Saudi Arabian Grand Prix:Max Verstappen gets his first win of the 2022 season at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix

Max Verstappen had an absolutely buzzing race at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix as he wins the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix after losing the Bahrain Grand Prix to Charles Leclerc. After starting the race at P4, the Dutch driver quickly gained positions to lead the race as Red Bull teammate Sergio Perez suffered from an ill-timed pit stop. Mexican driver Sergio Perez who finished at P4 tonight had started the race at pole position today lost his lead after Williams’ Nicholas Latifi’s crash. Following the Canadian driver’s crash, the safety car was brought out and Perez had just pitted before the crash. After the crash, Leclerc and current defending world champion Max Verstappen got free pit stops and they took maximum advantage of it.

Charles Leclerc who started the race at P2 lost this win to the Dutchman when Verstappen gained on him with the advantage of DRS. Leclerc was able to hold off his lead for a while only for Verstappen to take the lead a while later. Leclerc and Spaniard teammate Carlos Sainz had a 2-3 podium finish as they continue to impress in their F1-75s.

Newly recruited Mercedes driver George Russell finished at P5 as Mercedes continues to get overshadowed by the tough Ferrari-Red Bull duel this season. 7-time world champion Lewis Hamilton finished at P10 after a disheartening qualifying on Saturday as this was his first race where he didn’t qualify in Q1 since the 2017 Brazil Grand Prix.

Events that went down in the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix

McLaren doesn’t seem to get ahead of their problems since the Bahrain Grand Prix as Daniel Ricciardo fails to finish the race and British teammate Lando Norris finishes at P7. Alpine who’ve had a surprisingly good run as of yet saw French driver Esteban Ocon finish with an impressive P6 with teammate Fernando Alonso retiring his car midway into the race in the fastest circuit in the world.

Kevin Magnussen continues to impress in his Haas as he finishes at P9 after a P5 finish last weekend. Sebastian Vettel’s replacement for this race, Nico Hulkenberg finished at twelfth place tonight.

A lot of the drivers failed to finish the race at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit as they retired their cars midway into the race. Drivers who had to retire their cars include the likes of Fernando Alonso, Daniel Ricciardo, Yuki Tsunoda, Valtteri Bottas, Alex Albon and Nicholas Latifi

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