The Mexican driver Sergio ‘Checo’ Pérez (Red Bull) won the Formula 1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, after leading the race from start to finish, thus taking his fifth victory in the highest category of motorsports.
The Czech’s reigning two-time champion and teammate Max Vestappen finished second after climbing from 15th after retiring in the second qualifying round with car problems.
However, ‘Mad Max’ maintains the championship lead by setting the fastest lap on the last lap and earning an extra point.
Spaniard Fernando Alonso, who started second, finished in third place after starting second and even passed Checo at the start, but was penalized five seconds for an incorrect position on the starting grid.
After the award ceremony, it was revealed that the Asturian driver was sanctioned with another ten seconds because Aston Martin did not correctly comply with the first 5-second penalty in the pits, for which he loses his third position in favor of George Russell, from Mercedes .
Britain’s Lewis Hamilton finished fifth, ahead of the two Ferraris of Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc.
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