Life goes on the same at the Great Circus at the start of the new season. The Dutch Max Verstappen (Red Bull), triple world champion, walked and won the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, the second of the Formula One World Championshipwhich was held this Saturday on the urban circuit of Yeda and in which the Spanish did not participate Carlos Sainz (Ferrari), had emergency surgery for appendicitis on Friday.
Verstappen, 26, He reinforced the lead with his second victory in the first two races of the year -his fifty-sixth in F1, in which he scored his 100th podium- and His teammate, the Mexican Sergio Pérez completed the second ‘double’ of the Red Bull course; in a race that the Monegasque Charles Leclerc (Ferrari), who set the fastest lap, finished third.
The Spanish double world champion Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin), in a second youth at 42 years old, completed another sensational race and managed to achieve a fantastic fifth place finish, one place behind the Australian Oscar Piastri (McLaren).
English George Russell (Mercedes) was sixthjust ahead of his young compatriot Oliver Bearman, ed 18 years old, who replaced Sainz in Ferrari in this Grand Prix.
Two other Englishmen, Lando Norris (McLaren) and seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes), were eighth and ninth, respectively.
The German Nico Hülkenberg (Haas) also entered the points, finishing tenth on the fastest street circuit in the World Championship.
The next test, the Australian Grand Prix, will be held in two weekends at the Albert Park semi-urban circuit in Melbourne.
2024-03-09 18:35:35
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