Max Verstappen when told of five-second penalty:
“Well, that is f***ing lovely.”
Kieran Jackson20 April 2025 18:15
Max Verstappen has a five-second penalty! (Lap 4/50)
Verstappen has been punished – it’s a five-second penalty!
Bit odd – why did the stewards not just say to give first place to Piastri?!
Anyhow, he keeps the lead at the safety car restart, with Piastri holding off Russell.
4-10: Leclerc, Antonelli, Hamilton, Sainz, Norris, Albon, Alonso
Kieran Jackson20 April 2025 18:13
Piastri:
“He was never going to make that corner regardless of whether I was there or not.”
Kieran Jackson20 April 2025 18:11
Max Verstappen on team radio:
“Ah, he just forced me off. There was no intention of him to make that corner.”
The stewards are looking at it!
Safety car in this lap…
Kieran Jackson20 April 2025 18:11
Yuki Tsunoda retires!
Tsunoda has gone into the pits but the Red Bull mechanics are not satisfied with the car!
The Japanese driver will have to retire!
Kieran Jackson20 April 2025 18:08
Formation lap!
Max Verstappen leads the 20-car pack around then for the formation lap in Jeddah!
Lando Norris, starting in 10th, is on the hard tyre. Everyone else is on the mediums in the top-10.
Who will lead coming out of turn 2 here?!
Kieran Jackson20 April 2025 18:01
Martin Brundle shunned by Usher on F1 grid walk in Saudi Arabia
Sky Sports F1 pundit Brundle, undertaking his usual pre-race grid walk, attempted to speak to the eight-time Grammy winner, who is attending the race this weekend in Jeddah.
Yet Usher, flanked by a bodyguard, did not show any interest in speaking to Brundle.
Kieran Jackson20 April 2025 17:59