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Yuki Tsunoda and Pierre Gasly have both refused to accept the blame for causing a race-ending crash for each driver in the 2025 Formula 1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.
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 ...Keep reading

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

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 was challenged off the line by eventual race winner Oscar Piastri and cut Turn 2, leading to the stewards handing him a ...Keep 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 a lap one incident.
Piastri attacked down the inside of Turn 1 and ...Keep 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 the kerbs at Turn 5, and met the barrier on the exit hard enough to warrant a red flag and a ...Keep 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’ hopes of hanging on to his championship lead took as big a dent as his McLaren did at Turn 5 ...Keep 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 and Fernando Alonso used three sets of new soft tyres just to progress to ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen provided the perfect response to claims that Red Bull is imploding – with a scintillating pole position at the 2025 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.
Red Bull boss Christian Horner delivered his verdict of the Dutchman’s sensational lap, when he was asked if it was the best reply to his team’s critics, Horner said: "Honestly, I did not believe that was possible going into that ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen has ended a tough week for Red Bull by snatching pole for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix as Lando Norris’ self-confessed doubts proved accurate when the Formula 1 championship leader crashed out.
After the Red Bull hierarchy held urgent meetings following a poor showing last time out in Bahrain and with speculation in Jeddah turning towards whether Verstappen’s future could lie ...Keep reading

Formula 1 championship leader Lando Norris crashed out of qualifying at the 2025 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.
The McLaren driver was on his first push lap during Q3 at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit, but hit the wall and brought his qualifying session to an early end.  
Norris mounted the kerb while navigating the fast section between turns four, five and six. The bump unsettled the McLaren and ...Keep reading