Formula 1: How to watch the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix on TV and what to know
JEDDAH Saudi Arabia AP Here s a guide that tells you what you need to know about Sunday s Saudi Arabian F Grand Prix It s the fifth round of the Formula season How to watch the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix on TV In the U S ESPN Other countries are listed here What is the Saudi Arabian GP schedule Sunday Saudi Arabian Grand Prix laps of the -kilometer -mile Jeddah Corniche Circuit Starts at GMT p m ET Where is the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix taking place The Jeddah Corniche Circuit is one of the newest venues on the F calendar after making its debut in Hosting F is part of Saudi Arabia s push to become a major performer in global sports Jeddah is fast for a street circuit and walls close to the track mean the slightest error brings heavy punishment It s the second night race in a row after last week s Bahrain Grand Prix Max Verstappen is the only driver to win in Jeddah twice Lewis Hamilton and Sergio Perez have one win each What happened in the last race Oscar Piastri became the first driver to win two races this season with a dominant drive from pole position to mastery in Bahrain It was a dramatic race behind him as George Russell contended with electrical problems and held off Piastri s McLaren teammate Lando Norris to take second Verstappen had problems with his Red Bull and placed sixth Norris leads the driver standings by three points from Piastri What happened in qualifying in Saudi Arabia Formula champion Verstappen took pole position in qualifying after standings leader Lando Norris crashed Red Bull s Verstappen beat Piastri s time by of a second on his final run to take pole Russell was third fastest for Mercedes Norris had not set a time in the third part of qualifying when he lost control over a curb and ran wide into the wall What do I need to know about F so far Get caught up Max Verstappen takes pole position for the Saudi Grand Prix The F title fight is increasingly focused on McLaren s drivers but Max Verstappen is still hopeful Oscar Piastri cruises to win at Bahrain Grand Prix with Lando Norris third Max Verstappen says he s relaxed despite speculation about his Formula future Lando Norris feels nowhere near his best as Formula title contest heats up inside McLaren Concerns mount at Red Bull after Max Verstappen s catastrophe as F heads to Saudi Arabia Key stats at Jeddah McLaren s gap over its nearest challenger Mercedes in the constructors standings shows how it s the only club to be consistently fast at all tracks so far Verstappen has scored all but two of Red Bull s points this season Tsunoda s ninth place in Bahrain was the first time any of his teammates finished in the top since November Rookie Oliver Bearman made a splash on debut in Saudi Arabia last year with seventh place as an crisis stand-in for Ferrari Now at Haas that s still Bearman s best finish in F What they noted after Saturday s qualifying The car came alive in the night We made a few final changes and it was a lot more enjoyable to drive the grip was coming to me Verstappen I was pretty happy with it There wasn t too much more left in that lap Piastri We re disappointed to have such a big setback but I ve got to take it on the chin I apologized to the club to my mechanics and the engineers Norris AP auto racing https apnews com hub auto-racing Source
