F1: Lando Norris dominated the essays of Saudi Arabia and Safe Safe

McLaren’s English stayed with the best time on Friday in Jeddah’s street, ahead of his partner Oscar Piastri. Max Verstappen, third.

Lando Norris needs rapid redemption and may find it precisely in Holy Week. The 2025 Formula 1 season is still very young and the English leads the table after four dates, but their sons -in -law accumulated beyond their good walk with him, until now, dominant McLaren. The British comes from living his worst weekend of the year in Baréin; Not even the third place he achieved finished hiding his failures and his frustration face. Lando did almost everything wrong: he failed in classification, his MCL39 parked badly in the starting drawer (he was sanctioned), surpassed outside the track limits to Lewis Hamilton and had to return the place and was clumsy and stunned in the fight with Charles Lerclerc and George Russell. Norris needed to quickly spend Sakhir’s page in the training of the Saudi Arabia GP, fifth appointment, and managed to do it by dominating and without failures.

Failing in Jeddah’s street fast is a blow to the wall (Yuki Tsunoda can attest). And Norris had a clean day. It seems incredible, but that required English, having a day without errors. Finally, He stayed with the best time by marking 1m28s267 and surpassed his imperturbable fellow Oscar Piestri for 163 thousandths. That is the next matter that Lando needs to perform as soon as possible: beaten the Australian, who won twice this year and is a huge threat.

It was only training, but in the situation of Norris, who had signs of mental cracks after his cataract of track errors, having a Friday like the one he had in Saudi Arabia is an incentive. Of course, he must continue demonstrating it in the classification, the point that this year was completed in the races (in the four appointments, who started in Pole later beat). Jeddah is a layout of those who like Norris, in which very fast curves are linked.

Piastri does not seem to be Norris’s only threat this weekend. Max Verstappen was fast on a return and was 280 thousandths from Norris and Piastri. At the time of simulating career, his rhythm was not competitive with the McLaren. The Dutch will be played, perhaps, the only letter this Saturday in classification. If I managed to get a dream turn as in Japan … but everything seems reserved, once again, to the fight between Woking pilots.

The rest? Far, as they had been seen in the four previous appointments. Mercedes sorpended, but for worse. He was firm with George Russell, but he was 706 thousandths from Norris in the seventh place. Ahead were located Charles Leclerc (fourth with his Ferrari), Carlos Sainz (increasingly twin with his Williams, was fifth) and Tsunoda, who took the RB21 in a bag.

Pierre Gasly confirmed, at least on a return, all the good he had done with his Alpine in BARÉINOr, ahead of Nico Hülkenberg (Sauber) and Alex Albon, who closed the ten with his Williams.

Norris and Piastri. The English must continue with its white weekend of failures, yes and comes from making mistakes in the last three classifications (China, Japan and Baréin). Agosopapapa will wait. Verstappen.

Saudi Arabia training results