Formula 1 Saudi Arabia Grand Prix 2024 was held at Jeddah Corniche Circuit beside the Red Sea.
Max Verstappen won the race, Sergio Perez came second and Charles Leclerc secured third on the podium.
The Red Bulls were unbeatable and added maximum points to the constructor championship bank. They are in a different league.
Ferrari is second in the race pace till now and second in the constructor championship. Charles started second on the grid but finished third on the podium.
Let’s discuss the DRIVER OF THE DAY, Oliver Bearman, a Formula 1 debutant, from England, who finished seventh and added 6 points in the Formula 1 driver championship. He was the star of the weekend. During the race, he overtakes Tsunoda at turn 1. At the end of the race, he picked up his pace to defend his sixth position from Lando and Hamilton.
Mclaren ran third in the race pace and constructor championship. Oscar finished fourth while Lando finished eighth. Oscar was fighting Hamilton after the safety car but was not able to overtake him successfully, after Hamilton pit-stopped for a soft tyre, Oscar was clear to move forward in clear air.
Lando didn’t pit for new tyres during the safety car and pitted at the later stage of the race just after Hamilton pit-stopped. After getting new soft tyres he defended strongly from Hamilton. While defending at straight before turn 1 he waved to defend from Hamilton and received a black and white flag.
Mercedes finished P6 and P9 in the race, after two races their pace is somewhere around Mclaren and Aston. George pitted during the safety car but Hamilton pitted later around lap 35 for new soft tyres. He was struggling and unhappy with the car's race pace.
Aston finished P5 with Fernando while Stroll hit the wall and retired. At the last stage of the race, Fernando was doing his best laps to defend his position.
Haas finished P10 and P12 with Nico and Kevin, Kevin got two 10-second penalties. And he led the DRS train for the P12 position, with Ocon, Tsunoda, Albon, Logan and Daniel. Kevon was playing the team game which led them to add 1 point to the constructor championship.
Williams finished P11 and P14 with Albon and Logan. Logan was stuck in the DRS train while Albon was driving amazingly, tried some amazing overtake at turn 13 but was unsuccessful.
Alpine finished P13 with Ocon and another car retired. Gasly’s car warned for a gearbox issue before the start of the race, but only after starting the race did he retire the car.
RB finished P15 and P16 with Tsunoda and Daniel, Daniel was struggling while his team-mate Tsunoda lost his position from P9 to P15. Tsunoda was trying hard but it resulted in only losing the place.
Sauber finished P17 and P18 with Bottas and Zhou, they came last. This race was not good for them, hopefully, they could fight back up the grid.
Some facts…
This circuit persists in its safety car record for 100%. This time it was Stroll’s crash who invited the safety car.
4 Brits finished in the points. (George, Oliver, Lando and Hamilton).
Fastest lap point gained by Charles Leclerc.
Some of the fastest laps were achieved in the race's last lap, including Charles, Max, Oliver and Albon.
The next race is the Australian Grand Prix, a home race for McLaren driver Oscar Piastri and RB driver Daniel Ricciardo.
What was your favourite moment of the race? Let us know.
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