Max Verstappen i set to start on pole position for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix alongside McLaren’s Oscar Piastri. The race will take place early Sunday afternoon Eastern Daylight Time.

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Oscar Piastri has his first lead in the Formula 1 world championship. Piastri took advantage of Max Verstappen’s five-second time penalty at the first corner of the race to take the lead during the race’s only green-flag pit stop cycle and win Sunday’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.