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Verstappen-Piastri Turn 1 incident explained by stewards

© XPB  James Fiorucci 20/04/2025 at 21:44 Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri were involved in an incident on the opening lap of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. Race stewards have now explained why they handed Verstappen a five-second penalty for the clash. Verstappen surprised many by taking pole position around the Jeddah Corniche Circuit. His time of a 1:27.294 was just 0.010 seconds faster than Piastri's lap, the McLaren driver starting the race alongside him on the front row. However, the Dutchman was immediately under threat from the Australian driver after a poor launch off the line for the former. Piastri pulled alongside Verstappen in the run up to the first corner, and...
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