Summary

  • Oscar Piastri wins Saudi Arabian GP from Max Verstappen

  • Australian takes lead in drivers' championship

  • Verstappen given five-second penalty for cutting chicane at first corner

  • Leclerc third and Norris fourth after starting 10th

  • OUT: Tsunoda, Gasly

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Live Reporting

Lorraine McKenna

  1. 'Hopefully Norris will learn from that as he progresses'

    Sam Bird
    Formula E driver on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    That's the way to do it around here, wait until you get the opportunity into Turn One.

    Hopefully Lando Norris will learn from that as he progresses up the order.

  2. Lap 16/50

    Max Verstappen is 1.9s clear of Oscar Piastri but is in possession of that five-second time penalty. Aussie Piastri is banking consistent fastest laps in the McLaren as the pair continue on their medium opening stint.

    Max VerstappenGetty Images

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    Chris Lord: Norris wheel to wheel racing is a bit off. Last lap Bahrain and now this.

  4. Norris overtakes Hamilton

    Lap 15/50

    Now he makes the move stick. Exactly the same position as the previous two attempts but this time Lando Norris keeps calm and passes the Ferrari of Lewis Hamilton.

    The McLaren has the clean air he desired and is hunting down Kimi Antonelli for fifth.

    Lewis Hamilton and Charles LeclercGetty Images

  5. Lap 14/50

    Another opportunity presents itself for Lando Norris to overtake Lewis Hamilton at the end of lap 13. But it's the same outcome for the McLaren driver and Hamilton breezes up the road in his Ferrari as the pair go again down to Turn One.

  6. Andrew Benson
    BBC F1 correspondent

    That was a bit silly of Lando Norris, he should have just waited.

  7. 'Piastri in a perfect position'

    Sam Bird
    Formula E driver on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Oscar Piastri is in a perfect position right now, he doesn't really need to put Max Verstappen under any real pressure.

  8. Norris and Hamilton battling

    Lap 13/50

    The McLaren and the Ferrari exit the final corner and it's Lando Norris who makes the move to take sixth place. But that overtake may have come too early, as Hamilton gets the boost of pace on the straight down to the first corner and takes the place back.

  9. Sam Bird
    Formula E driver on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Alex Albon can't slow down and he can't speed up, it's seems like he's stuck at the moment a little bit.

  10. Lap 12/50

    Lando Norris tells his engineer clean air would be incredible right now, as being stuck behind the Ferrari of Lewis Hamilton is getting his hard. tyres hot and bothered.

  11. Top five

    Lap 11/50

    1. Max Verstappen (Red Bull)

    2. Oscar Piastri (McLaren)

    3. George Russell (Mercedes)

    4. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)

    5. Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes)

  12. Lap 10/50

    The gap between race leader Max Verstappen and second-place Oscar Piastri is 0.996 seconds. The McLaren is sticking on the rear wing of the Red Bull but the opportunity to strike isn't there yet.

  13. Lap 9/50

    The radio is busy over at Red Bull and Max Verstappen is being told about his track limits strike. He notes that this was spoken about in the drivers' briefing, so why has he been given a five-second time penalty and a track limit mark against his name?

    Max VerstappenGetty Images

  14. 'McLarens long-run pace is superior'

    Sam Bird
    Formula E driver on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    We saw in Friday practice that McLarens long-run pace was far superior to everyone else out there. Max Verstappen said in an interview prior to this race that it was a 'major concern'.

  15. Lap 8/50

    Race control is all eagle-eyed tonight as both Max Verstappen and Kimi Antonelli have a lap deleted for track limits at Turn Two. The Italian Mercedes driver is running in fifth.

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    Sho: So the stewards will acknowledge that Max gained the place advantage but not order him to give it back?

    Ed Franklin: Stewards are absolutely hopeless. Completely inappropriate sanction and the decision needed to be made before the safety car ended. F1 really doesn't help itself as a sport.

  17. Norris up to seventh

    Lap 7/50

    A place gained for Lando Norris on his hard tyres. The McLaren overtakes the Williams of Carlos Sainz and is now up to seventh place. Norris' next driver on the hit list is seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton.

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  18. Harry Benjamin
    BBC F1 Commentator

    I think Max [Verstappen] will have to serve his penalty at the first available opportunity.

  19. Lap 6/50

    The Red Bull is trying to shake off the DRS threat of the McLaren of Oscar Piastri - and he's succeeding. George Russell is trying to keep up with the front two while simultaneously watching out for an attack from Charles Leclerc's Ferrari.

    Max Verstappen leading Oscar PiastriGetty Images

  20. Sam Bird
    Formula E driver on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Expect Lando Norris [who is on the hard tyres] to come into his own in five or six laps time when those medium compound tyres just start to lose their best rubber.