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Title contenders reveal their true colours at Saudi Arabian GP

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McLaren's Oscar Piastri celebrating on the podium after winning the 2025 Saudi Arabia Formula One Grand Prix at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit on April 20, 2025.

McLaren's Oscar Piastri celebrating on the podium after winning the 2025 Saudi Arabia Formula One Grand Prix on April 20.

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Oscar Piastri’s triumph at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix,

his third success in 2025,

not only lifted an Australian to the top of the drivers’ standings for the first time since his manager Mark Webber back in 2010, but it also made his McLaren team the only one ever to score victories at 50 different venues.

But might we look back at the end of the year and see that this was also the race where the three title contenders inadvertently (or deliberately) revealed their true colours?

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