How To Watch: F1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix

Here’s how you can watch the action from this weekend’s F1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix from the Jeddah Corniche Street Circuit.

How to watch F1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix

Saturday, March 18

Practice 1, 00:00 AEDT
Fox Sports (Channel 506), Kayo Sports

Practice 2, 03:45 AEDT
Fox Sports (Channel 506), Kayo Sports

Sunday, March 19

Practice 3, 00:15 AEDT
Fox Sports (Channel 506), Kayo Sports

Pit Lane Pre-Qualifying, 03:00 AEDT
Fox Sports (Channel 506), Kayo Sports

Qualifying, 04:00 AEDT
Fox Sports (Channel 506), Kayo Sports

Pit Lane Post-Qualifying, 05:00 AEDT
Fox Sports (Channel 506), Kayo Sports

Monday, March 20

Pre-race, 02:30 AEDT
Fox Sports (Channel 506), Kayo Sports

Race, 03:55 AEDT
Fox Sports (Channel 506), Kayo Sports

Post-race, 06:00 AEDT
Fox Sports (Channel 506), Kayo Sports

There is no free-to-air coverage of this event.

What to watch for

After a crushing display from Red Bull on the opening weekend of the season in Bahrain two weeks ago, we now look for confirmation; was it a flash in the pan or a signal of the year ahead?

Behind the Red Bull juggernaut was a closely matched gaggle of cars that included the likes of Ferrari, Mercedes, and Aston Martin.

Fernando Alonso’s rise to third in Bahrain was arguably the surprise of the event with the challenge for the Silverstone-based squad to maintain that performance at a circuit with very different characteristics.

At Ferrari, the Scuderia will be looking to bounce back after struggling with reliability for Charles Leclerc and tyre life with Carlos Sainz.

Meanwhile Alpine continues to have a question mark over it with an unusual weekend first time out.

Pierre Gasly started from the rear and charged into the points while Esteban Ocon picked up three penalties before retiring in a race to forget for the Frenchman.

In a normal race, what is the Enstone operation capable of, and where does that leave it versus the likes of Aston Martin and Mercedes?

Elsewhere there are positive noises coming from Alfa Romeo Sauber while even Lando Norris at McLaren is optimistic of points heading into this weekend’s race.

There are plenty of storylines to follow up and down the field.

Tyre compounds

Pirelli has brought the C2, C3, and C4 compound rubber this weekend.

Weather forecast

Temperatures are forecast to warm across the weekend with the mercury topping 30 degrees before the sun sets. The chance of rain is zero.

Circuit changes

Significant changes have been made ahead of this year’s race with walls moved to improve sightlines and some corners reprofiled to slow cars.

The DRS zone onto the front straight has also had its detection point moved from before the corner apex to after its exit, putting an end to the cat-and-mouse games we’ve seen the first two years of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.

Entry List

Num	Driver	Team
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull
11	Sergio Perez	Red Bull
16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari
55	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari
63	George Russell	Mercedes
44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine
31	Esteban Ocon	Alpine
4	Lando Norris	McLaren
81	Oscar Piastri	McLaren
77	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo Sauber
24	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo Sauber
14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin
18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin
20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas
27	Nico Hulkenberg	Haas
22	Yuki Tsunoda	Scuderia AlphaTauri
21	Nyck de Vries	Scuderia AlphaTauri
23	Alex Albon	Williams
2	Logan Sargeant	Williams

Max Verstappen’s arrival into Saudi Arabia was delayed after he spent an extra day recovering from a stomach bug in the build-up to the event.