Catch up with the opening action as Formula One completes its first triple header this year, with the circus rolling into Jeddah for Round 5 of the 2025 season

Piastri was the first to set a lap in Qualifying 3, a 1:27.560s set moments before the red flag was shown. It was waved for Norris in the other McLaren, who crashed at Turn 5 after running wide at the preceding left-hander. The car ran onto the exit kerb, sending him heavily into the wall and triggering a red flag.

By Alan Baldwin JEDDAH (Reuters) -World champion Max Verstappen put Red Bull on pole position for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix in dramatic style on Saturday as McLaren's Formula One leader Lando Norris hit the wall and qualified 10th.