Piastri Wins in Jeddah to Take Formula One Lead

 Formula One F1 - Saudi Arabian Grand Prix - Jeddah Corniche Circuit, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia - April 20, 2025 McLaren's Oscar Piastri celebrates on the podium after winning the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix alongside second placed Red Bull's Max Verstappen and third placed Ferrari's Charles Leclerc. (Reuters)
Formula One F1 - Saudi Arabian Grand Prix - Jeddah Corniche Circuit, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia - April 20, 2025 McLaren's Oscar Piastri celebrates on the podium after winning the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix alongside second placed Red Bull's Max Verstappen and third placed Ferrari's Charles Leclerc. (Reuters)
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Piastri Wins in Jeddah to Take Formula One Lead

 Formula One F1 - Saudi Arabian Grand Prix - Jeddah Corniche Circuit, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia - April 20, 2025 McLaren's Oscar Piastri celebrates on the podium after winning the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix alongside second placed Red Bull's Max Verstappen and third placed Ferrari's Charles Leclerc. (Reuters)
Formula One F1 - Saudi Arabian Grand Prix - Jeddah Corniche Circuit, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia - April 20, 2025 McLaren's Oscar Piastri celebrates on the podium after winning the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix alongside second placed Red Bull's Max Verstappen and third placed Ferrari's Charles Leclerc. (Reuters)

Australian Oscar Piastri won the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix on Sunday to take the lead in the Formula One world championship from McLaren teammate Lando Norris with his third win in five races.

Red Bull's four times world champion Max Verstappen finished second, after starting from pole position at Jeddah's Corniche circuit, with Charles Leclerc third for Ferrari's first podium of the campaign. Norris was fourth.

Victory made Piastri, triumphant in Bahrain last weekend and in China last month, the first Australian to lead the championship since his manager Mark Webber in 2010 and also the first back-to-back winner this season.

Norris, who had led by three points before the race and is now 10 behind Piastri, started in 10th place after crashing in qualifying.



Former Champion Kvitova Handed Wimbledon Wildcard 

Petra Kvitova. (AFP)
Petra Kvitova. (AFP)
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Former Champion Kvitova Handed Wimbledon Wildcard 

Petra Kvitova. (AFP)
Petra Kvitova. (AFP)

Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova has been handed a wildcard to the women's singles draw after being ranked too low for direct entry, organizers said on Wednesday.

The Czech, winner at the All England Club in 2011 and 2014, began her comeback from a 17-month maternity break last February.

The 35-year-old, a former world number two, is currently 572nd in the WTA rankings. She lost in the first round of a WTA 500 event on grass at Queen's Club earlier this month.

Kvitova was the only non-British player on the initial list of wildcards, which includes former British men's number one Dan Evans.