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Perez crossed the line 5.3s clear of Verstappen, who spent the final laps charging his battery for a final-tour tilt at the fastest lap which was ultimately successful as he crossed the line with a 1m31.906s lap.

Verstappen started 15th but was up to second by the mid-way point in the race, helped by a controversial safety car, while Lewis Hamilton and George Russell finished fourth and fifth ahead of the Ferraris

Red Bull's Sergio Perez will line up on pole position after topping Saturday's qualifying session in Jeddah. He will be joined on the front row by Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso, with George Russell (Mercedes) and Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) next up in third and fourth position respectively.

Australian Formula One rookie Oscar Piastri has had his best day yet for McLaren, finishing ninth in qualifying for the Saudi Grand Prix.

Oscar Piastri made it to Q3 and qualified ninth, but his much more experienced McLaren team-mate Norris will be much further back after a Saturday session to forget

In a dramatic qualifying on the Jeddah street track, Perez grabbed his second career F1 pole position, 12 months on from his maiden pole which came at the same circuit.

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

The Dutchman had reeled off the fastest laptimes in all three practice sessions, and had headed Q1 by half a second over team-mate Sergio Perez as the result of qualifying appeared to be a foregone conclusion.

The Dutchman had reeled off the fastest lap times in all three practice sessions, and had headed Q1 by half a second over team-mate Perez as the result of qualifying appeared to be a foregone conclusion.