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Mar192023 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Fernando Alonso was left without a jubilee podium due to a penalty after the race

Spain's Fernando Alonso finished the race for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix in third place after serving a 5-second penalty for incorrect starting position, which would have been his 100th podium in F1. But FIA stewards handed the Aston Martin a 10-second time penalty after the race for failing to properly serve the penalty at the stop, which saw the 41-year-old Alonso slip to fourth in the race classification, but the decision was later reversed due to a missed deadline for issuance of penalties.

Mar192023 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Perez wins Saudi GP, Verstappen from 15th to second podium this year

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Mexican Sergio Perez celebrated victory in the F1 race for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. He was joined on the podium by his Red Bull teammate Max Verstappen, who after technical problems in qualifying started the race from fifteenth place and made his way to second by the finish line, and Fernando Alonso, who took the lead after the start of the race and kept the lead for a few laps races. The Spaniard, who had to serve a 5-second penalty due to incorrect positioning on the grid, achieved the jubilee 100th podium finish in his career. Mercedes racers George Russell and Lewis Hamilton finished the race in the top five, while Ferrari racers Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc crossed the finish line behind them. The eighth and ninth places were occupied by the drivers of the Alpine team, Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly, the last point was p

Mar182023 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Verstappen was stopped in qualifying by a drive axle failure

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Max Verstappen will start the F1 Saudi Grand Prix from fifteenth place after losing power in his RB19 at the start of the second part of qualifying. The honor of the Red Bull team was saved by Sergio Perez, who won the best starting position, and Verstappen, who was almost half a second faster than his rivals in the first part of qualifying, will chase victory from the front of the column tomorrow. On the way to the first victory of the year, Perez will certainly be most threatened by the Aston Martin racer, Fernando Alonso, who will start the race from second place, while George Russell and Carlos Sainz will start the race from the second starting row.

Mar182023 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Saudi Arabian Grand Prix: Perez won pole position for Red Bull after Verstappen's car broke down

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Max Verstappen, after the fastest times in the free practice sessions for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, finished at the start of the second part due to a car failure and took fifteenth place, but the Red Bull car will start the race in Jeddah from first place, as the second driver Red Bulla, Sergio Perez. Second place was achieved by Charles Leclerc, who will lose ten starting places due to the change of control electronics and will start the race from twelfth place. Due to the Monaco's penalty, Spaniard Fernando Alonso, who was third in qualifying, will advance to the first row. Mercedes driver George Russell was fourth, Carlos Sainz was fifth, Lance Stroll was sixth, Esteban Ocon was seventh, Lewis Hamilton was eighth, Oscar Piastri was ninth, and Pierre Gasly was tenth.

Mar172023 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Verstappen: Red Bull's advantage is smaller in Saudi Arabia than in Bahrain

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Max Verstappen believes there will be no repeat of his dominant performance at the Bahrain Grand Prix this weekend, as the competition looked much closer at the start of the Formula 1 race weekend in Saudi Arabia. Although the Dutchman led in both practice sessions at the Jeddah circuit, he said early race simulations indicated the competition would be much closer this weekend. The Red Bull driver believes that the different nature of the track, particularly the fact that it is not as taxing on the tyres, allows Red Bull's rivals to pose a much greater threat. At the end of the day, Verstappen said: "We had a positive day, but there are still some things we can improve. We are closer to each other, but more because of the tire management. You can't really push here, so I think the lap times are very tied. So,

Mar172023 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Verstappen also 2nd practice in Jeddah

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With a time of 1:29.603, Max Verstappen was also the fastest in Friday's second F1 free practice session for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) came close to his time by 0.208 seconds, while teammate Sergio Perez finished third with almost three-tenths of a second slower. The fourth practice time was set by Esteban Ocon (Alpine), while fifth was George Russell (Mercedes). The other Alpine driver, Pierre Gasly, was sixth, and we also saw both Ferraris in the top ten for the first time today. Charles Leclerc was ninth and Carlos Sainz tenth. The seventh practice time was achieved by Lance Stroll (Aston Martin), and the German Nico Hulkenberg (Haas) was eighth.

Mar272022 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Verstappen defeated Leclerc in Saudi Arabia and celebrated his first victory of the year

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Current world champion Max Verstappen, after a tense duel with Charles Leclerc in the last laps of the race for the Saudi Grand Prix, three laps before the end of the race, made a decisive overtaking to win. For the Red Bull racer, this is his first win of the year and his 21st of his career. Another Ferrari racer, Spaniard Carlos Sainz, finished the podium. https://twitter.com/F1/status/1508149242824642576 The race started without incidents, but as in the previous race, the new rules proved to be successful, as in the first part of the race we saw a duel lasting a few laps of Alpine racers. , Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon, and then Valtteri Bottas intervened. Lewis Hamilton started the race on harder tires and tried to gain as many meters as possible with the tactic of a later stop.

Mar272022 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Perez: If I’m the fastest here, I can be anywhere

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Mexican Sergio Perez finally won pole position in his 215th qualifier. The Mexican will start the Formula One race for the Saudi Arabia Grand Prix with the best starting position, which will be very important for the race, which takes place on a narrow track. But more than that, he was happy with the fact that he managed to beat all the competitors in the qualifications on a demanding racetrack. “If I can be the fastest here, then I can be anywhere,” he said. "This track is definitely the most challenging for a perfect lap, as you risk a lot all the time and you have to be extremely precise." Perez came to the best starting position very surprisingly, as Ferrari racer Charles Leclerc set the fastest times of all three free practice, and before the last fast laps he was both ahead of him and Carlos Sainze

Mar272022 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Wolff: That is not acceptable!

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The head of the Mercedes team, Toto Wolff, was very disappointed with the result of his team in the qualifications for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. He received a particularly painful blow when his star Lewis Hamilton dropped out of the first part of qualifying for the first time since 2019 simply due to a too slow lap. “This is the second race of the season and another confirmation that we are not where we want to be,” Wolff said. But what problems plague the Mercedes team? "In general, it's not just one problem. Quite a few parts of the car don't work, or we don't understand them, or they don't give the expected results. Look at the results of Lewis and Georg, but there aren't any big differences in settings. But they're obviously big enough." that one of the racers drops out in Q1 and the other progresses calmly in Q3. " https://twitter.com/F1/status/1

Mar262022 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Mick Schumacher misses the race in Saudi Arabia after an accident in qualifying

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German Mick Schumacher will not compete in the F1 race for the Saudi Grand Prix after suffering a serious accident in qualifying, in which, according to initial data, he was not seriously injured. The Haas team has announced that we will not see Schumacher in the race, but at the same time that his place will not be taken by anyone, so the colors of the American team will be represented only by the Dane Kevin Magnussen. https://twitter.com/HaasF1Team/status/1507816226088701952