F1 Saudi Grand Prix 2025 results: Final classification with penalties applied

Oscar Piastri and Max Verstappen — Photo: © IMAGO

Saudi Arabian Grand Prix

F1 Saudi Grand Prix 2025 results: Final classification with penalties applied

It was a thrilling race in Jeddah

Sam Cook Digital Journalist

Sports Journalist who has been covering motorsport since 2023

Monday 21 April 2025 08:58

The FIA have confirmed the official race result, after a well contested Saudi Arabian Grand Prix which saw Oscar Piastri claim a stunning win.

The young Australian managed to keep four-time champion Max Verstappen behind him to cruise to victory, after a controversial lap one incident between two of the 2025 championship protagonists.

Verstappen headed off-track into turn one and tried to stay ahead of Piastri after a poor getaway from pole position, and he was penalised for the move by race stewards, who slammed the Dutchman with a five-second time penalty.

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The Dutchman was not happy, but drove a consistent race around the Jeddah Corniche Circuit to stave off the threat of Charles Leclerc, who rounded off the podium after a brilliant drive for Ferrari.

Lando Norris recovered from his poor qualifying to finish fourth, but he did lose his lead in the drivers' championship standings, with team-mate Piastri taking over that mantle.

Meanwhile, Verstappen's former team-mate Liam Lawson was hit with a 10-second time penalty for leaving the track while fighting for position with Alpine's Jack Doohan, with that penalty affecting the race result following the chequered flag, with Lawson dropping down to 12th.

Here is the final classification from the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix as confirmed by the FIA!

2025 Saudi Grand Prix - Final classification

Position	Driver	Team	Gap
1	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	—
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	+2.843
3	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	+8.104
4	Lando Norris	McLaren	+9.196
5	George Russell	Mercedes	+27.236
6	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	+34.688
7	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	+39.073
8	Carlos Sainz	Williams	+1:04.630
9	Alex Albon	Williams	+1:06.515
10	Isack Hadjar	Racing Bulls	+1:07.091
11	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	+1:15.917
12	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	+1:18.451 (10s penalty*)
13	Oliver Bearman	Haas	+1:19.194
14	Esteban Ocon	Haas	+1:39.723
15	Nico Hulkenberg	Sauber	+1 lap
16	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	+1 lap
17	Jack Doohan	Alpine	+1 lap
18	Gabriel Bortoleto	Sauber	+1 lap
19	Yuki Tsunoda	Red Bull	DNF
20	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	DNF

* - Liam Lawson was handed a 10-second time penalty having been adjudged to have left the track and gained an advantage.

Fastest Lap

Lando Norris - 1:31.778 on lap 41

2025 rule change removes fastest lap point

Although the official FIA classification still lists the fastest lap, a rule change for the 2025 season means that the extra point for the achievement has been abolished.

Drivers were previously able to pick up an extra point if they managed to finish in the top 10 and achieve the fastest lap, a rule which had stood in place since 2019.

However, it often led to some drivers abandoning their races to pit and fit a set of new tyres for the closing stages of the race in order to claim the fastest lap or stop a rival from winning the extra point.

The most famous example of this came during Daniel Ricciardo's final F1 race last season, when the Australian finished last but claimed the fastest lap on the final lap of the Singapore GP, taking the extra point away from Lando Norris and helping Max Verstappen's title bid.

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Sam Cook - Digital Journalist

Sam Cook is a talented young sports journalist and social media professional who now specialises in Formula 1, having previously worked as a football journalist and a local news reporter for a variety of different brands.

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