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F1 qualifying results: Sergio Perez takes Saudi Arabian GP pole

Red Bull’s Sergio Perez took pole position for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, as team-mate Max Verstappen suffered a technical failure in Q2 that means he starts 15th.

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Perez will start ahead of Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) and George Russell (Mercedes) after the one-hour qualifying session, which is split into three segments with five cars each being knocked out in Q1 and Q2 before the top-10 shootout of Q3.

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Saudi Arabian Grand Prix qualifying results: Perez on pole from Alonso

Cla Driver Time Gap km/h
1 Mexico Sergio Perez 1'28.265   251.814
2 Spain Fernando Alonso 1'28.730 0.465 250.494
3 United Kingdom George Russell 1'28.857 0.592 250.136
4 Spain Carlos Sainz 1'28.931 0.666 249.928
5 Canada Lance Stroll 1'28.945 0.680 249.889
6 France Esteban Ocon 1'29.078 0.813 249.516
7 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton 1'29.223 0.958 249.110
8 Australia Oscar Piastri 1'29.243 0.978 249.054
9 France Pierre Gasly 1'29.357 1.092 248.737
10 Germany Nico Hulkenberg 1'29.451 1.186 248.475
11 China Zhou Guanyu 1'29.461 1.196 248.447
12 Monaco Charles Leclerc 1'28.420 0.155 251.372
13 Denmark Kevin Magnussen 1'29.517 1.252 248.292
14 Finland Valtteri Bottas 1'29.668 1.403 247.874
15 Netherlands Max Verstappen 1'49.953 21.688 202.144
16 Japan Yuki Tsunoda 1'29.939 1.674 247.127
17 Thailand Alex Albon 1'29.994 1.729 246.976
18 Netherlands Nyck de Vries 1'30.244 1.979 246.292
19 United Kingdom Lando Norris 1'30.447 2.182 245.739
20 United States Logan Sargeant 2'08.510 40.245 172.954
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What happened in Saudi Arabian Grand Prix Q1?

Perez set the early pace at 1m29.261s, as Nyck de Vries (AlphaTauri) had a huge spin on his first attempt. Verstappen then unleashed a 1m28.761s to beat his team-mate to the top spot by half a second for P1.

McLaren’s Lando Norris hit the wall on the inside of the final corner, sending him into the pits with steering and suspension damage, while Alonso spun at Turn 2 before going third quickest and Logan Sargeant rotated his Williams at the high-speed Turn 22, amazingly without hitting the wall.

Falling at the first hurdle were Yuki Tsunoda (AlphaTauri), Alex Albon (Williams), de Vries, Norris and Sargeant.

Saudi Arabian Grand Prix Q1 results: Verstappen fastest from Perez

Cla Driver Time Gap Interval km/h
1 Netherlands Max Verstappen 1'28.761     250.407
2 Mexico Sergio Perez 1'29.244 0.483 0.483 249.052
3 Spain Fernando Alonso 1'29.298 0.537 0.054 248.901
4 Canada Lance Stroll 1'29.335 0.574 0.037 248.798