The extra-sports controversies that Red Bull is experiencing do not seem to affect Max Verstappen at all, who maintains its ironclad dominance in Formula 1 and this Saturday took its second victory of the season by winning the Saudi Arabia Grand Prix in which Sergio “Checo” Pérez repeated second place for the second consecutive race.
The three-time world champion He controlled the race from start to finish after starting first after taking pole position on Friday. On the Jeddah track he had no rivals, only the Mexican who was behind him practically at all times so that Red Bull once again had a perfect day after the success in Bahrain.
“I think overall it has been a fantastic weekend for the whole team, but also for me. I felt very good with the car and yes, in the race it was also more or less the same”said the 26-year-old Dutch driver who has nine consecutive victories, according to the specialized portal Motorsport.com.
For its part, Sergio “Checo” Pérez once again had a great performance by finishing second in Saudi Arabia despite a five-second penalty which he received during the race due to an unsafe restart during his pit stop where he almost collided with Aston Martin’s Spaniard, Fernando Alonso.
The one from Guadalajara had just achieved second place in Bahrain after a great comeback after starting in fifth place. “Checo” Pérez is having a great start in 2024 as expected so that the Mexican can be taken into account for a renewal with the energy drink team with which he has a contract until the end of the season.
The Mexican was followed by the Ferrari driver, Charles Leclerc, who allowed the Italian team to get on the podium for the second consecutive week. Yes ok The Monegasque started in second place, he could not withstand the pressure that “Checo” Pérez imposed on him during the beginning of the race and was relegated to third place which he maintained until the end.
Another who had a great performance in Saudi Arabia was the Spanish Fernando Alonso finished the test in fifth place, behind the Austrian Oscar Piastri (McLaren). The experienced Aston Martin driver surpassed what he did last week in Bahrain where he finished in ninth place, so he has scored points in the first two tests of the season.
For its part, the young British Oliver Bearman surprised by finishing in seventh place. The barely 18-year-old driver replaced the Spanish Carlos Sainz Jr. who had to undergo surgery for appendicitis, and demonstrated his quality by fighting and crossing the finish line behind George Russel but ahead of Lewis Hamilton, Lando Norris and Nico Hulkenberg who completed the top 10.
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