F1 Results Today: Lando Norris edges championship rival as Red Bull star in damaging crash

Max Verstappen, Lando Norris, Oscar Piastri, Netherlands, 2024 — Photo: © IMAGO

Saudi Arabian Grand Prix FP2

F1 Results Today: Lando Norris edges championship rival as Red Bull star in damaging crash

The full results and times from Free Practice 2 at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix

Simmey Hannifin Donaldson

Friday 18 April 2025 20:28 Updated: 22:11

McLaren star Lando Norris edged McLaren team-mate and championship rival Oscar Piastri to top the timesheets in Free Practice 2 (FP2) at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix on Friday night.

Norris was beaten by Pierre Gasly in FP1 earlier in the day, but ensured he was the man on top heading into qualifying day, setting a lap time of 1:28:267 secs around the Jeddah Corniche Circuit.

Norris' lap was 0.163 seconds quicker than Piastri, with Red Bull star Max Verstappen rounding out the top three, 0.280 seconds adrift of Norris' session-topping time.

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Elsewhere, it was a disastrous end to the session for Verstappen's team-mate Yuki Tsunoda. The Red Bull star made a clumsy error under the lights with 10 minutes to go in the session, clipping the inside of the wall with his left tire and crashing into another on the right, causing significant damage to his RB21 as a result.

Tsunoda's incident red-flagged the session and ended all meaningful FP2 running, with cars only leaving the pits to complete their practice starts after the incident.

F1 2025 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix results

Saudi Arabian Grand Prix Free Practice 2 results

Position	Driver	Team	Time / Gap
1	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:28.267
2	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	+0.163
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	+0.280
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	+0.482
5	Carlos Sainz	Williams	+0.675
6	Yuki Tsunoda	Red Bull	+0.696
7	George Russell	Mercedes	+0.706
8	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	+0.839
9	Nico Hulkenberg	Kick Sauber	+0.926
10	Alex Albon	Williams	+0.953
11	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	+0.975
12	Isack Hadjar	Racing Bulls	+1.039
13	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	+1.104
14	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	+1.221
15	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	+1.395
16	Ollie Bearman	Haas	+1.487
17	Jack Doohan	Alpine	+1.645
18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	+1.740
19	Esteban Ocon	Haas	+1.752
20	Gabriel Bortoleto	Kick Sauber	NO TIME

Saudi Arabian Grand Prix Free Practice 1 results

Here are the results from Friday's earlier FP1 session.

Position	Driver	Team	Time / Gap
1	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:29.239
2	Lando Norris	McLaren	+0.007
3	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	+0.070
4	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	+0.102
5	Alex Albon	Williams	+0.367
6	George Russell	Mercedes	+0.379
7	Carlos Sainz	Williams	+0.540
8	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	+0.576
9	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	+0.579
10	Yuki Tsunoda	Red Bull	+0.582
11	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	+0.668
12	Nico Hulkenberg	Kick Sauber	+0.677
13	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	+0.695
14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	+0.737
15	Isack Hadjar	Racing Bulls	+0.772
16	Jack Doohan	Alpine	+0.944
17	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	+1.344
18	Ollie Bearman	Haas	+1.356
19	Esteban Ocon	Haas	+1.790
20	Gabriel Bortoleto	Kick Sauber	+1.799