda at Red Bull Racing, who was in the seat originally held by Liam Lawson before the latter was demoted back to Racing Bulls from the Japanese Grand Prix onward.

Tyre choices

Further information: Formula One tyres

Tyre supplier Pirelli brought the C3, C4, and C5 tyre compounds, designated hard, medium, and soft, respectively, for teams to use at the event.

Practice

Three free practice sessions were held for the event. The first free practice session was held on 18 April 2025, at 16:30 local time (UTC+3), and was topped by Pierre Gasly of Alpine followed by Lando Norris of McLaren and Charles Leclerc of Ferrari. The second free practice session was held on the same day, at 20:00 local time, and was topped by Norris ahead of his teammate Oscar Piastri and Max Verstappen of Red Bull Racing. The session was red-flagged in the closing stages due to Yuki Tsunoda of Red Bull Racing crashing at turn 27. The third free practice session was held on 19 April 2025, at 16:30 local time, and was topped by Norris ahead of his teammate Piastri and George Russell of Mercedes.

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on 19 April 2025, at 20:00 local time (UTC+3), and determined the starting grid order for the race.

Qualifying report

Max Verstappen of Red Bull Racing took his second pole position of the season, breaking the lap record in the process, ahead of Oscar Piastri of McLaren and George Russell of Mercedes. Championship leader and Piastri's teammate Lando Norris crashed out around turns 4, 5 and 6, leaving him unable to set a time in Q3 and thus qualifying in tenth position.

Qualifying classification

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Qualifying times			Final grid
				Q1	Q2	Q3
1	1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT	1:27.778	1:27.529	1:27.294	1
2	81	Oscar Piastri	McLaren-Mercedes	1:27.901	1:27.545	1:27.304	2
3	63	George Russell	Mercedes	1:28.282	1:27.599	1:27.407	3
4	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:28.552	1:27.866	1:27.670	4
5	12	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	1:28.128	1:27.798	1:27.866	5
6	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Williams-Mercedes	1:28.354	1:28.024	1:28.164	6
7	44	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	1:28.372	1:28.102	1:28.201	7
8	22	Yuki Tsunoda	Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT	1:28.226	1:27.990	1:28.204	8
9	10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine-Renault	1:28.421	1:28.025	1:28.367	9
10	4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	1:27.805	1:27.481	No time	10
11	23	Alexander Albon	Williams-Mercedes	1:28.279	1:28.109	N/A	11
12	30	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls-Honda RBPT	1:28.561	1:28.191	N/A	12
13	14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes	1:28.548	1:28.303	N/A	13
14	6	Isack Hadjar	Racing Bulls-Honda RBPT	1:28.571	1:28.418	N/A	14
15	87	Oliver Bearman	Haas-Ferrari	1:28.536	1:28.648	N/A	15
16	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes	1:28.645	N/A	N/A	16
17	7	Jack Doohan	Alpine-Renault	1:28.739	N/A	N/A	17
18	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Kick Sauber-Ferrari	1:28.782	N/A	N/A	18
19	31	Esteban Ocon	Haas-Ferrari	1:29.092	N/A	N/A	19
20	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	Kick Sauber-Ferrari	1:29.462	N/A	N/A	20
107% time: 1:33.922
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Race

The race was held on 20 April 2025, at 20:00 local time (UTC+3), and was run for 50 laps.

Race report

The race was won by Oscar Piastri in the McLaren, followed by Max Verstappen in the Red Bull, with Charles Leclerc in third place in the Ferrari. Piastri's win led to him leading the World Driver's Championship for the first time in his career and made him the first Australian to lead the championship since his manager Mark Webber at the 2010 Japanese Grand Prix.

Race classification

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	81	Oscar Piastri	McLaren-Mercedes	50	1:21:06.758	2	25
2	1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT	50	+2.843	1	18
3	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	50	+8.104	4	15
4	4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	50	+9.196	10	12
5	63	George Russell	Mercedes	50	+27.236	3	10
6	12	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	50	+34.688	5	8
7	44	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	50	+39.073	7	6
8	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Williams-Mercedes	50	+1:04.630	6	4
9	23	Alexander Albon	Williams-Mercedes	50	+1:06.515	11	2
10	6	Isack Hadjar	Racing Bulls-Honda RBPT	50	+1:07.091	14	1
11	14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes	50	+1:15.917	13
12	30	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls-Honda RBPT	50	+1:18.4511	12
13	87	Oliver Bearman	Haas-Ferrari	50	+1:19.194	15
14	31	Esteban Ocon	Haas-Ferrari	50	+1:39.723	19
15	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Kick Sauber-Ferrari	49	+1 lap	18
16	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes	49	+1 lap	16
17	7	Jack Doohan	Alpine-Renault	49	+1 lap	17
18	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	Kick Sauber-Ferrari	49	+1 lap	20
Ret	22	Yuki Tsunoda	Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT	1	Collision damage	8
Ret	10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine-Renault	0	Collision	9
Source:

Notes

• ^1 – Liam Lawson finished 11th, but received a ten-second time penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage.

Championship standings after the race

For full season standings, see 2025 Formula One World Championship § Results and standings.

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos.	Driver	Points
1	1	Oscar Piastri	99
1	2	Lando Norris	89
	3	Max Verstappen	87
	4	George Russell	73
	5	Charles Leclerc	47
Source:

Constructors' Championship standings

	Pos.	Constructor	Points
	1	McLaren-Mercedes	188
	2	Mercedes	111
	3	Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT	89
	4	Ferrari	78
1	5	Williams-Mercedes	25
Source:

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

See also

• 2025 Jeddah Formula 2 round