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Hello and welcome to our live coverage of qualifying for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.
All four races in 2025 have so far been won by the driver that qualified fastest, with Oscar Piastri guiding his McLaren to victory from pole in Bahrain last weekend having been 0.168 seconds quicker than George Russell’s Mercedes in Q3.
Q1 at Jeddah’s Corniche Circuit on the banks of the Red Sea gets under way under the lights at 6pm (BST). In the meantime, feel free to email me with all manner of queries, comments or predictions.