Max Verstappen is set to start on pole position for Sunday's Saudi Arabian Grand Prix alongside McLaren's Oscar Piastri, as they both bid to take the Formula 1 standings lead from Lando Norris. Four-time champion Verstappen set a blistering time in qualifying Saturday to take pole for the second time in three races,

Max Verstappen produced another scintillating qualifying lap to stun McLaren and claim pole position for Formula One’s 2025 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix ahead of Oscar Piastri. Lando Norris crashed in Q3 in the other McLaren.

A tale of two McLarens, Oscar Piastri took provisional pole, and Lando Norris hit the wall at the opening of Q3 in Saudi Arabia. Max Verstappen rebounds from Bahrain, beating Piastri to pole by a hundredth of a second.