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Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso has lost his podium in Formula 1's Saudi Arabian Grand Prix after receiving another 10-second penalty after the race. Filip ...

[PrimePrimeFormula 1 ](/f1/news/why-a-mercedes-u-turn-couldnt-deny-saubers-f1-debut-surprise/10443406/) [PrimePrimeFormula 1 ](/f1/news/testing-times-for-vasseur-but-the-true-challenge-at-ferrari-is-about-to-come/10444080/) But I need to review."

Sergio Perez dominated the field around the Jeddah Street Circuit to take the fifth victory of his Formula One career at the 2023 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.

He's flying out there, just like his teammate Perez who now nearly holds a second gap to Alonso in the race lead. LIGHTS OUT: We're underway here in Jeddah and Alonso leads the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix!!! Lap 3: Perez now leads the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix!!! Leclerc is pressuring him from behind now as the Ferrari man makes his way past Gasly and up into P8. Lap 10: Leclerc opens up his DRS and breezes past Hamilton on the start/finish straight. That could explain how both Ferrari's managed to jump the Canadian in the pits. He manages to serve his five-second penalty and still maintain P2 on the track. Lap 34: Hamilton is now beginning to fall further back time-wise against his teammate as Russell responds to that potential decision to swap the Mercedes order. The difference in speed there between the Red Bull and the Mercedes cars was frightening. Lap 48: Not to jinx everyone in the top order but this race is just about done. On that occasion, the subsequent race didn't exactly go to plan as a safety car ruined his chance to earn top spot. The Aston Martin driver was originally demoted down to P4 after the race after gaining an additional 10-second penalty as his team failed to serve an earlier five-second penalty correctly in the pit lane, though that decision was later reversed by the FIA giving the Spaniard a landmark 100th career podium.

Fernando Alonso may have celebrated his 100th rostrum appearance in F1 at the 2023 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix – but the joy was short-lived, ...

Fernando Alonso may have celebrated his 100th rostrum appearance in F1 at the 2023 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix – but the joy was short-lived, after the stewards handed him a 10-second penalty after the race that dropped him to P4. [stunning launch](https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.race-start-alonso-pinches-the-lead-from-pole-sitter-perez-as-the-saudi.Ejca9YDdgebxPEujCuE73.html) from second on the grid to pass pole-sitter and eventual race winner Sergio Perez into Turn 1. Well, let F1 TV presenter Alex Brundle explain all…

Ferrari's poor late performance in Formula 1's 2023 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix now “proves” the team “lacks a bit of race pace” and is not second fastest, reckons ...

[PlusPlusFormula 1Saudi Arabian GP ](/f1/news/why-mercedes-is-fronting-up-to-its-f1-mistakes-too-much/10443144/) [PlusPlusFormula 1Saudi Arabian GP ](/f1/news/how-the-f1-driver-expression-saga-continues-to-have-a-lineker-like-problem/10443530/) [PlusPlusFormula 1Saudi Arabian GP ](/f1/news/testing-times-for-vasseur-but-the-true-challenge-at-ferrari-is-about-to-come/10443879/) Now, obviously, we cannot do magic to bring the developments early. “We need clean air to produce some kind of decent lap times. We lack a bit of race pace.”

Fernando Alonso's 100th career podium finish in Formula 1's Saudi Arabian Grand Prix has been reinstated after his Aston Martin squad won a right to review.

[PlusPlusFormula 1Saudi Arabian GP ](/f1/news/why-mercedes-is-fronting-up-to-its-f1-mistakes-too-much/10443144/) [PlusPlusFormula 1 ](/f1/news/why-a-mercedes-u-turn-couldnt-deny-saubers-f1-debut-surprise/10443178/) [PlusPlusFormula 1Saudi Arabian GP ](/f1/news/how-the-f1-driver-expression-saga-continues-to-have-a-lineker-like-problem/10443530/) [PlusPlusFormula 1Saudi Arabian GP ](/f1/news/testing-times-for-vasseur-but-the-true-challenge-at-ferrari-is-about-to-come/10443879/) And this is I think what is at the moment being clarified.” “There have been discussions,” he said.

Sergio Perez picked up the victory in Sunday's Saudi Arabian Grand Prix from pole position while teammate Max Verstappen, who started 15th due to a driveshaft ...

Elsewhere in the standings, Ferrari remains firmly in fourth place with Carlos Sainz finishing sixth and Charles Leclerc in seventh after starting 12th due to a grid penalty for exceeding allotted electronics control units. Although they came close to making contact, both ended up within the top 10 and now have Alpine in fifth place overall. The double-defending world champion appeared concerned about his driveshaft through the second half of the race, however, that didn't stop him from going all out on the final lap to snatch the fastest lap from Perez. Although Alonso beat Perez to the first turn, the Aston Martin was no match for the Red Bull just a few laps later once DRS was enabled. We'd still power rank Aston Martin ahead of Mercedes based on what we've seen so far head-to-head on the track, however, power rankings don't win championships. Perez boxed for his scheduled stop then Nicholas Latifi crashed to bring out the safety car.

The Mexican driver pipped Charles Leclerc and Fernando Alonso to take just the second pole of his F1 career, both of which have come at the same circuit in ...

He's flying out there, just like his teammate Perez who now nearly holds a second gap to Alonso in the race lead. LIGHTS OUT: We're underway here in Jeddah and Alonso leads the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix!!! Lap 3: Perez now leads the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix!!! Leclerc is pressuring him from behind now as the Ferrari man makes his way past Gasly and up into P8. Lap 10: Leclerc opens up his DRS and breezes past Hamilton on the start/finish straight. That could explain how both Ferrari's managed to jump the Canadian in the pits. He manages to serve his five-second penalty and still maintain P2 on the track. Lap 34: Hamilton is now beginning to fall further back time-wise against his teammate as Russell responds to that potential decision to swap the Mercedes order. The difference in speed there between the Red Bull and the Mercedes cars was frightening. Lap 48: Not to jinx everyone in the top order but this race is just about done. On that occasion, the subsequent race didn't exactly go to plan as a safety car ruined his chance to earn top spot. The Aston Martin driver was originally demoted down to P4 after the race after gaining an additional 10-second penalty as his team failed to serve an earlier five-second penalty correctly in the pit lane, though that decision was later reversed by the FIA giving the Spaniard a landmark 100th career podium.

Sergio Pérez a réussi à défendre sa position de tête pour la première fois et a triomphé au Grand Prix d'Arabie saoudite, dimanche.

« À un certain point, nous avons décidé de ne pas tenter d’aller chercher la première place, mais de nous contenter du deuxième rang, a admis Verstappen. La FIA croyait initialement qu’un mécanicien avait touché à la voiture avant la fin de la pénalité de cinq secondes, ce qui a mené à une seconde pénalité, cette fois de dix secondes. Verstappen a fait preuve de patience et a fait fi de sa 15e position de départ pour terminer au deuxième rang. Cependant, sa position illégale – légèrement décalée vers la gauche – sur la grille de départ lui a valu une pénalité de cinq secondes à reprendre lors d’un arrêt aux puits. Alonso a terminé la course en troisième place malgré une pénalité, et ce, avec plus de cinq secondes d’avance sur George Russell. Une approche qui lui a permis de prendre le premier rang d’emblée.

Fernando Alonso criticised Saudi Arabian Grand Prix stewards on Sunday for a 10-second post-race penalty that denied him a 100th career podium in Formula ...

"I am happy in the end with the result tonight and our second podium. They had enough time to really inform about the penalty. If I knew that, maybe I open 11 seconds to the car behind. without being penalised." Today we didn't put on a good show, I think, for our fans. Register for free to Reuters and know the full story

Mercedes driver George Russell was left feeling satisfied with the performance he delivered across the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix weekend, though admitted ...

“But clearly, we have made some small steps compared to Bahrain. “To be honest, [it was] not really [expected]. “P4 for me, it’s been probably one of my strongest weekends in F1.

Red Bull Racing maintained its impressive start to the 2023 Formula 1 season in Saudi Arabia – though this time it was Sergio Perez who led home World ...

“We were able to have a good race, get a good start, manage the tires well – especially on the hard compound when I was on older tires than Tsunoda and actually had less degradation. That we have a weakness in the race, that we need to wait for developments to come to see if we can improve that weakness.” “It was a bit worse in the race than we were hoping for, we struggled in the dirty air too much. I was then able to get past him at the end, and we managed to get a point.” McLaren suffered another dismal race in Saudi Arabia – from a race that had initial promise on one side of the garage. It later emerged that both Race Control and the FIA’s Remote Operations Centre had initially given Alonso the all-clear but was then prodded on the last lap – likely by a rival team that would benefit – to take another look at the situation. “The last stint on the Hard [tires] proves that we are not where we want to be,” said Sainz. But it is a little bit sad for the FIA yes.” “So I thought that communication was the same to Max. But shortly after third-placed Alonso celebrated the 100th podium of his career he was hit with a 10-second time drop due to the original penalty being incorrectly served. Red Bull’s pace advantage around the Jeddah Corniche Circuit was such that he was able to breeze past Fernando Alonso – having lost out on the opening lap – and from there he opened and preserved a buffer to his closest challengers. Verstappen holds a slender one-point buffer over Perez in the championship on account of setting the race’s fastest lap.

F1 pundits have questioned whether the British team can take back Fernando's podium.

DRIVERS1 – Sergio PÉREZ (Red Bull Racing)2 – Max VERSTAPPEN (Red Bull Racing)3 – Fernando ALONSO (Aston Martin) / George RUSSELL (Mercedes) ** Alonso ...

I think a little bit of common sense needs to be shown and ultimately, I think he was a bit to the left, was that right? I was having some strange vibrations and obviously what happened to Max was in the back of my mind today, and I'm sure he was in the back of the mind of the team as well so it was just a matter of making sure both cars finished to maximise maximum points. I just felt like there was a point where - I don't know - for the last 10 laps or so that we had very similar pace, within a tenth, faster or slower. I just thought that was a little bit senseless, really, so I think we all need to come together and just find a common centre ground. It’s a point on the line, it was the same also in Bahrain it got asked so especially when it's just between the two cars, I think it's quite normal that you asked for what the fastest lap is. I mean, of course, it all helps, we both, I think, have a good feeling with the car. I enjoyed it a lot, especially at the end, just pushing each other with the lap times, knowing that he went a tenth faster, a tenth slower, a tenth faster and it was all pretty intense and then we were told to maintain a certain pace. And then it was only in the last five laps, I found out that he might be getting a penalty. Today, luckily, didn't do that but it started to have a similar effect on the feeling of driving and what you could hear MV: Yeah, right to the finish but, I mean, I was in second, we had a big gap behind,. But once I cleared them one by one we got into a good rhythm and of course they are very happy to be here on the podium. I mean, the job they've done, they've worked so hard during the weekend, you know, we have had a lot of mechanical issues and these guys have been on top of that, so I'm really happy for them and it's time to celebrate.

Ferrari's poor performance late in Formula 1's Saudi Arabian Grand Prix proves the team "lacks a bit of race pace" and is not second fastest, reckons Carlos ...

[PrimePrimeFormula 1 ](/f1/news/why-mercedes-is-fronting-up-to-its-f1-mistakes-too-much/10443160/) [PrimePrimeFormula 1 ](/f1/news/why-a-mercedes-u-turn-couldnt-deny-saubers-f1-debut-surprise/10443406/) [PrimePrimeFormula 1 ](/f1/news/testing-times-for-vasseur-but-the-true-challenge-at-ferrari-is-about-to-come/10444080/) Now, obviously, we cannot do magic to bring the developments early. We just eat them alive. We lack a bit of race pace."

Suggestions that Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund explored making a $20 billion bid to take over Formula One were “purely speculation,” according to the ...

Saudi Arabia is also in contention to host the opening race of the 2024 F1 season. Prince Khalid bin Sultan Al-Abdullah Al-Faisal, the chairman of the Saudi Motorsport Company that runs the race, said he expected it to remain in Jeddah until at least 2027 or 2028 as construction continues in Qiddiya. The demand is there and we will have two beautiful facilities.” Those debuts have led to criticism that the push is Aramco has trackside branding and title sponsorship for races, including last year’s United States Grand Prix in Austin, Texas, and is also a title sponsor of the Aston Martin team. “It took a lot of heat and a lot of response and things between them, with the FIA and so on.

Saudi Arabian Grand Prix winner Sergio Perez praised Red Bull's decision to allow racing between him and Formula 1 team-mate Max Verstappen, but felt both could ...

[PrimePrimeFormula 1Saudi Arabian GP ](/f1/news/how-perez-kept-verstappens-saudi-arabian-gp-surge-at-bay/10446370/) So it was just a matter of making sure both cars finished to get maximum points." "I was just thinking about the car.