Verstappen overtook Leclerc within the dying moments of the race to take an exhilarating win
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View PhotosVerstappen has now opened his account within the 2022 world drivers championship
We at all times knew that 2022 would function a titanic duel between Verstappen and Leclerc and the second race of the season lived as much as the hype. Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc who certified in P2 managed to overhaul Red Bull’s Sergio Perez after the protection automotive got here out in the course of the first spherical of pit stops in Jeddah and was largely tailed by Verstappen within the race. Both the Red Bull and Ferrari have been equally matched with the Ferrari being simpler within the gradual sections of the observe whereas the Red Bull having a ten kph high pace benefit over the Ferrari on the world’s quickest avenue circuit. This benefit for Red Bull and Verstappen proved decisively because the reigning world champion closed in on Leclerc after a digital security automotive in the course of the forty fifth lap of the race. Then ensued a duel between the 2 until the tip of the race when Verstappen decisively managed to overhaul the Monegasque driver on the forty seventh lap and held on to win narrowly.
The two have been rivals since their carting days
Earlier within the race Verstappen pipped Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz Jr to take P3 with the Spaniard dropping all the way down to P4. However, when Perez pitted a security automotive got here out which handed a free pit cease to Leclerc, Sainz and Verstappen and the Mexican dropped all the way down to P4. Ferrari topped out one other strong race the place it managed to bag P2 and P3. Behind the Ferrari and Red Bull duo there was George Russell in P5 for the Mercedes, 5 locations forward of his 7-time world champion teammate Lewis Hamilton. Esteban Ocon was within the lone Alpine to complete in P6 simply forward of Lando Norris within the lone McLaren within the P7.
Pierre Gasly managed P8 for AlphaTauri forward of Kevin Magnussen within the Haas in P9. Gasly’s teammate Tsunoda did not begin the race because of a drive practice problem and Haas took the decision to not race Mick Schumacher after his horrific crash in Q2 yesterday in a bid to save lots of components for the subsequent race in Australia. Guanyu Zhou was the lone Alfa Romeo to complete in P11, forward of the Aston Martin pair of Hulkenberg and Stroll.
Ferrari has prolonged its lead of the constructors championship
This was actually a race of attrition the place two automobiles did not mainly begin the race and even Carlos Sainz’s Ferrari had a scare earlier than the beginning of the race with some electronics points. Alonso, Ricciardo, Bottas, Albon and Latifi all retired from the race and solely 13 automobiles completed, as an alternative of the same old 20.
Ferrari has prolonged its lead of the 2022 world championship whereas Leclerc and Sainz proceed to be P1 and P2 within the driver’s championship, however now are tailed by Verstappen and Red Bull.
Result
1 Max Verstappen Red Bull
2 Charles Leclerc Ferrari +0.549s
3 Carlos Sainz Ferrari +8.097s
4 Sergio Perez Red Bull +10.800s
5 George Russell Mercedes +32.732s
6 Esteban Ocon Alpine +56.017s
7 Lando Norris McLaren +56.124s
8 Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri +62.946s
9 Kevin Magnussen Haas +64.308s
10 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes +73.948s
11 Guanyu Zhou Alfa Romeo Racing +82.215s
12 Nico Hulkenberg Aston Martin +91.742s
13 Lance Stroll Aston Martin 1 lap
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Alex Albon – Williams – crash
Valtteri Bottas – Alfa Romeo –
Daniel Ricciardo – McLaren – engine
Fernando Alonso – Alpine – cooling
Nicholas Latifi – Williams – crash
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