F1 2025 Results: Saudi Arabia Grand Prix official final classification with penalties applied

Max Verstappen, Oscar Piastri, Red Bull, McLaren, Saudi Arabia, 2025 — Photo: © IMAGO

Saudi Arabia Grand Prix

F1 2025 Results: Saudi Arabia Grand Prix official final classification with penalties applied

It was a thrilling race in Jeddah

Originally written by Sam Cook. This version is a translation.

Monday 21 April 2025 12:30

After an intense race under the lights in Jeddah, the FIA has confirmed the official final classification for the 2025 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.

Round five of the Formula 1 season was won by McLaren star Oscar Piastri, with the young Aussie able to edge reigning world champion Max Verstappen to take his third win of 2025.

The pair were involved in a controversial turn one incident at Jeddah Corniche Circuit, with Verstappen handed a five-second penalty which was served at his first pit stop. Arguably, that proved crucial in the end, with the Red Bull star finishing the race just 2.843 seconds behind his rival.

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Elsewhere, Charles Leclerc rounded out the podium places with an impressive drive for Ferrari, whilst Lando Norris recovered from his crash in qualifying to go from P10 to P4.

Whilst in recent weeks there have been some dramatic post-race penalties handed out, including disqualifications, this time, only one penalty was applied to the finishing times, with Liam Lawson handed a 10-second time penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage whilst fighting with Alpine's Jack Doohan. As a result of this penalty, Lawson drops down to P12 in the final race results.

F1 2025 Saudi Arabia Grand Prix results: FIA 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
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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