Formula 1

Sergio Perez converted pole position into victory at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix as team mate Max Verstappen recovered from P15 to make it successive ...

Alonso took the lead into Turn 1 but a subsequent time penalty for lining up outside his grid box, coupled with the relentless pace of the Red Bulls, meant he had to settle for third place. “The team did a fantastic job. Mercedes and Ferrari had no answers for Red Bull’s pace as they distantly followed in two-by-two formation, Russell getting the better of team mate Lewis Hamilton, and Carlos Sainz leading Charles Leclerc home. we really did a job in the first stint, but that Safety Car again tried to take the victory from us in Jeddah – but not this time! I don’t know what to do.” Sergio Perez converted pole position into victory at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix as team mate Max Verstappen recovered from P15 to make it successive one-two finishes for Red Bull. That Safety Car… In the meantime, Perez found another level of pace to respond to Verstappen’s charge and stabilise the lead gap at just over five seconds, with a similar margin back to Alonso in third, followed by the Mercedes cars, the Ferraris and the Alpines. Ferrari duo Sainz and Leclerc sandwiched the Mercedes of Hamilton, as Tsunoda – another to benefit from the timing of the Safety Car – Ocon and Gasly rounded out the points-paying positions. That strategic move paid off for Ferrari when Sainz pitted on Lap 16, and Leclerc a lap later, with both drivers getting the jump on Stroll as they rejoined the action – the Canadian’s evening then ending dramatically when he was told to stop his car on track. When the grid formed up and the lights went out – with most drivers opting for medium tyres – Alonso sent the crowd wild as he bolted off the line to snatch the lead from Perez into Turn 1, with Russell slotting into P3 ahead of Stroll and Sainz. Perez overcame an attack from Alonso at the start, a nervy Safety Car period and Verstappen’s charge from the midfield to make up for the potential win he lost at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit a year ago – kick-starting his championship hopes in the process.

World champ Max Verstappen makes up 13 places but can't beat team mate in Jeddah.

Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) It took him only a few seconds to pass Russell and Alonso didn't last long, either, making it a Red Bull shootout. Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) Max Verstappen (Red Bull) I was in second, we had a big gap. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) There have been no signs of an offseason drop in performance and George Russell, who moved up to third after the Alonso penalty on on Monday, predicted after the season-opener that Red Bull would win every race this season. Sergio Perez (Red Bull) We settled for second which was a very good recovery. George Russell (Mercedes) “The team did a fantastic job. He was briefly leading the championship standings until Verstappen slipped ahead by logging the fastest lap.

So far, that is just what it is doing. Sergio Pérez breezed to Red Bull's second victory in two races on Sunday, capturing the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix with a ...

Red Bull, he said, “is on another planet.” But when the 25th lap arrived, that was right where he was: P2, or second place, with only his teammate Pérez ahead. Verstappen, meanwhile, was picking his way through the pack behind him with ease. “Red Bull is in another league,” Alonso had said before the race. Red Bull, he said, [might just win every race](https://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/64856910). [the first race of the Formula 1 season](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/05/sports/autoracing/formula-1-race-bahrain.html), he had declared the chase for the season championship over.

Max Verstappen looks to make it two for two in 2023 at today's Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. Here's how to watch without cable.

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Lap-by-lap report: Can the field capitalise on a rare qualifying mis-step from Max Verstappen? Find out with John Brewin.

17/50 Leclerc pits and so Verstappen is in fourth but still to pit. Verstappen has the fastest lap now, and Hamilton is the only drover on medium tyres. 19/50 Alonso pits, takes his penalty and stays ahead of Russell for second. 20/50 Stroll pulling up did a solid for his colleague Fernando Alonso in the Aston. 42/50 The action is at the back of the field, at this point. 28/50 Russell is told to let Hamilton in but then tells his team Alonso has a penalty. The gap between Perez and Verstappen is 5.5 seconds or thereabouts. 44/50 Perez has the fastest lap and if he retains that then he will be the championship lead over Verstappen, who is going to fall short of the 16/21 races he had targeted. 26/50 Alex Albon calls in to his Williams team. 33/50 Leclerc is not happy with his car. 38/50 Verstappen is not happy. The last few laps will see him and Verstappen try and land the fastest lap.

Fernando Alonso's joy at taking his 100th Formula 1 penalty in the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix turned sour on Sunday evening, after he was handed a 10-second ...

[READ MORE: Perez fends off Verstappen to win action-packed Saudi Arabian GP as Alonso loses podium](https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.perez-fends-off-verstappen-to-win-action-packed-saudi-arabian-gp-as-alonso.329xV14gKVrf1iU6dOkISI.html) They told me just five seconds in the first stint, and I opened seven or eight. I care, but I don’t care that much! [RACE START: Alonso pinches the lead from pole-sitter Perez as the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix gets under way](https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.race-start-alonso-pinches-the-lead-from-pole-sitter-perez-as-the-saudi.Ejca9YDdgebxPEujCuE73.html) Now I have apparently three points less; I don’t have 15, I have 12. After being informed of the news, Alonso told Sky Sports F1: “It doesn’t hurt much, to be honest.

Fernando Alonso has lost his 100th Formula 1 podium, having been assessed a penalty by the FIA stewards after the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.

“I think now the discussion is around the jack touching car or not,” Aston Martin team principal Mike Krack confirmed later on. Russell’s newfound podium finish is his 10th in Formula 1 and opens Mercedes’ account for the season in terms of silverware amid what has been a disheartening start to life with its W14 car – which the team has already confirmed that it will be revising massively, feeling it got the concept of the car wrong. It is not yet exactly clear what the pitstop infringement was, though – with crew members not allowed to touch the car during the serving of the time penalty – the rear jack did appear to touch Alonso’s AMR23 before the penalty had been properly served.

Follow along live with all the action from the F1 2023 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix - the second race of the season, coming from the Jeddah Corniche Circuit.

You can easily switch between live timing and the live blog via the tabs. In the blog, we will provide you with the latest developments during the race in Saudi Arabia. A driveshaft failure in Q2 put Verstappen out and leaves him 15th on the grid for the race at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit, with Fernando Alonso joining Perez on the front row.

Sergio Perez sealed a fifth career Formula 1 victory after taking a dominant win in the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, while also leading home a second Red Bull ...

Perez’s team mate, Max Verstappen, finished second after starting from 15th on the grid – due to suffering a driveshaft issue in qualifying. Sergio Perez sealed a fifth career Formula 1 victory after taking a dominant win in the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, while also leading home a second Red Bull one-two finish to start the year. HIGHLIGHTS: Watch the action from a thrilling Saudi Arabian Grand Prix as Perez leads a Red Bull 1-2

Fernando Alonso's joy has turned to heartbreak in an instant in Jeddah on Monday morning after being stripped of his 100th podium finish for failing to ...

With a similar incident happening to Alpine’s Estaban Ocon in Bahrain in the first race of the season, the precedent had been well established for Alonso to be handed an additional 10-second time penalty, dropping him from P3 to P4. The regulations state that cars must wait for the duration of the penalty before touching the car if the time penalty is served in a pit stop. After the race, Alonso tore into the FIA for the length of time it took them to give the second penalty. The officials ruled that, while serving the penalty, the rear jack to lift Alonso’s car up for the tyre change had made contact with the AMR23 before the five-second penalty had been completed. It was, however, short-lived, with Alonso handed a 5-second time penalty for lining up outside of his grid box, ending up about half a tyre’s width to the left of his P2 spot. The pace of the Aston Martin kept Alonso in a strong position for the rest of the race, coming home third behind a victorious Sergio Perez, as well as a surging Max Verstappen who charged from 15th on the grid to second.

Sergio Perez holds off team-mate Max Verstappen to take a Red Bull one-two in the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.

Alonso was too far to the left, and had his left-hand wheels out of the grid box on the track. He served it at his pit stop under the safety car but towards the end of the race Mercedes told Russell to push as hard as he could to keep the margin between the two cars to less than five seconds in case Alonso was penalised for the pit stop itself. In the stop, the mechanic at the back of the car touched it with the rear jack before the penalty time was up and the stewards punished him post-race, giving Russell his first "podium" of the season, even though Alonso stood on it with Red Bull drivers. Verstappen set his mind on trying to set fastest lap and clinched it on the final lap - stealing it from Perez - to ensure he leads the championship by virtue of the point he gained for setting it. Perez was 5.4 seconds in front by the time Verstappen got into second place and was able to hold the margin at about that same amount for the rest of the race. He served it in his pit stop, but it was adjudged that the team had broken the rules by touching the car before the five seconds had elapsed and he was given a 10-second penalty as a result, promoting Russell to third.

Mercedes driver George Russell was left feeling satisfied with the performance he delivered across the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix weekend, though admitted ...

“But clearly, we have made some small steps compared to Bahrain. “To be honest, [it was] not really [expected]. “P4 for me, it’s been probably one of my strongest weekends in F1.

Fernando Alonso has had his controversial Saudi Arabian Grand Prix penalty overturned, which reinstates his third-place finish.

It is understood that these related to the front jack rather than the rear. Nonetheless, the team argued this proved it was incorrect to assert there was an agreement that “touching the car in any way, including with a jack, would constitute “working” on the car”. The team successfully argued that the stewards were wrong to believe there was an emphatic agreement in place that the jack touching the car did indeed constitute working on it.

The drama has continued hours on from the Formula One Grand Prix in Jeddah finishing.

Teams have a a right of review of sporting decisions, and a clearly agitated Aston Martin submitted a letter to the stewards appealing the decision to give Alonso the additional 10-second penalty. With a similar incident happening to Alpine’s Estaban Ocon in Bahrain in the first race of the season, the precedent had been well established for Alonso to be handed an additional 10-second time penalty, dropping him from P3 to P4. After the race, Alonso tore into the FIA for the length of time it took them to give the second penalty. The pace of the Aston Martin kept Alonso in a strong position for the rest of the race, coming home third behind a victorious Sergio Perez, as well as a surging Max Verstappen who charged from 15th on the grid to second. It was, however, short-lived, with Alonso handed a 5-second time penalty for lining up outside of his grid box, ending up about half a tyre’s width to the left of his P2 spot. Fernando Alonso has been reinstated to his third placing, after being bumped to fourth soon after the race for not completing a five-second penalty correctly.