Sergio Pérez announced after his drive to pole position: “We are even stronger in race trim.” From 6.30pm, don’t miss our live coverage of all the action from the Jeddah Corniche Circuit.
The world turned upside down in qualifying for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix on the Red Sea: In the end, on the ultra-fast Corniche circuit in Jeddah, it was not a Ferrari driver who was in the lead, nor world champion Max Verstappen, but his Red Bull Racing teammate Sergio Pérez.
After the first Formula 1 pole position for a Mexican racing driver, the 32-year-old said: “I think we have a very good car for the Grand Prix and we sacrificed some speed in qualifying for it. But I assume that Ferrari will also be very strong in the race.” Pérez is chasing his third GP win, after Sakhir 2020 and Baku 2021.
Bahrain winner Charles Leclerc says: “I’m in good spirits for the race because I felt more comfortable on used tires than on new ones.” The Monegasque could claim his fourth win in the premier class, after Spa-Francorchamps as well as Monza 2019 and Bahrain 2021.
Carlos Sainz has chances of his first GP triumph, he would be the 112th Formula 1 winner, the first new since Esteban Ocon 2021 in Hungary and only the second from Spain, after Fernando Alonso.
But Max Verstappen can also drive to victory from fourth on the grid, especially against the background of a crazy race. The 2021 Grand Prix on the Jeddah Corniche Circuit and the turbulent final practice session in 2022 have shown that we have to take everything into account.
Max drove from position 4 for the last time at Silverstone 2020, at the anniversary race of 70 years of Formula 1. And the Dutchman won!
You can follow how the racing action on the Red Sea is developing in our new live ticker – it starts at 3:30 p.m.!
Qualifying, Jeddah
01. Sergio Pérez (MEX), Red Bull Racing RB18, 1:28,200
02. Charles Leclerc (MC), Ferrari F1-75, 1:28.225
03. Carlos Sainz (E), Ferrari F1-75, 1: 28.402
04. Max Verstappen (NL), Red Bull Racing RB18, 1:28,461
05. Esteban Ocon (F), Alpine A522-Renault, 1:29,068
06. George Russell (GB), Mercedes W13, 1:29,104
07. Fernando Alonso (E), Alpine A522-Renault, 1:29,147
08. Valtteri Bottas (FIN), Alfa Romeo C42-Ferrari, 1: 29,183
09. Pierre Gasly (F), AlphaTauri AT03, 1:29,254
10. Kevin Magnussen (DK), Haas VF-22-Ferrari, 1: 29,588
11. Lando Norris (GB), McLaren MCL36-Mercedes, 1:29,651
12. Daniel Ricciardo (AUS), McLaren MCL36-Mercedes, 1: 39,773
13. Guanyu Zhou (RC), Alfa Romeo C42-Ferrari, 1:29,819
14. Mick Schumacher (D), Haas VF-22-Ferrari, 1:29,920
15. Lance Stroll (CDN), Aston Martin AMR22-Mercedes, 1:31,009
16. Lewis Hamilton (GB), Mercedes W13, 1:30,343
17. Alex Albon (T), Williams FW44-Mercedes, 1:30,492
18. Nico Hulkenberg (D), Aston Martin AMR22-Mercedes, 1:30.543
19. Nicholas Latifi (CDN), Williams FW44-Mercedes, 1:31,817
20. Yuki Tsunoda (J), AlphaTauri AT03, no time
Saudi Arabia GP on TV
Sunday March 27th
06.00: Sky Sport F1 – Third Practice Replay
07.00: Sky Sport F1 – Qualifying Replay
09.30: Sky Sport F1 – Qualifying Replay
12.00: Sky Sport F1 – Qualifying Replay
13.30: Sky Sport F1 – Legends of F1: Ayrton Senna
14.30: Sky Sport F1 – Qualifying kompakt
17.10: Sky Sport F1 – Moments of brilliance: Lewis Hamilton
5.15 p.m.: ServusTV – Countdown to the race
17.30: Sky Sport F1 – Preliminary race reports
6.20 p.m.: SRFInfo – Start of coverage of the race
18.55: Sky Sport F1 – Start coverage races
6.55 p.m.: ServusTV – Start of coverage of the race
19.00: Saudi Arabian Grand Prix
8.40 p.m.: ServusTV – race analysis
20.45: Sky Sport F1 – Analysis and Interviews
21h30: Sky Sport F1 Press Conference
22.00: Sky Sport F1 – Race Replay
23.05: ORF1 – Motorhome: Grand Prix of Saudi Arabia