Two weeks after his double at the first Grand Prix in Bahrain, Red Bull upped the ante at round two of the Formula 1 World Championship in Saudi Arabia on Sunday with Sergio Pérez winning ahead of Max Verstappen, who retained the lead.
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Starting from pole position, the Mexican, who was passed by Spaniard Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) on the first corner, ended up third, quickly took control not to let up while his teammate, who had started from 15th, took one celebrated a great race to catch up. especially due to the intervention of the safety car at the beginning of the race.
Walk forced to retire
For his part, Quebec’s Lance Stroll was unlucky and had to retire.
A problem with his Aston Martin forced him to retire on lap 18. He finished fourth and had an excellent start to the race.
In the first few moments of this second Grand Prix of the season, Stroll managed a good overtaking maneuver at the expense of Carlos Sainz (Ferrari). The Montreal native started fifth on the grid.
As a result, Stroll will fail to score points in his second straight race after finishing sixth in the Bahrain Grand Prix earlier this month.
With QMI agency