Saudi Arabia GP: Piastri - Verstappen - Leclair
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For the fifth stage of the season, the leaders of the individual standings Lando Norris, Oscar Piastri and Max Verstappen arrived with a difference of eight points. There was no rush at Red Bull in training, and the McLaren drivers were ahead, and when Verstappen accelerated at the crucial moment of qualifying, the rivals were not ready.
In an attempt to recoup, Lando crashed the car, and Max took pole – the second in a row in Jeddah. Piastri showed the second time, losing only one hundredth to the leader.
Verstappen and Piastri started from the first row of the starting field, Russell and Leclair from the second, Antonelli and Sainz from the third. Hamilton was unable to find an approach to Ferrari this weekend and started the race seventh.
Last week, the racers were unhappy with the performance of the tires in hot Bahrain – then Pirelli brought the toughest compounds, and in the same weather, they chose soft ones for Jeddah – C3, C4 and C5 in the role of Hard, Medium and Soft, and everyone was satisfied with that.
In the race, Norris, Hajjar, Stroll and Hulkenberg started on Hard, while the rest chose Medium.
At the start, Piastri attacked Verstappen, but Max fought off the attack, drove off the track and retained the lead. Verstappen did not return the position and received a five-second penalty.
Gasly attacked Tsunoda, the cars collided, Pierre crashed into a wall, and Yuki continued to move and dropped out of the fight in the pits. The safety car pulled out. Okon and Bortoleto changed their tires.
Top ten on lap 3: Verstappen - Piastri - Russell - Leclair - Antonelli - Hamilton - Sainz - Norris - Albon - Alonso.
On the 4th lap, the restart was announced. Verstappen retained the lead.
On lap 5, Hajjar beat Alonso in the fight for 10th place.
On lap 7, Norris beat Sainz to 7th place.
Verstappen tried to pull away, but Piastri stayed a second behind, controlling the distance.
On lap 13, Norris overtook Hamilton in the last corner, but Lewis regained position in the DRS zone. On lap 14, the situation repeated itself.
On lap 15, Norris passed Hamilton, and Lawson passed Alonso.
On lap 19, Norris beat Antonelli to fifth place. Berman changed the tires.
The top ten on lap 20: Verstappen - Piastri - Russell - Leclair - Antonelli - Norris - Hamilton - Sainz - Albon - Hajjar.
On lap 20, Piastri, Antonelli and Alonso changed tires. On the 21st– Russell and Lawson. Back on the track, Piastri was ahead of Hamilton.
On Lap 22, Verstappen made a pit stop and served a penalty. Sainz changed the rubber.
Albon made a pit stop on lap 23, and Hamilton made a pit stop on lap 24.
On lap 25, Lawson attacked Bortoleto, Alonso also attacked Gabriel, but Gabriel did not see the Spaniard - there was contact between them, after which Fernando cut off the turn and regained position.
On lap 26, Alonso overtook Bortoleto, followed by Berman passing Gabriel.
On lap 28, Lawson was ahead of Duane, and Sainz was ahead of Hulkenberg.
On lap 29, Alonso was ahead of Duane, and Elbon was ahead of Hulkenberg.
On lap 30, Leclair changed the tires.
On lap 31, Sainz was ahead of Stroll, Berman ahead of Duane.
On lap 32, Elbon overtook Stroll in the fight for 10th place.
On lap 33, Lawson overtook Okon in the fight for 13th place. Duane changed the tires.
On lap 34, Hulkenberg made a pit stop. Alonso beat Ocon in the fight for 13th place.
On lap 35, Norris changed tires, returning fifth. Lando ran over the white line at the exit from the pit lane - the stewards left the incident without consequences. Hajjar made a pit stop.
Top ten on lap 35: Piastri - Verstappen - Russell - Leclair - Norris - Antonelli - Hamilton - Sainz - Albon - Hajjar.
On lap 38, Leclair beat Russell to third place.
The stewards fined Lawson with an increase of ten seconds – he gained an advantage in the fight with Duane by driving off the track and did not regain his position.
On lap 40, Stroll changed tires.
On lap 41, Norris beat Russell to fourth place.
The Haas F1 racers switched positions at the request of the team – Okon missed Berman.
Oscar Piastri has won the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, taking his third victory of the season and the fifth of his career. For the first time in his career, Piastri topped the World Cup personal scoring table.
Max Verstappen finished second, and Charles Leclair brought Ferrari its first podium of the season (except for the sprint in China).
Lando Norris regained six positions during the race, finishing fourth.
Race results
Pilot
The Time Team
Speed
Pete
1. O.Piastri
McLaren
1:21:06.758
228.164
1
2. M.Verstappen
Red Bull
+2.843
228.031
1
3. S.Leclair
Ferrari
+8.104
227.784
1
4 . L. Norris
McLaren
+9.196
227.733
1
5 . d.Russell
Mercedes
+27.236
226.894
1
6 . K.Antonelli
Mercedes
+34.688
226.549
1
7 . L. Hamilton
Ferrari
+39.073
226.346
1
8 . K.Sainz
Williams
+64.630
225.173
1
9 . A.Elbon
Williams
+66.515
225.087
1
10. A. Hajjar
Racing Bulls
+67.091
225.061
1
11. F.Alonso
Aston Martin
+75.917
224.659
1
12. L. Lawson*
Racing Bulls
+78.451
224.544
1
13. O. Berman
Haas
+79.194
224.510
1
14. E.Okon
Haas
+99.723
223.582
1
15. N. Hulkenberg
Sauber
+1 circle
223.385
1
16. L.Stroll
Aston Martin
+1 circle
223.343
1
17. D.Duane
Alpine
+1 circle
222.715
2
18. The city of Bortoleto
Sauber
+1 circle
222.713
1
* Liam Lawson has been fined 10 seconds for driving off the track, gaining an advantage and not regaining position.
Best lap: Lando Norris (McLaren) 1:31.778 (41 laps, 242.175 km/h).
Reasons for gatherings
Pilot
Team
Circles
The reason
is P.Gasli
Alpine
0
accident
Yu.Tsunoda
Red Bull
1
accident
Position in the championship : Personal standings
Pilot
A country
Team
Glasses
1. O.Piastri
McLaren F1 Team
99
2. L. Norris
McLaren F1 Team
89
=
3. M.Verstappen
Oracle Red Bull Racing
87
=
4. d.Russell
Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team
73
=
5. Sh.Leclair
Scuderia Ferrari HP
47
=
6. K.Antonelli
Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team
38
=
7. L.Hamilton
Scuderia Ferrari HP
31
=
8. A.Albon
Atlassian Williams Racing
20
=
9. E.Windows
MoneyGram Haas F1 Team
14
=
10. L.Stroll
Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team
10
=
11. P.Gasli
BWT Alpine F1 Team
6
=
12. N.Hulkenberg
Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber
6
=
13. O.Berman
MoneyGram Haas F1 Team
6
14. A. Hajjar
Visa Cash App Racing Bulls F1 Team
5
15. K.Sainz
Atlassian Williams Racing
5
16. Yu.Tsunoda
Oracle Red Bull Racing
5
Championship position : Constructors' Cup
Team
The motor
Points
=
1. McLaren F1 Team
Mercedes
188
=
2. Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team
Mercedes
111
=
3. Oracle Red Bull Racing
Honda RBPT
89
=
4. Scuderia Ferrari HP
Ferrari
78
5. Atlassian Williams Racing
Mercedes
25
6. MoneyGram Haas F1 Team
Ferrari
20
=
7. Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team
Mercedes
10
=
8. Visa Cash App Racing Bulls F1 Team
Honda RBPT
8
=
9. Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber
Ferrari
6
=
10. BWT Alpine F1 Team
Renault
6
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