Ricciardo had qualified twelfth. In principle, he should be three places back, but because Mick Schumacher (fourteenth in qualifying) cannot race in Jeddah due to a serious crash, the Australian is in fourteenth place on the grid. He has seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton diagonally behind him in fifteenth place.
Max Verstappen starts the second GP of the season from fourth place. His Mexican teammate Sergio Pérez is on pole position in the Red Bull at 7 p.m.