Round 5 · 2025

Saudi Arabian Grand Prix

CircuitJeddah Street CircuitLocationJeddah, Saudi ArabiaDates18 Apr – 20 Apr 2025Final

Official event name: STC Saudi Arabian Grand Prix

WinnerPIAMcLaren · from P2

PoleVER1:27.294

Fastest lap1:31.778Norris · L41

Most laps led1Piastri

Biggest gain+6Norris P10→P4

Retirements2of 20 starters

Classification

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/−	Laps	Time / Status	Pits	Pts
1	Oscar Piastri PIA	McLaren	2	+1	50	1:21:06.758	1	25
2	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	1	-1	50	+2.843	1	18
3	Charles Leclerc LEC	Ferrari	4	+1	50	+8.104	1	15
4	Lando Norris NOR	McLaren	10	+6	50	+9.196 FL	1	12
5	George Russell RUS	Mercedes	3	-2	50	+27.236	1	10
6	Kimi Antonelli ANT	Mercedes	5	-1	50	+34.688	1	8
7	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Ferrari	7	0	50	+39.073	1	6
8	Carlos Sainz SAI	Williams	6	-2	50	+1:04.630	1	4
9	Alexander Albon ALB	Williams	11	+2	50	+1:06.515	1	2
10	Isack Hadjar HAD	Racing Bulls	14	+4	50	+1:07.091	1	1
11	Fernando Alonso ALO	Aston Martin	13	+2	50	+1:15.917	1
12	Liam Lawson LAW	Racing Bulls	12	0	50	+1:18.451	1
13	Oliver Bearman BEA	Haas	15	+2	50	+1:19.194	1
14	Esteban Ocon OCO	Haas	19	+5	50	+1:39.723	1
15	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Kick Sauber	18	+3	49	+1 lap	1
16	Lance Stroll STR	Aston Martin	16	0	49	+1 lap	1
17	Jack Doohan DOO	Alpine	17	0	49	+1 lap	2
18	Gabriel Bortoleto BOR	Kick Sauber	20	+2	49	+1 lap	1
—	Yuki Tsunoda TSU	Red Bull Racing	8		1	DNF · L1	1
—	Pierre Gasly GAS	Alpine	9		0	DNF · L0	—

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Laps
1	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	1:27.778	1:27.529	1:27.294	19
2	Oscar Piastri PIA	McLaren	1:27.901	1:27.545	1:27.304	18
3	George Russell RUS	Mercedes	1:28.282	1:27.599	1:27.407	16
4	Charles Leclerc LEC	Ferrari	1:28.552	1:27.866	1:27.670	19
5	Kimi Antonelli ANT	Mercedes	1:28.128	1:27.798	1:27.866	17
6	Carlos Sainz SAI	Williams	1:28.354	1:28.024	1:28.164	23
7	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Ferrari	1:28.372	1:28.102	1:28.201	20
8	Yuki Tsunoda TSU	Red Bull Racing	1:28.226	1:27.990	1:28.204	16
9	Pierre Gasly GAS	Alpine	1:28.421	1:28.025	1:28.367	22
10	Lando Norris NOR	McLaren	1:27.805	1:27.481	—	11
11	Alexander Albon ALB	Williams	1:28.279	1:28.109	—	14
12	Liam Lawson LAW	Racing Bulls	1:28.561	1:28.191	—	11
13	Fernando Alonso ALO	Aston Martin	1:28.548	1:28.303	—	14
14	Isack Hadjar HAD	Racing Bulls	1:28.571	1:28.418	—	12
15	Oliver Bearman BEA	Haas	1:28.536	1:28.648	—	15
16	Lance Stroll STR	Aston Martin	1:28.645	—	—	9
17	Jack Doohan DOO	Alpine	1:28.739	—	—	9
18	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Kick Sauber	1:28.782	—	—	8
19	Esteban Ocon OCO	Haas	1:29.092	—	—	9
20	Gabriel Bortoleto BOR	Kick Sauber	1:29.462	—	—	8

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Gap	Laps
1	Lando Norris NOR	McLaren	1:27.489		18
2	Oscar Piastri PIA	McLaren	1:27.513	+0.024	19
3	George Russell RUS	Mercedes	1:28.116	+0.627	17
4	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	1:28.334	+0.845	14
5	Charles Leclerc LEC	Ferrari	1:28.372	+0.883	21
6	Alexander Albon ALB	Williams	1:28.389	+0.900	16
7	Carlos Sainz SAI	Williams	1:28.570	+1.081	15
8	Pierre Gasly GAS	Alpine	1:28.625	+1.136	16
9	Yuki Tsunoda TSU	Red Bull Racing	1:28.670	+1.181	14
10	Kimi Antonelli ANT	Mercedes	1:28.679	+1.190	18
11	Isack Hadjar HAD	Racing Bulls	1:28.769	+1.280	17
12	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Ferrari	1:28.780	+1.291	20
13	Liam Lawson LAW	Racing Bulls	1:28.861	+1.372	18
14	Fernando Alonso ALO	Aston Martin	1:28.888	+1.399	19
15	Jack Doohan DOO	Alpine	1:28.898	+1.409	21
16	Oliver Bearman BEA	Haas	1:28.989	+1.500	15
17	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Kick Sauber	1:29.220	+1.731	16
18	Esteban Ocon OCO	Haas	1:29.336	+1.847	20
19	Gabriel Bortoleto BOR	Kick Sauber	1:29.410	+1.921	24
20	Lance Stroll STR	Aston Martin	1:29.478	+1.989	19

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Gap	Laps
1	Lando Norris NOR	McLaren	1:28.267		21
2	Oscar Piastri PIA	McLaren	1:28.430	+0.163	22
3	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	1:28.547	+0.280	23
4	Charles Leclerc LEC	Ferrari	1:28.749	+0.482	22
5	Carlos Sainz SAI	Williams	1:28.942	+0.675	24
6	Yuki Tsunoda TSU	Red Bull Racing	1:28.963	+0.696	19
7	George Russell RUS	Mercedes	1:28.973	+0.706	21
8	Pierre Gasly GAS	Alpine	1:29.106	+0.839	22
9	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Kick Sauber	1:29.193	+0.926	21
10	Alexander Albon ALB	Williams	1:29.220	+0.953	23
11	Kimi Antonelli ANT	Mercedes	1:29.242	+0.975	16
12	Isack Hadjar HAD	Racing Bulls	1:29.306	+1.039	17
13	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Ferrari	1:29.371	+1.104	23
14	Liam Lawson LAW	Racing Bulls	1:29.488	+1.221	22
15	Fernando Alonso ALO	Aston Martin	1:29.662	+1.395	18
16	Oliver Bearman BEA	Haas	1:29.754	+1.487	19
17	Jack Doohan DOO	Alpine	1:29.912	+1.645	21
18	Lance Stroll STR	Aston Martin	1:30.007	+1.740	18
19	Esteban Ocon OCO	Haas	1:30.019	+1.752	22

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Gap	Laps
1	Pierre Gasly GAS	Alpine	1:29.239		25
2	Lando Norris NOR	McLaren	1:29.246	+0.007	25
3	Charles Leclerc LEC	Ferrari	1:29.309	+0.070	28
4	Oscar Piastri PIA	McLaren	1:29.341	+0.102	25
5	Alexander Albon ALB	Williams	1:29.606	+0.367	23
6	George Russell RUS	Mercedes	1:29.618	+0.379	21
7	Carlos Sainz SAI	Williams	1:29.779	+0.540	26
8	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Ferrari	1:29.815	+0.576	27
9	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	1:29.818	+0.579	26
10	Yuki Tsunoda TSU	Red Bull Racing	1:29.821	+0.582	26
11	Liam Lawson LAW	Racing Bulls	1:29.907	+0.668	19
12	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Kick Sauber	1:29.916	+0.677	25
13	Kimi Antonelli ANT	Mercedes	1:29.934	+0.695	24
14	Fernando Alonso ALO	Aston Martin	1:29.976	+0.737	24
15	Isack Hadjar HAD	Racing Bulls	1:30.011	+0.772	15
16	Jack Doohan DOO	Alpine	1:30.183	+0.944	25
17	Lance Stroll STR	Aston Martin	1:30.583	+1.344	23
18	Oliver Bearman BEA	Haas	1:30.595	+1.356	21
19	Esteban Ocon OCO	Haas	1:31.029	+1.790	21
20	Gabriel Bortoleto BOR	Kick Sauber	1:31.038	+1.799	23

Session schedule

Practice 1Final18 Apr 2025 13:30 UTC

Practice 2Final18 Apr 2025 17:00 UTC

Practice 3Final19 Apr 2025 13:30 UTC

QualifyingFinal19 Apr 2025 17:00 UTC

Grand PrixFinal20 Apr 2025 17:00 UTC

Championship after round 5

Pos	Driver	Pts	Δ
1	Oscar Piastri PIA	99	▲1
2	Lando Norris NOR	89	▼1
3	Max Verstappen VER	87
4	George Russell RUS	73
5	Charles Leclerc LEC	47
6	Kimi Antonelli ANT	38
7	Lewis Hamilton HAM	31
8	Alexander Albon ALB	20

Running totals from published race points.

Teammate qualifying gaps

Team	Ahead	Gap	Behind
Red Bull Racing	Max Verstappen VER	+1.042%	Yuki Tsunoda TSU
McLaren	Oscar Piastri PIA	+-0.073%	Lando Norris NOR
Mercedes	George Russell RUS	+0.525%	Kimi Antonelli ANT
Ferrari	Charles Leclerc LEC	+0.606%	Lewis Hamilton HAM
Williams	Carlos Sainz SAI	+0.097%	Alexander Albon ALB
Alpine	Pierre Gasly GAS	+0.360%	Jack Doohan DOO
Racing Bulls	Liam Lawson LAW	+0.257%	Isack Hadjar HAD
Aston Martin	Fernando Alonso ALO	+0.110%	Lance Stroll STR
Haas	Oliver Bearman BEA	+0.628%	Esteban Ocon OCO
Kick Sauber	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	+0.766%	Gabriel Bortoleto BOR

Deepest knockout session both drivers set a time in.

Season	Event	Winner	Team	Grid
2024	Saudi Arabian Grand Prix	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	1
2023	Saudi Arabian Grand Prix	Sergio Pérez PER	Red Bull Racing	1
2022	Saudi Arabian Grand Prix	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	4
2021	Saudi Arabian Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1