GTP 2025 Round 5 - sAudi [+RESULTS]

[XcraigX]

We need another Audi thread like we need a hole in the head. But I thought I would put up the Saudi thread as it is getting late here in US of A and I'm still working on tax preparation*. The results can wait, but there's a GP afoot this coming week, so let's get prepped for it!
(*In the US, we need to calculate our own taxes minus deductions in a decent enough fashing that we don't disturb the IRE of the I.R.S. It's not a fun game because if you guess incorrectly, you can go to jail! Yay! )

Anyway, back on track...
The Jeddah street circuit has put on some very good races and some Qualification sessions full of incidents. Will we get a clean Q1-3? Or will some drivers be caught out by red flags and yellows? It appears that RB are on the back foot, so the likelyhood of Max challenging the McLarens is a bit lower. Can the Mercs step up? Or will it be Ferrari challenging for pole (only if we get enough Hopeium)? Will we have tires dialed in far enough to get faster times than last year? Has anything been PAVED?

Get your guess in before the deadline!

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Round 5 - Formula 1 STC SAUDI ARABIAN GRAND PRIX 2025, Jeddah Corniche Circuit, Jeddah, Saudi 18-20 April

Track Length: 6.174 Km (3.836 Miles)
Race Laps: 50 (308.45Km)

2024 Pole time: Max Verstappen (RedBull) 1:27.472
The deadline for entries is before the start of Friday First Free Practice 13:30 GMT / 14:30 UK time)

Enter your guess in the Thread Below


Links of Interest:
Official F1 Site
Jeddah Weather Forecast

Best of luck to you all!!

[MonteCristo]

1:27.327

[Michkov]

1:26.814

[Star]

1:27.234

[Everso Biggyballies]

1:26.664
After much umming and ahing, 23 minutes before deadline re the F1.com countdown clock.

[XcraigX]

1:26.750

[Vassago]

1:26.715

[megallos]

1:26.688

[Picci]

1:26.666

[paololanuit]

1:26.685

[Ruslan]

1:26.572

[Fulton]

1:26.594

[Everso Biggyballies]

1:26.594

@XcraigX will be the final judge and decision maker but the comp rules state that the deadline for posting the entries / guesses is before any track action, so prior to the start of FP1.

[Ruslan]

1:26.594

@XcraigX will be the final judge and decision maker but the comp rules state that the deadline for posting the entries / guesses is before any track action, so prior to the start of FP1.

I think it is academic, so give it to him with a warning not to do it again.

[Star]

@MonteCristo I think you just sqeaked it from me, and on my birthday weekend too

Congrats