Oscar Piastri's brilliant qualifying counted for nothing in Saudi Arabia, in another horror race for his team. 🏁👇 F1 SaudiArabianGP
, suffering front wing damage that forced him to pit on the opening lap.
Through the first two races of the season it has been two Red Bull wins, two 1-2 finishes, and an air of desperation from everyone else on the grid. Lewis Hamilton finished fifth as Mercedes went third and fifth just three days after the seven-time F1 champion said the team needed three other organisations not to finish a race for Mercedes to have a shot to win.The show in Saudi Arabaia was Verstappen, who overcame a mechanical problem in qualifying that forced him to start 15th and quickly worked his way up the grid. The Dutchman set the fastest lap of the race on the final lap to retain his hold atop the F1 points standings.
Perez soon regained the lead while Verstappen and Charles Leclerc — starting from 12th because of a 10-place grid penalty — chewed up the cars ahead of them.The 6.2-kilometre circuit beside the Red Sea is the quickest street track in F1 with average speeds exceeding 250 km/h, which suited Verstappen. It took him only a few seconds to pass Russell and Alonso didn't last long, either, making it a Red Bull shootout.
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