Here is a guide that tells you what you need to know about the Saudi F1 Grand Prix. It’s the fifth round of the 2025 Formula One season.
How to see the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix on TV
– In the USA, ESPN.
– Other countries are listed here.
What is the Saudi Arabian GP plan?
– Friday: First and second practices.
– Saturday: Third practice and qualification.
-Sunday: Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, 50 laps of 6.2 kilometers (3.8 km) Jeddah Corniche Circuit.
Where does the Saudi Grand Prix take place?
The Jeddah Corniche Circuit is one of the latest venues on the F1 calendar after debuting in 2021. Hosting F1 is part of Saudi Arabia’s push to become an important player in Global Sport. Jeddah is quick to a street cycle, and walls close to the track mean that the smallest error brings great punishment. It’s the second night run in a row after last week’s Bahrain Grand Prix. Max Verstappen is the only driver who won in Jeddah twice. Lewis Hamilton and Sergio Perez have a win each.
What happened in the last race?
Oscar Piastri became the first driver to won two races this season with a dominant drive from pole position to victory. It was a dramatic race behind him when George Russell claimed with electrical problems and held Piastris teammate Lando Norris to go second. Verstappen had problems with his Red Bull and placed sixth. Norris leads the 2025 driver with three points from Piastri.
What should I know about F1 so far?
Get Caught:
– Oscar Piastri cruises to win on the Bahrain Grand Prix, with Lando Norris third
– Lando Norris feels ‘nowhere near’ his best as Formula One title competition is heated inside McLaren
– Concerns at Red Bull after Max Verstappen’s ‘Disaster’, while F1 heads to Saudi -Arabia
-FIA meeting on future F1 engines ends without obligation to bring back v10s
Key statistics on Jeddah
58 – McLaren’s gorge over his closest challenger Mercedes in the engineer’s location shows how it is the only team that is consistently fast on all tracks so far.
69 – Verstappen has scored all except two of Red Bull’s 71 points this season. Yuki Tsunoda’s ninth place in Bahrain was the first time any of his teammates finished in the top 10 since November.
7-rookie Oliver Bearsman made a splash on his debut in Saudi Arabia last year with Seventh Place as an emergency for Ferrari. Now at Haas, it’s still Bearsman’s best finish in F1.
What do they say?
“I’m just nothing near the capacity I have, which hurts to say.” – Lando Norris.
“We still have a lot of work to do on the car to get us where we need to be.” – Max Verstappen.
“I would very much like to say that, but I don’t think we are to be honest. McLaren is just too dominant right now.” – George Russell says Mercedes is not a title competition.
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