The Italian squad had hoped that the layout and different demands of the Jeddah circuit would allow it to pose a bigger threat to Red Bull than it was able to at F1’s season opener in Bahrain. However, despite Charles Leclerc managing to deliver a qualifying time good enough for the Read more
The Spaniard finished some 36 seconds adrift of Red Bull victor Sergio Perez in Jeddah to clock sixth place, one spot ahead of team-mate Charles Leclerc – who was recovering from a 10-place gird drop.That penalty was earned for a change of the control electronics unit after Leclerc retired from Read more
The Spaniard finished third behind Red Bull duo Sergio Perez and Max Verstappen at the Jeddah circuit on Sunday.However, shortly after the chequered flag, the FIA announced that Alonso had been handed a 10-second penalty for having not properly served a five-second penalty he had been given for failing to Read more
The Aston Martin driver finished third on track, negating an initial five-second penalty for lining up incorrectly in his grid position at the start.But, after the podium ceremony, he was given another 10-second penalty for work starting on his car when the first penalty was served in his pitstop, dropping Read more
In the final quarter of the race, Verstappen began to report vibrations around the driveshaft with concerning noises at high speed, fearing a repeat of his qualifying failure.Perez also reported that his brake pedal was beginning to go “long”, but both drivers were informed that none of the data on Read more
The Mercedes driver benefitted from Alonso’s 10-second penalty, which he was handed because his pitcrew worked on his car during his pitstop before he served his first full five-second penalty, for incorrectly lining up on his grid spot at the start of the race.Alonso’s second penalty, announced after the podium Read more
After spending the winter hoping it would be able to close the gap with Red Bull, Mercedes instead found itself further adrift in the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix, slipping to being the fourth quickest team behind Red Bull, Ferrari and Aston Martin.But, while Russell still qualified behind a car from Read more
Hamilton qualified eighth in Jeddah for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, on a day when his team-mate George Russell gave the struggling team a boost with fourth place. Both will move up a place on the starting grid due to Charles Leclerc’s penalty.“Of course, George did a great job,” said Read more
Ocon ran to a strong sixth in qualifying, lapping the Jeddah street circuit 0.813 seconds adrift of polesitter Sergio Perez – who led the Red Bull charge following a driveshaft failure for Max Verstappen.Alpine team-mate Pierre Gasly, meanwhile, was a further 0.3s slower to clock ninth place.Despite track modifications for Read more
In a dramatic qualifying on the Jeddah street track, Perez grabbed his second career F1 pole position, 12 months on from his maiden pole which came at the same circuit.It came after Max Verstappen dropped out of qualifying in Q2 when he suffered a driveshaft failure with his Red Bull, Read more