The Spanish Carlos Sainz Jr. (Ferrari) was third, completing the podium at the Jeddah circuit.
Verstappen He was therefore able to beat the Ferraris, who had taken the first two places a week ago in Bahrain (Leclerc then first and Sainz Jr. second).
As in Sakhir, Verstappen and Leclerc they put on a show and were fighting for victory in the closing laps, but this time the 2021 champion was able to take the win, having had to retire last weekend.
The Mexican Sergio Perezaboard the other Red Bull, had started the race from pole but finished fourth in the race.
The driver from Guadalajara led the race in its first part, but had no luck stopping to change his tires just before an accident by the Canadian Nicholas Latifi (Williams), which caused the safety car to come out.
His immediate pursuers took advantage of the ‘free’ pit stop thanks to that ‘safety car’ to overtake him.
“Czech” Perez, who had abandoned in Bahrain on the last lap when he was among the first, adds his first points of the season. On Saturday he also became the first Mexican to get a pole position in Formula 1.
English Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes), seven times world champion, had started in 15th position on the grid after a poor qualifying session on Saturday and entered this Sunday very just inside the scoring zone, finishing the race tenth.
The other Mercedes, the British George Russellhad a better performance and finished fifth.
the french Stephen Ocon (Alpine) and Pierre Gasley (AlphaTauri) were sixth and eighth respectively, with English lando norris (McLaren) in seventh place, between the two.
The Spanish Fernando Alonso (Alpine) left with fifteen laps to go due to an engine failure.
This Sunday the echoes of the strong accident suffered in the qualifying session by the German were still heard Mike Schumacher (Haas), who was ruled out of the race.
The 23-year-old said he was physically “ready to race” in Jeddah but his team chose not to urgently rebuild the damaged car and keep replacement parts for the next Grand Prix in Australia from April 8-10.
The Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, already controversial due to the dangerous nature of the track and above all due to human rights violations in the country, was also in the news for security reasons.
Sunday’s race was held despite the fact that on Friday there was an attack, claimed by Yemeni Houthi rebels, against an oil installation located about twelve kilometers from the circuit.
Concerned about safety, the pilots debated the issue for four hours overnight from Friday to Saturday before agreeing to proceed.
Source: Ambito
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