Saudi Arabia GP: Red Bull’s qualifying gamblings raised McLaren how McLaren hit the head of the heads | F1 News

McLaren’s fastest car in the first four (and half) rounds in 2025, despite the fastest car in Saudi Arabia’s Red Bull Strategic Gaming, helped MAX Verstappen provided the leadership of the world championship.

The dominant form in the practice of McLaren’s practice, the table was ahead of one front lock for the champion of the reigning constructors, but at the end of Saturday night.

The World Cup leader Norris, the first flying period in Q3, leaving the first 10th in violence, and the Piasti and Verstappen, which is on the stops, crashed with little hope.

The incident also remained more than eight minutes in Q3 and was enough time to try two flying rounds if they wanted the remaining drivers.

The choice is really the only drivers who still own two sets of fresh soft tires in the qualifying round, Verstappen and Mercedes’ George Russell really meant.

Piastri leaks both banks and used the first set of two-year-old soft tires, Piastri’s first flying round.

Red Bull, Verstappen’s Engineer Gianpiero Lambies and Dutchman’s immigrant pole to the first run, he missed his pressure back to his opponents.

Russell, then Piastri would take the best point before Verstappen – to wear fresh tires after a smooth-made hole stop – a percent of a second.

Verstappen was able to take a temporary peg with the first run, and for both efforts was more impressive with enough fuel on the board.

Verstappen praises the call of strategy as Horner is emerging as intense margin

Verstappen said, “The only thing, the only thing you needed to change your approach. I didn’t have to do.

“At the end of the day, GP (Lambiase), let him score two laps. Thus, the first rounded in the circuit tires, then roll the pit and more fuel.

“But it was a correct call. It was the right thing to make it for me in terms of feeling and build up the car.”

Red Bull Team Principal Christian Horner explained how Milton left Milton Keynnes with the margin of only 25 seconds to complete the two runs, but also insisted that the highest definition was due to another classification round.

Horner said, “Is this 25 seconds margin or just hanging there or have you?

“If we have chosen to do it twice that puts you under pressure, because if there is no matter, you lost this margin.

“It was a super impressive for me because you take the hole stop, you should be fueled.

“So he had more fuel in the first lap, the first lap was more fuel, put the pressure into other children. Then again the last lap was superior.”

Mercedes trick got out of work?

Russell was almost the same for Verstappen after Norris’s crash, but Mercedes preferred to wait for only one of the closing moments.

BRIT, the choice of two runs, the decision of which was discussed and not for it, he said he needed to be more conservative with one attempt.

“It was discussed more to start the new and discussed the new ones again,” Russell said.

“I am sure that he was discussed on the wall of the hole. I’m not private to every conversation because I manage the car at this point and put their trust in the team. But then we will discuss.

“As a driver, to know that you only get one round … especially on a way like this, you must have a full commitment.

“Turn 1 … Tires haven’t been pushed to be as cold as possible and I did not believe in pushing any refrigerators. I lost my wheels to be a little hot because I have lost a little more conservative.”

As for Piasti, McLaren also attempted to squeeze in an additional run, but came to a logical conclusion that the risk was rewarded.

Piasti said, “We talked about it, but I decided against it. He did not need to put another, thinking I was a lap on the board.

“It would be extremely strong. As the maximum said, it had to fire fuel for the whole run. You make learning how much the tires used for a little more fuel.

“If you don’t have a lap on the board, there is a very different scenario. We have prepared three or four new sets for us in our board.

Piastri is cautious on confident, verstappen racing tempo

If Verstappen can win a lot of Sunday, Norris will be turned into a championship leader if it does not end for the second time.

Verstappen, behind Norris, only eight points, Piastri with three points in the title race of the McLaren team.

However, Piastri will start the favorites. In particular, in hot conditions, McLaren’s advantage over the rest of the field was greater.

The key to Piastri will at least take the second place at the beginning, then McLaren, in a vague measure, where security cars will be in a vague measure, will be able to exceed the vertstand or the limit.

“I think we have a good tempo. I think that last week (in Bahrain),” said Piastri. “

“Suzuka is not a completely different order in one place as in a very high speed corner, so we will see that something is at least a little more competitive for me and becomes a race.

“I feel confident about what we go. There is a lot of DRS zone that has a nice difference to Suzuka.”

Piastri, Suzuka, because Verstappen, a similar qualifying surprise started to start in Japan after spreading, but this road is difficult to pass through the Corniche circuit.

McLaren said he would be “more attack” after winning in Japan, so the first main test of this theory of Sunday.

Verstappen, who won twice in the judge, does not know whether Piasti is the tempo to keep behind.

“So far, I’m not very confident,” he said. “My long time was not great compared to Oscar or Lando. I will give everything I can.

“Does this have enough things? I don’t know. But the car was definitely a little forward than we had tried yesterday.

“So, I hope that Tire will help our lives, but it gives a chance to fight. But I will give him a way.”

Can Russell claim to win the first 2025?

Russell does not have a discount on the fight, because the season continues to be advantages, and the intervals are only 14 points behind Norris.

Russell, the third in the grid, should probably be ahead of the Piastin to give Piasti a shocked Mercedes in the opening lap.

“I think it depends on 1 to be honest. Max and I was talking about now. We both do not know that McLaren is a sustainable favorite and definitely not recognize the tempo.”

“If Oscar enters the lead, you will probably see Bahrain’s repetition. If we are qualified, there may be a dense race until the hole stops.

“This year, the average tire was soft last year, only one driver using only one driver in the whole race. We saw the tires were very heavy in Japan. We all have to have more softer tires.

“Hopefully, this does not make it a stop to a saun and there can be several different strategies on the table.”

‘Everything can happen, but McLaren will be disappointed’

McLaren, after classification, while the classification is a brave face, McLaren’s potential to dominate the world championship after five rounds of the world championship, alarm calls in the wake Sky Sports F1’s Bernie Collins.

“There is a very strong racing car, but it looks like a little Japanese, this weekend this weekend is more than putting today.

“Oscar succeeded it, but not P1 that will not fall slightly. There are questions to be asked today to get everything out of the car.

“When you are your fastest car, we believe that they are going to turn everything when they are lucky.

“There can be any thing in the race here, so you should be ready to take opportunities.

Sky Sports F1’s Saudi Arabia GP Schedule

On Sunday April 20

• 1PM: F1 Academy Race 2
• 2.20pm: F2 feature race
• 4.30PM: Saudi Arabia GP Build-up: Grand Prix Sunday
• 6pm: Saudi Arabia Grand Prix *
• 8pm: Saudi Arabia GP Reaction: Checkers Flag

* Also Live in the basic event of Sky Sports

Formula 1, this weekend, Saudi Arabia completes the first three headers in 2025 in Jeddah with Grand Prix, and Sky Sports F1. Now the day of the day – no contract, no contract canceled