Max verstappen edges oscar piastri for pole in jeddah

Red bull’s max verstappen nailed pole from McLaren’s Oscar Piastri for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix in A Gripping Qualifying Session on Saturday. PIASTRI’s Teammate, Championship Leader Lando Norris, Crashed in the Top 10 Shoot-Out and Will Start on the Fifth Row of Sunday’s Race. Four-Time World Champion versterppen was in unstoppable form under the floodlights on the high-speed jeddah corniche circuit, grabing the front of the grind by one hundredth of a SECOND. It was a huege turning for the dutchman after he and his red bull team had struggled in Bahrain last week.

“Very happy! I definitely didn’t expect to be on pole,” said a beaming versted.

“The car came alive in the night, we made some final changes and it was more enjoyable to drive, the grip was coming to me.

“I think tomorrow in the race, it will be tough to keep them (McLaren) Behind, but we’ll give it a good go,” He added.

Norris leads the drivers’ standings by three points from piastri with versted five points back ahead of this fifth round of the 24-race season.

George russell sets off on the second row in his mergedes along the ferrari of charles leclerc.

Kimi Antonelli in the other mergedes is on the third row with carlos sainz in a williams.

Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton, Yuki Tsunoda in the second red bull, Alpine’s Pierre Gasly and Norris completes the top 10.

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