Pit Lane F1
Round 5 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2025-04-20
Max Verstappen (Red Bull) took pole for the 2025 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix with a 1:27.294 lap.
Oscar Piastri (McLaren) joined the front row, 0.010s shy of pole, with George Russell (Mercedes) third on the grid. Lando Norris (McLaren) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Alexander Albon (Williams) missed the cut by 0.628s.
Q3 was settled inside 0.187s — pole to P10 — with Lando Norris (McLaren) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:27.778 | 1:27.529 | 1:27.294 | 1:27.294 |
| 2 | 81Oscar Piastri | McLaren | 1:27.901 | 1:27.545 | 1:27.304 | +0.010 |
| 3 | 63George Russell | Mercedes | 1:28.282 | 1:27.599 | 1:27.407 | +0.113 |
| 4 |
| 16Charles Leclerc |
| Ferrari |
| 1:28.552 |
| 1:27.866 |
| 1:27.670 |
| +0.376 |
| 5 | 12Andrea Kimi Antonelli | Mercedes | 1:28.128 | 1:27.798 | 1:27.866 | +0.572 |
| 6 | 55Carlos Sainz | Williams | 1:28.354 | 1:28.024 | 1:28.164 | +0.870 |
| 7 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Ferrari | 1:28.372 | 1:28.102 | 1:28.201 | +0.907 |
| 8 | 22Yuki Tsunoda | Red Bull | 1:28.226 | 1:27.990 | 1:28.204 | +0.910 |
| 9 | 10Pierre Gasly | Alpine F1 Team | 1:28.421 | 1:28.025 | 1:28.367 | +1.073 |
| 10 | 1Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:27.805 | 1:27.481 | — | +0.187 |
| 11 | 23Alexander Albon | Williams | 1:28.279 | 1:28.109 | — | +0.815 |
| 12 | 30Liam Lawson | RB F1 Team | 1:28.561 | 1:28.191 | — | +0.897 |
| 13 | 14Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | 1:28.548 | 1:28.303 | — | +1.009 |
| 14 | 6Isack Hadjar | RB F1 Team | 1:28.571 | 1:28.418 | — | +1.124 |
| 15 | 87Oliver Bearman | Haas F1 Team | 1:28.536 | 1:28.648 | — | +1.354 |
| 16 | 18Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 1:28.645 | — | — | +1.351 |
| 17 | 7Jack Doohan | Alpine F1 Team | 1:28.739 | — | — | +1.445 |
| 18 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Sauber | 1:28.782 | — | — | +1.488 |
| 19 | 31Esteban Ocon | Haas F1 Team | 1:29.092 | — | — | +1.798 |
| 20 | 5Gabriel Bortoleto | Sauber | 1:29.462 | — | — | +2.168 |