Who will finish in the top 10 in Saudi Arabia?
McLaren are in the hunt to make it back-to-back Grand Prix wins this weekend. (Photo by Sam Bloxham/LAT Images) Via Getty Images
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The world of Formula One travels to the Saudi Arabia Grand Prix this week in the last round of the first triple-header of the season.

Oscar Piastri will be looking to make it two race wins in a row after a dominant performance in the Bahrain Grand Prix.

Red Bull will be looking to finish higher up in the points after only finishing P6 and P9 last weekend.

Alpine and Haas will be looking to make it back-to-back successful weekends after picking up big points last time out.

Meanwhile, Ferrari will be hoping they can step onto the podium for the first time this season after bringing a huge upgrade package to Bahrain.

Who will be grabbing the points on Sunday in Jeddah?

The Italian’s race was hurt by a poor strategy last weekend as he came to finish outside the points in P11.

Antonelli started the race in P5 and clearly had the pace to compete for large points, however it was not to be for the rookie.

Antonelli’s teammate, George Russell, has finished on the podium in three of the last four races.

In Jeddah, it could be another disappointing race for the rookie, and he might qualify high but will fall down the pecking order during the race.

Sainz will pick up his first points for Williams this weekend.

The Spaniard showed in Bahrain qualifying that he had pace and qualified eighth fastest.

Sainz ended up not finishing the race due to his sidepod being completely torn open from a collision.

The former Ferrari driver has struggled in the first four races and was hampered by a poor strategy in Bahrain.

Despite the poor start, Sainz will turn it around in Jeddah and score points for Williams this weekend.

This is not a shocking prediction to make for the young Brit.

Bearman made his Formula 1 debut in Jeddah last year in the ‘Scarlet Red’ of Ferrari and performed very well, finishing P7.

The rookie has finished P10 in the last three races in a very strong start to the season.

Bearman knows the track, he already has a feel for it, and the pace of the Haas will be as strong as it was in Bahrain.

This will be a good weekend for Bearman and another good weekend for Haas.

It was a strong weekend for Hamilton in Bahrain after a weak performance in qualifying.

The Brit finished P5 behind teammate Charles Leclerc and Hamilton came out afterwards saying he was starting to feel at home with the car.

Ferrari will have a strong weekend, however Hamilton is still further behind Leclerc in getting the most out of the car.

It could be a disappointing qualifying session that Hamilton can make amends for on Sunday which would make the result look better on paper.

Tsunoda secured his first points for Red Bull last weekend despite the car not having any real pace in Bahrain.

Jeddah is a similar event to Bahrain where the heat will suit more cars than others but, due to a completely different track profile, the Red Bull will do slightly better.

Tsunoda will have a much better weekend in Saudi Arabia and achieve good points for the team based in Milton Keynes.

  • P5: Max Verstappen

By Verstappen’s standards, Bahrain turned out to be a very disappointing experience for the Dutchman.

It came after the reigning champion had won in Suzuka with a very professional drive.

The Red Bull had no pace in the heat of Bahrain, and its tyre management was not up to par compared to its competitors.

Verstappen loves racing in Jeddah and will do well to maximise what he can out of the car but will only drag it up to P5.

  • P4: Charles Leclerc

Leclerc provided great entertainment in Bahrain by scrapping with a rampant Lando Norris near the end of the race.

Eventually, Norris’ pace got the better of the Ferrari, and the Monégasque finished P4.

Leclerc after the race said the team were taking baby steps and finishing P4 again would be a baby step in ensuring consistent high finishes.

Ferrari will go to another race without a podium in Jeddah.

Russell has been outstanding during the opening races of the season, picking up three podiums from the first four races.

The Mercedes has been the second-quickest car overall this year, and Russell is picking up big points.

The Brit managed to fend off Norris in Bahrain, however this weekend will be different.

Russell will qualify well but will not be able to catch the drivers in Papaya up ahead.

  • P2: Lando Norris

Norris managed to recover from a poor qualifying session in Bahrain and looked to have decent pace.

The 25-year-old was stuck behind Leclerc for too long near the end of the race to be able to go and catch Russell.

Norris and McLaren will have outstanding pace once again in the heat of Saudi Arabia; however, there will be one faster driver.

  • P1: Oscar Piastri

Piastri dominated in Bahrain from qualifying to the chequered flag.

Despite a safety car and multiple pit stops, the Australian’s race management was pinpoint perfection.

Piastri has shown he has pace in what is an already quick McLaren car and he has shown he can lead and manage races.

With a strong qualifying where he will claim pole position, he will lead the race and go on to claim a second victory in a row.