The second race of the Formula One season takes place today with the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.
Max Verstappen comfortably won the first race of the new campaign a fortnight ago in Bahrain, but has it all to do in Jeddah this afternoon after engine failure saw him pull out of qualifying to line up in 15th. Red Bull team-mate Sergio Perez starts on pole in Saudi for the second straight year instead.
Aston Martin's 41-year-old double world champion Fernando Alonso, who had hoped for his first pole since Germany 2012 with Ferrari, will join the Mexican on the front row after Charles Leclerc’s 10-place grid penalty for going over his allocation of electronics control units for the year already.
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This year already does not look set to be a record-breaking eighth F1 crown for Lewis Hamilton in the Mercedes, who will start in P8. George Russell is P3 however, ahead of Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz.
How to watch the F1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix
TV channel: The whole weekend will be shown live on Sky Sports with coverage of the race starting at 3.30pm GMT on Sky Sports F1 and Main Event. Free highlights are on Channel 4 at 10.15pm.
The race itself is due to start at 5pm GMT.
Live stream: Sky Sports subscribers can watch the race live via the Sky Go app.
