Thank you for listening to the Late Breaking F1 podcast.

Make sure to check out new episodes every Wednesday and every Sunday.

Hello and a very warm welcome to the late-breaking F-1 podcast presented by Sam Sage and me, Ben Hocking,

today reviewing the qualifying session ahead of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix,

where Max Verstappen has taken pole position for Red Bull.

Four different teams inside the top four in qualifying Oscar Piastri in second.

We'll join Verstappen on the front row.

The second row includes the Mercedes of George Russell and the Ferrari of Charles LeClair.

Sam, you said before we started recording, you like a saucy qualifying session,

and that's what we got. That's what we got. We also said before the qualifying, it'll be 45 minutes of just, ah, because that was bloody excellent. Another fantastic qualifying session.

I'll tell you what, we've had a couple of dull races, you know, Japan being the standout there, but qualifying, it just never lets you down, does it? It's just always

good fun. And once again, delivered today, we have had another one-two margin where we've got a

less than a tent separating pole and second place. I think just over a tent being the biggest

margin we've held on season.

We've got a massive jumble up.

We've got drivers higher up the order they'd expect.

Lots to talk about.

Lots to break down.

Can't wait.

I'm excited for the race already.

Yeah, one hundredth of a second separating Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri out front with Max Verstappen.

Two runs at the end of qualifying the second one, getting it done with that purple first sector.

...