Formula 1: Pérez's ride, Verstappen's comeback and a huge role of the FIA ​​with Alonso

It seems that the biggest story to leave this Formula 1 season is whether

will win every race.

Yes, 23 until it all ends at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on November 26.

Aston Martin, suspected of having a similar design, may battle with Fernando Alonso, like yesterday in Jeddah, for a few laps.

Mercedes is not close to his heels and can barely scratch a podium.

And Ferrari is too sorry.

So if Max Verstappen had celebrated in the opening race in Bahrain, yesterday he brought Sergio Pérez the greatest joy in Saudi Arabia.

The Mexican driver won the fifth Grand Prix of his career and for the fourth time he did it on a street circuit.

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A specialty of the house.

Although his triumphant debut had been with Racing Point in Bahrain 2020, since he came to Red Bull he has only won in street races: in 2021, in Baku;

in 2022, on the glorious circuit of Monaco and in Singapore;

and now in Jeddah.

“I was close to victory here last year (he took pole and was fourth).

This time I have succeeded.

The team has done an amazing job.

We will continue to attack hard.

The important thing is that we have achieved this double.

We still have work to do with our starts and we have to improve on that”, Pérez pointed out.

Reason is not lacking.

It's just that

and enjoys an Aston Martin that runs very well.

The Spaniard overtook the Mexican in the first corner and held on at the top for a few laps, but Red Bull was going to overtake him for sure.

So it was.

Then Verstappen would do the same and Alonso would finish third, get on the podium, celebrate, they would sing to him from his team... and all so that they immediately sanctioned him and dropped him to fourth place.

But three hours later, in another FIA paper, they restored third place to him, so Alonso celebrated his hundredth podium.

What happened?

At the start he misplaced the car and was penalized with 5 seconds.

But he was lucky, because he pitted when the front runners came in, after the safety car that came out when Lance Stroll (Aston Martin) retired.

It was the ideal moment to wait those 5 seconds and just then change the tires.

So it was.

He returned to the track and was third.

But after a claim from Mercedes, they penalized him with 10 more seconds because the FIA ​​considered that the team touched the car prematurely.

Alonso's fury was total, because the FIA ​​took forever.

But three hours later, the entity backed down and restored him to third place because

." A jerk.

Of course,

, the Dutch machine that was not happy.

“The team was happy because I came back to second place.

”, said the two-time world champion laconic, as superb as he was brutal as a pilot.

Winning is in the essence of him and he was made very clear by what he did in Saudi Arabia.

Verstappen started from 15th position after the poor performance of his Red Bull in qualifying.

But the driver and that car with the perfect combination and the Dutchman got rid of all his rivals like poles.

He couldn't get to Perez because he kept asking if there was a problem he felt but the team couldn't verify.

Then came a key moment.

From the team they suggested to the Mexican to go at a lower rate.

And Pérez then asked if Verstappen would do the same.

The Mexican insisted so much that the team backed down and the Latino was on his way to his fifth victory in Formula 1.

Mercedes, with fourth place for George Russell and fifth for Lewis Hamilton, came out with reinforced confidence.

Ferrari, on the other hand, had a terrifying Sunday:

The Monegasque synthesized his frustration with an insult on the radio and a message to the team:

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