2025 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix - Qualifying

James Vowles, Team Principal: A great result for Carlos. Really good to see how he progressed session on session. He’s really in control of what he’s doing and working well with the team to get the right run plan and executed it perfectly. With Alex, we hold a responsibility towards the result. We were a little bit too early and gave him a clean lap but cost him the opportunity to get to Q3. It was just a few milliseconds that separated him from Q3 and that’s an effect you can get from air circulation and other cars going round. The great thing is that Alex has shown pace all weekend, and I think we have two cars that can score points. We’ve got to keep a level head, and Jeddah always throws a tremendous amount at teams, so let’s take every opportunity that comes our way tomorrow.

Carlos Sainz: I enjoyed pushing the limits of the car today, especially on such a demanding track where confidence makes a big difference. I'm proud of the progress we're making and felt more at home in the car from the start of FP1. The target for tomorrow is to bring home as many points as possible. This will require patience, discipline, and I will need to pick my battles to maximise the race result. Let’s go for it!

Alex Albon: Today was frustrating because we should have been in the top ten quite comfortably, but we missed it. We went out in Q2 when nobody else did and this track is a bit like Monza in that you need the air circulation and in Q2 we didn’t have a tow; I needed two or three cars starting their outlaps or something to get the air moving. I was really happy with my lap and we were strong on the straights. We have the car to score points and there are opportunities tomorrow so let’s see how it plays out in the race.