Red Bull’s Sergio Pérez was triumphant in the second race of the season with Max Verstappen runner-up and and George Russell third
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The Spaniard was initially demoted to fourth after being given a 10-second time penalty post-race for incorrectly serving an in-race penalty, a decision then rescinded after a review submitted by Aston to the FIA at gone midnight local time. When finally concluded it meant George Russell remained in fourth and Lewis Hamilton finished fifth, a glimmer of improvement for Mercedes after a trying first race of the season.
The Red Bull team principal, Christian Horner, acknowledged the job his team had done. “The team, all credit to them, they’ve built an incredible car,” he said. Horner hailed Pérez as having driven probably his best ever race and also Verstappen in executing a precision comeback drive. “He was patient,” he said. “He picked the cars off and then progressed through the field, so a phenomenal recovery for him.
Struggling all weekend, Hamilton was left clutching at straws flying in dirty air and looking hopefully into what seems to be the distant future. “I went forward, which is always the hope, but the strategy didn’t work out and the setup was a bit off,” said the seven-times world champion. “There’s lots of work to do but there are positives to take away from it.”
Verstappen, in turn, had a mountain to climb and duly scaled it with alacrity. The reigning champion has demonstrated form in scything through the field in the past, coming from 20th to second at Russia in 2021 and notably last year from 14th to win at Spa. However, given the treacherous nature of the Jeddah circuit, this achievement was especially impressive.
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