Qualifying Highlights | 2021 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix

Take a look at the best bits from a dramatic first ever qualifying session in Saudi Arabia.

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[gregorysprenger]

Max and Lewis: battling for the title
Toto and Jos: battling against the tables

[betterchapter]

more like "either i get pole or i die" Max was absolutely sending it

[Panjax]

This Jeddah track is insane. It's like Monaco with the claustrophobic walls but you're going 200kmph. Max was absolutely red-zoning on that last lap though, giving everything.

[sanikutigi]

Hope I'm not the only one that has returned to watch this Qualifying highlights an uncountable number of times?

"...This is it, this is the lap of the weekend"

[HungryTacoBoy]

I've never felt so much adrenaline from watching Qualifying Highlights before! Max's last attempt was near surgical precision, riding at the very edge of his and the car's abilities, only to reach slightly too far at the very last corner. So many close calls on this track! I have no doubt that Sunday with have a safety car but I seriously hope the drivers make it through the race okay.

[aliasalias]

That was the definition of all or nothing. He was already more than two tenths ahead. But what a thrilling qualifying.

[CrashForce]

Max's last lap was intense. Sad to see him hit the wall, but P3 is not a bad position to start in for tomorrow.

[jamesrodriguez]

Until the crash that felt like the best lap i have ever seen. On the limit and beyond

[ManuVyas-social]

While it was only 2/3rd of a lap, Max’s final lap was the most on-the-edge spectacle. What a push.

[jayvt]

I'm so gutted for Max, that man was flying through the lap. The pace was crazy, this is the first time in a while I actually reacted and said "NO" out loud when his car hit the wall. No doubt about it the race is going to be crazy.

[mango]

Anyone ever come back here from time to time to watch this again?

[NardKoning]

That final lap by Max was just pure pain. You cannot write this season's script. Max decided to go full send with every risk and either take a deciding pole, or crash. And then it seems the risk pays off and he is going to pull a legendary lap, and he does hit the wall on the final corner. You can't make it up. I hope he doesn't get a gearbox penalty so we get to see an rpic race fight tomorrow.

[marxthesocialist]

No matter who you support we have to admit that Max was maximizing everything on that last lap, what a shame for him, it would have been an absolutely groundbreaking lap otherwise.

[nickframe]

This season has dragged me back to watching F1 and that qualifying attempt by Max is exactly why. Razor’s edge driving with 100% commitment. This championship battle is epic! 👏👏👏👏👏

[mukulsolanki]

u can literally see on max's dashboard at final corner. he was 4.5 tenths up till that point. Unreal☠

[NeikoGarcia]

I’ve watched many, many, many hours of F1, and only a few times have I ever come up speechless. This lap right up until the crash did that to me. Literally no words to explain how razor sharp that lap would have been if it had been complete. I’m obviously no driver, but I’ve seen many people put in great quali laps and this was another plane of existence. Lewis’ lap right before that as well was killer fast but this…. wow

[michaeli.g]

One of the best qualifying sessions I’ve ever watched 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[NikhilKumar-wnss]

This track is terrifying. Definitely going to be exciting tomorrow

[scavengertag]

Max's last lap had something Senna-esque about it, just sending it fully. Amazing confidence.

[NJ-uowk]

Everyone knew it is going to be close but still Max's last lap managed to generate so much tension and excitement. Hats off to his skills, for sure he is future world champion