Mexican Sergio Perez (Red Bull) won the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix in Jeddah on Sunday. His teammate, world champion Max Verstappen came in second. Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) finished third.
However, a penalty kick saw the Spanish driver removed from the lowest step of the podium. This is because during the race Fernando Alonso was penalized for starting the car in the wrong position. As a result, he lost five seconds on the pit stop.
And precisely for carrying out this penalty, the Spaniard was penalized again after the race. The rules say that when a driver is penalized, the team must remain five seconds without touching the car.. However, upon stopping at the pits, aOne of the team’s mechanics ended up hitting one of the wheels with a jack… and that caused the pilot to lose 10 seconds off his final time.
have left it head positionthe 33-year-old Mexican driver practically dominated the entire race, with Fernando Alonso (who finished second) posing no real threat to the Red Bulls’ dominance.
With this result, the Austrian team won the first two races of the championship and confirms what many feared before the start of the season: absolute dominance.
In the first race, two weekends ago, Red Bull also won. There it was Verstappen who finished first and Perez second.
With this result, Max Verstappen is first in the championship with 44 points – one more than Perez, who is second.
Source: DN
