Andrea Stella, Team Principal: "We end this long triple header with another win for Oscar and a strong drive recovery for Lando. Firstly, I'd like to thank the team, both here at the track and back in Woking, as well as our colleagues at HPP, for their hard work throughout this triple header. In particular this weekend, I would like to commend the team on their excellent work getting Lando's car ready for today's race.
"On Oscar's side, he drove an excellent race, and was able to convert his front-row start into a win, thanks to some smart and calm driving. This was a well-deserved win for Oscar. Meanwhile, Lando was able to put a difficult Qualifying behind him and showed his resilience as he fought his way back through the field, scoring important points.
"We'll now take some time to regroup with the team in Woking as we prepare to head to Miami for the next round of what is proving to be an extremely competitive and exciting season of Formula 1."
Christian Horner: "Firstly, congrats to Oscar on the win. Arguably without that penalty we would have won today, so there are a lot of positives to take, a lot of lessons and we know where we have to improve. We believed Max was clearly ahead on the first lap and it was a very harsh decision but at that point it was best to concede, serve the penalty, get your head down and keep going. What was a great shame today was that you can see our pace was very similar to the McLaren and after the first stint on the medium we were in good shape. We pulled a gap to Oscar on the first stint and the pace was really there for Max, he was getting the most out of the car, let's not forget on Friday McLaren had 1.2 seconds on everybody. It was our most competitive race to date this season in terms of raw pace, but it wasn't to be. Ultimately, they were good, important points today and we are only 12 points off the lead of the Drivers' Championship and took a few points out of Lando, so we have everything to play for. It was a huge shame for Yuki because he was up there on the grid and likely to score good points for us, he's missed out on valuable time in the car, but there was really nothing more he could do and around here there is always the risk of an incident. Overall, we feel in a positive place heading to Miami."
Charles Leclerc put in a gritty performance to finish third in Saudi Arabia, claiming his first podium finish of the season. His Scuderia Ferrari HP team-mate, Lewis Hamilton brought his SF-25 home in seventh place having struggled a bit more. For the second consecutive race, the team scored more points than any other, demonstrating a clear step forward in terms of race pace. The team did a great job, with two excellent pit stops and a well executed strategy. Obviously, there is still room for improvement in terms of performance but the signs of progress are clear to see, with work continuing apace both in Maranello and at the track.
Charles maintained fourth place after the start, while Lewis immediately got ahead of Carlos Sainz in the Williams to be sixth. On lap 12, Hamilton had to give best to Lando Norris, dropping him back to seventh. Lewis pitted on lap 21 to switch from Medium to Hard tyres, rejoining eighth behind Isack Hadjar. Leclerc did a great job of extending his stint on the Mediums, even leading the race up to lap 29, thus creating a nine lap difference on the same tyre as George Russell who had been third since the start. Charles easily caught the Mercedes thanks to his better pace and overtook Russell at his first attempt on lap 38 at turn 1. Around that time, Hadjar pitted which put Lewis back in seventh. After that, there were no more changes of position, but it was no walk in the park for Charles, as he had Norris in his mirrors on Medium tyres. Leclerc held firm, helped by the solid pace of his SF-25 which allowed him to deal swiftly with backmarkers, going on to take the chequered flag and record the 44th podium finish of his Formula 1 career. It was Ferrari's 830rd.
The championship now takes a breather before Miami hosts the sixth round of the season a fortnight from today, during the first weekend in May.
Fred Vasseur: It was a good race especially with Charles of course, who took a well deserved third place. He was a bit conservative at the beginning, since he was in dirty air and our strategy was to extend the stint. His management was very good and he was able to increase his pace from lap 10 onwards, doing a wonderful job especially when he was in free air. In some parts of the race he was even faster than Piastri and Verstappen and this proves we are improving, at least in race trim, while we need to keep working on our form in qualifying.
Lewis struggled more with his pace in general and was not helped by the fact that he was often in dirty air. We need to stay focused and work flat out and I'm sure the results will come. From tomorrow we start preparing for Miami, and we will continue to deal with this season race by race. Focusing on ourselves. It's the same approach and attitude we had last year and we plan to stick with it.
George Russell finished fifth and Kimi Antonelli sixth in Sunday's Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. George started P3 with Kimi P5, and both ran the favoured Medium, Hard one-stop strategy.
Both drivers held position on the opening lap and through the majority of the first stint, although it soon became clear that both were struggling with overheating tyres.
Lando Norris, running the offset Hard, Medium strategy passed Kimi shortly before our first stops with Kimi boxing on lap 19 and George following one lap later. Whilst George had covered off the undercut from Charles Leclerc, the Ferrari extended his stint on the Medium tyre to build a significant tyre age delta. He used that to full effect once he pitted for the Hard tyre. There was nothing George could do to resist either Leclerc or Norris as he came home in P5. Kimi meanwhile managed his second and final stint well to hold off the Ferrari of Lewis Hamilton for P6.
Despite the tough evening, the team moves on to 111 points in the Constructors' Championship, a significant improvement on 2024 where we had 52 points after race five. The team now returns to base before heading Stateside for the Miami Grand Prix in two weeks' time.
Toto Wolff, Team Principal & CEO: That was our worst performance of the year so far. The pace dropped away as our tyres overheated and that was frustrating. We came into the race hoping we could compete for the podium but, with the limitations we had with the tyres, P5 and P6 was the maximum for us. We need to analyse our performance, work out why that was the case, and quickly find improvements. The next race in Miami is another race on a hot track surface so we will need to be better than we were today if we want to avoid a repeat performance.
Both drivers fought hard with the limitations they were facing. Even with greater management at different stages of the race, George was always going to be unable to stop Leclerc and Norris coming past. Kimi continued his development to take P6 and hold off Lewis (Hamilton). That has helped us limit the damage to our direct competitors in the Constructors' Championship, but we don't leave Saudi Arabia satisfied with that.
Andrew Shovlin, Trackside Engineering Director: That was our toughest race of the year so far. Starting P3 and P5, we were hopeful of being in the fight for the podium. Ultimately though, our pace was limited by overheating on both the Medium and Hard compounds. Both drivers managed early on in each stint but, when required to push the tyre harder, both axles suffered, and we couldn't extract the pace of our competitors. George was powerless to hold off Leclerc and Norris in the closing stages, who used their fresher tyres to good effect. Kimi meanwhile did a good job to stave off Lewis (Hamilton) but P5 and P6 are not results we are ever going to be satisfied with. We know that managing the tyres is an area we need to improve in, and the factory is focused on doing that.
Despite the tough evening, we have done well so far at collecting solid points over the first five races of the season. That is encouraging, but we need to build on that and do more. We have several hot races coming up and we need to get on top of our tyre management issues if we want to compete consistently at the front. We have the opportunity to do so starting in Miami in two weeks' time.
Andy Cowell, CEO & Team Principal: "It was a straightforward race, which was largely without incident providing little opportunity to make progress. Both drivers performed well this evening - giving everything lap after lap - as we split the strategies. Fernando started on Mediums, while Lance went very long on Hards in case a Safety Car came into play. It was a very intense, flat-out all the way race in hot conditions, which made it very demanding on all the drivers. It was a well-managed race all round, but ultimately, we just missed out on the points. After an intense triple-header, we have a week back at base to regroup and understand how to improve in all areas and unlock more performance from the car."
Pierre started from P9 on New Mediums, DNF
Jack started from P17 on New Mediums, finished P17: Pit-Stops on Lap 1 for New Hards and Lap 32 for New Hards. Fastest Lap: 1min 33.150secs
Oliver Oakes, Team Principal: "It is disappointing to leave Jeddah without any points, especially with a first lap incident for Pierre given how competitive he has looked all weekend. We took the opportunity to pit Jack on Lap 1 once the Safety Car was deployed and run long. From there we could potentially look at a one stop and run Jack to the end. Ultimately, Jack did not have pace on the Hard tyres, which made it a difficult afternoon. There are positives to take away from the triple-header, particularly with picking up the first points for the team and the performance of the car has been encouraging. We must continue improving and are already looking forward to the next race in Miami."
MoneyGram Haas F1 Team finished the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix with Oliver Bearman 13th and Esteban Ocon 14th - held at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit on Sunday.
Bearman started from 15th on the grid on Pirelli P Zero Yellow medium tires and moved up to 13th on the opening lap following a collision between Yuki Tsunoda and Pierre Gasly. Bearman maintained his position at the restart and pitted for White hard tires on lap 18, emerging towards the rear of the field. Bearman cycled back through to 13th place to rack up another race finish, one year on from his Formula 1 debut at Jeddah.
Ocon took the start from 19th, also on medium tires, and came into the pits at the end of the opening lap for hard tires, opting to make his mandatory stop behind the safety car. Ocon contended for the top 10 positions when rivals pitted but on older tires was unable to prevent other drivers from working their way past his VF-25, before he ceded position to teammate Bearman. Ocon brought the car home in 14th at the checkered flag to maintain the team's perfect finishing record in 2025.
MoneyGram Haas F1 Team holds sixth position in the Constructors' Championship, on 20 points.
Ayao Komatsu, Team Principal: "I think we did the best we could today, but ultimately we just didn't have the pace to score points. I think our result is a fair one. I think everyone has done their best, so we got the most out of what we have - but on this circuit with high-speed corners, sadly our performance wasn't good enough. We're working on improving the car and understanding how to get performance out of the soft tire, as we need to look at that for Miami. All in all, through this grueling triple-header, I'm happy with how the team is performing. We achieved a great result in Suzuka and Bahrain, so I think we have to look at the bigger picture. Let's reset and go again in Miami."
James Vowles, Team Principal: Really great work by the team. This was a well-earned, proper points finish, putting us fifth in the Constructors' Championship. We are so fortunate to have two world-class drivers at the top of their game, and today you saw how that pays off. Today was about the team, not an individual, and I couldn't be prouder.
Oscar Piastri won the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, his third win from the five Grands Prix this year. He now also leads the Drivers' championship, the first time an Australian has done so since the 2010 Japanese Grand Prix, when that honour fell to Mark Webber, Piastri's manager.
Four teams have now won this race, with Red Bull having three victories to its name, while McLaren joins Mercedes with one. This was the Woking squad's fourth win of the year, its 193rd in total.
Max Verstappen claimed his third podium finish of the season with today's second place finish, meaning he has always been a top three finisher in Jeddah with two wins and three second places. Charles Leclerc was third for Ferrari, his third podium here, with one second place and two thirds in the past two years.
There were few surprises on the grid, with just four drivers (Norris, Stroll, Hadjar and Hulkenberg) choosing to run the Hard for the first stint with the other 16 all going for the Medium. Three of these (Doohan, Ocon and Bortoleto) then immediately made the most of the first lap Safety Car following the collision between Gasly and Tsunoda, to switch to the Hard.
The strategies chosen matched our pre-race expectations, both in terms of the number of stops and the timing of the pit stop windows. Of the top teams, the only ones that tried something different were Leclerc, who went as long as possible on his first stint on Mediums (lap 29), and Norris who started on the Hard, pitting on lap 34. In fact, the longest stint of 49 laps was completed by Ocon (Haas), who having stopped at the very beginning, then went all the way to the chequered flag.
Mario Isola: "This Grand Prix matched our pre-race expectations in terms of tyre performance and the way the strategies worked. Despite bringing a softer trio of compounds compared to last year, and with track temperatures on average 7 °C higher, degradation on the C3 and C4 was very minimal. It meant that, given how evenly matched are the teams, the way the race played out was the natural outcome.
"We only saw a few cases of blistering on the left front, but not enough to impact tyre performance in a significant way. As for overheating, some cars struggled a bit, but it was to be expected with these temperatures and on a track where the tyres never get a chance to "breathe".
"Now we have the first chance to catch our breath before heading for another continent, as we prepare to race in the USA for the first time this season, in Miami. At a track with very different characteristics to this one, we will have the same selection of dry tyre compounds as were used here in Jeddah, and yet again that will be a step softer than last year's race. It will be interesting to see how the teams deal with that, especially as it will be the second Sprint weekend of the year."
