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2025 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix qualifying: Max Verstappen took pole

Max Verstappen took pole for Red Bull ahead of Oscar Piastri and George Russell at Jeddah.

Explore the race weekend, results, standings, drivers, teams, and related Formula 1 history.

Race recap

Pole
Max Verstappen
Pole team
Red Bull
Front row
Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri
Classified
Top 20
Round
5
Circuit
Jeddah
Qualifying date
April 19, 2025

The front of the grid

Max Verstappen qualified first for Red Bull. Oscar Piastri secured the other front-row place for McLaren, with George Russell third for Mercedes.

How the classification lined up

The first three positions were Max Verstappen, Oscar Piastri, and George Russell. P4 through P20 were Charles Leclerc, Kimi Antonelli, Carlos Sainz Jr., Lewis Hamilton, Yuki Tsunoda, Pierre Gasly, Lando Norris, Alexander Albon, Liam Lawson, Fernando Alonso, Isack Hadjar, Oliver Bearman, Lance Stroll, Jack Doohan, Nico Hülkenberg, Esteban Ocon, and Gabriel Bortoleto.

Team representation

Alpine placed 2 cars, Aston Martin placed 2 cars, Ferrari placed 2 cars, Haas placed 2 cars, Kick Sauber placed 2 cars, McLaren placed 2 cars, Mercedes placed 2 cars, Racing Bulls placed 2 cars, Red Bull placed 2 cars, and Williams placed 2 cars in the published classification. This summary reports only the supplied order and driver identities.

This summary sticks to the classification and does not speculate about incidents, strategy, weather, or causes. Source: F1DB (CC BY 4.0) · updated Aug 31, 2025.

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