Oscar Piastri Wins Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, Max Verstappen Second
McLaren's Oscar Piastri won the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix on Sunday from Red Bull polesitter Max Verstappen to lead the world championship for the first time in his career.
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Fourth was the best I could do, says Norris
JEDDAH :Lando Norris said there was nothing more he could do after finishing fourth in Sunday's Saudi Arabian Grand Prix and losing his Formula One championship lead to winning McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri.
Piastri on top of the world with a lot more winning to do
JEDDAH :Oscar Piastri put Australia on top of the Formula One world championship for the first time since 2010 on Sunday but the McLaren driver said he was still a long way from where he wanted to be despite his Saudi Arabian Grand Prix victory.
Piastri wins in Jeddah to take Formula One lead
JEDDAH: Oscar Piastri won the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix on Sunday (Apr 20) to seize the lead in the Formula One world championship from McLaren teammate Lando Norris with his third win in five races.
Saudi Arabian GP: Oscar Piastri beats Max Verstappen to lead championship - ESPN
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — Oscar Piastri moved into the lead of the drivers' championship for the first time in his career after securing his third victory of the season at Sunday's Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.
Max Verstappen's Red Bull 'Comes Alive' To Claim Record Pole In Jeddah
Max Verstappen said his Red Bull car had "come alive" after he nailed pole for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix from McLaren's Oscar Piastri with a track record in a gripping qualifying session on Saturday. Piastri's teammate, championship leader Lando Norris, crashed in the top 10 shoot-out and will start on the fifth row of Sunday's race. Four-time world champion Verstappen was in irrepressible form under the floodlights on the high-speed Jeddah Corniche Circuit, grabbing the front of the grid with a 1min 27.294sec lap, one hundredth of a second quicker than Piastri.
Max Verstappen on pole in Jeddah as Lando Norris crashes in qualifying
JEDDAH: World champion Max Verstappen put Red Bull on pole position for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix in track-record time on Saturday as McLaren’s Formula One leader Lando Norris hit the wall and qualified 10th. McLaren’s Oscar Piastri, bidding to become the first Australian to lead the standings since Mark Webber in 2010, joined the four-times world champion on the front row for Sunday’s night race. Mercedes’s George Russell and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc will share the second row in third and fourth at the super-fast Corniche circuit where the winner has come from pole three out of four times previously. “The car came alive in the night,” exclaimed Verstappen after pipping Piastri by a mere 0.010 of a second. The pole position changed hands three times in a final flurry of flying laps before the champion settled matters with a time of one minute 27.294 seconds. “I think in the race it will be difficult to keep them behind.
'Idiot' Norris says he let down himself and McLaren
JEDDAH :McLaren's Formula One leader Lando Norris called himself an idiot after crashing in Saudi Arabian Grand Prix qualifying on Saturday, and he stuck by the self-criticism when talking to reporters afterwards.