2025 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix – Qualifying F1 results (Jeddah)
Williams driver Alex Albon on track at the 2025 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix
Here are the complete F1 results from qualifying at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, the fifth round of the F1 2025 season at the Jeddah circuit.
Red Bull driver Max Verstappen set pole position for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, with his fastest lap of 1:27.294 seconds good enough for top spot.
F1 results from qualifying at 2025 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix
McLaren’s Oscar Piastri missed out on pole by just 0.010s, with George Russell third for Mercedes.
Piastri’s McLaren team-mate Lando Norris will start 10th after crashing out at Turn 5 in the early stages of Q3 having topped two of the three practice sessions as well as Q2 in Jeddah.
Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc will start fourth, with Russell’s Mercedes team-mate Andrea Kimi Antonelli fifth.
PF1 data: The key signs that Max Verstappen was a threat to McLaren
? The Max Verstappen ‘bonus’ found in McLaren battle data analysis
? Analysis: Hamilton and Leclerc boost as Ferrari continue upgrade push at Saudi Arabian GP
Carlos Sainz qualified a fine sixth for Williams after missing this race with appendicitis last year, with the Spaniard outpacing his Ferrari replacement Lewis Hamilton.
The seven-time World Champion will start seventh, his best qualifying result in Saudi Arabia since he won the inaugural race in Jeddah in 2021.
Yuki Tsunoda will start eighth for Red Bull with Alpine’s Pierre Gasly in ninth.
Norris was left in 10th having failed to record a lap time before his Q3 accident.
A full report of Saudi Arabian Grand Prix qualifying is available at the bottom of this article.
Saudi Arabian Grand Prix 2025: Q1 results
1 Max Verstappen Red Bull 1:27.778
2 Lando Norris McLaren +0.027
3 Oscar Piastri McLaren +0.123
4 Andrea Kimi Antonelli Mercedes +0.350
5 Yuki Tsunoda Red Bull +0.448
6 Alexander Albon Williams +0.501
7 George Russell Mercedes +0.504
8 Carlos Sainz Williams +0.576
9 Lewis Hamilton Ferrari +0.594
10 Pierre Gasly Alpine +0.643
11 Oliver Bearman Haas +0.758
12 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin +0.770
13 Charles Leclerc Ferrari +0.774
14 Liam Lawson Racing Bulls +0.783
15 Isack Hadjar Racing Bulls +0.793
16 Lance Stroll Aston Martin +0.867
17 Jack Doohan Alpine +0.961
18 Nico Hulkenberg Sauber +1.004
19 Esteban Ocon Haas +1.314
20 Gabriel Bortoleto Sauber +1.684
Saudi Arabian Grand Prix 2025: Q2 results
1 Lando Norris McLaren 1:27.481
2 Max Verstappen Red Bull +0.048
3 Oscar Piastri McLaren +0.064
4 George Russell Mercedes +0.118
5 Andrea Kimi Antonelli Mercedes +0.317
6 Charles Leclerc Ferrari +0.385
7 Yuki Tsunoda Red Bull +0.509
8 Carlos Sainz Williams +0.543
9 Pierre Gasly Alpine +0.544
10 Lewis Hamilton Ferrari +0.621
11 Alexander Albon Williams +0.628
12 Liam Lawson Racing Bulls +0.710
13 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin +0.822
14 Isack Hadjar Racing Bulls +0.937
15 Oliver Bearman Haas +1.167
Saudi Arabian Grand Prix 2025: Q3 results
1 Max Verstappen Red Bull 1:27.294
2 Oscar Piastri McLaren +0.010
3 George Russell Mercedes +0.113
4 Charles Leclerc Ferrari +0.376
5 Andrea Kimi Antonelli Mercedes +0.572
6 Carlos Sainz Williams +0.870
7 Lewis Hamilton Ferrari +0.907
8 Yuki Tsunoda Red Bull +0.910
9 Pierre Gasly Alpine +1.073
10 Lando Norris McLaren No time
Read next: Saudi Arabian GP: Verstappen snatches shock pole as Norris crashes out