Catch up with the opening action as Formula One completes its first triple header this year, with the circus rolling into Jeddah for Round 5 of the 2025 season

Welcome to our live coverage for third and final practice for the 2025 Saudi Arabia Grand Prix from the Jeddah Corniche Circuit. So far we have had two practice sessions and almost everything we have seen has reinforced what we knew about the existing order, though with the usual caveats.

Four-time F1 world champion Verstappen, who has a contract worth £50m-a-year at Red Bull until the end of the 2028 season, is being heavily linked with Aston and Mercedes given Red Bull’s recent downturn in form and new regulations being enforced in 2026.