Apr 20, 2025, 12:16 PM ET

Oscar Piastri moved into the lead of the drivers’ championship for the first time in his career after securing his third victory of the season at Sunday’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.

Read the report from ESPN F1 senior writer Laurence Edmondson in Jeddah and watch highlights online (U.S. Only).

Formula 1 continues on May 4 for round six at the Miami Grand Prix.

Key points:

• Safety car deployed on Lap 1 as Pierre Gasly collides with Yuki Tsunoda ending both of their races
• Verstappen given five-second time penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage over Piastri in the first corner
• Verstappen comes out from the second pitstops behind Piastri in fifth after serving his five-second penalty
• Piastri becomes race leader after the second pitstops as Norris makes it up to fifth from second after his stop. Norris started 10th following his crash in qualifying
• Piastri wins with Verstappen and Charlec Leclerc on the podium.