19 Apr 2025

Norris fastest as Tsunoda crashes Red Bull

Red Bull's Yuki Tsunoda wrecked in second practice at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, but McLaren teammate Oscar Pisatri was the quickest.

When Tsunoda struck the inside and outside walls at the last corner with nine minutes left, the exercise was interrupted. Tsunoda left his mechanics with a lot of work to do on the car's front-right corner overnight, despite being sixth quickest behind Carlos Sainz of Williams and Charles Leclerc of Ferrari. "I just turned in too much and clipped the wall with the inside wheel," said Tsunoda, who is in his third race weekend for Red Bull. "It had damage, and after that just no control. Apologies to the team. The pace was looking good, so a shame." McLaren remain the team to beat in Jeddah as Norris beat Piastri by 0.163s and looked more comfortable throughout the session, with the Australian one of several drivers who clipped the wall.