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Piastri triumphs at Saudi Arabian Grand Prix to take lead in F1 title race
Gulf Today
|April 21, 2025
Victory made Piastri, triumphant in Bahrain last weekend and China last month, the first Australian to lead the championship since his manager Mark Webber in 2OIO
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Oscar Piastri won the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix on Sunday to seize the lead in the Formula One world championship from McLaren team-mate Lando Norris with his third win in five races.
Red Bull’s two-times champion Max Verstappen was runner-up, 5.484 seconds behind the Australian, after starting from pole at Jeddah’s Corniche circuit but collecting a five-second penalty for a first corner clash with Piastri.
Charles Leclerc was third for Ferrari’s first podium of the campaign and Norris clawed his way from 10th on the grid to fourth.
This story is from the April 21, 2025 edition of Gulf Today.
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