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Russell: More common sense needed for ‘too extreme’ F1 penalties

Don’t expect George Russell to feel too aggrieved about losing the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix podium he got to enjoy for a couple of hours while Formula 1 rival Fernando Alonso’s post-race penalty was being hashed out

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F1 podcast: Alonso’s non-penalty and tension at Red Bull

Fernando Alonso’s rescinded penalty and signs of intra-team tension at Red Bull take centre stage in the post-Jeddah episode of The Race F1 Podcast

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Mark Hughes: Red Bull’s driver face-off exposed its fragility

Max Verstappen’s defiance of orders from his Red Bull team set up a fascinating all-Red Bull time trial at the front of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. Their duel exposed just how fragile this year’s RB19 could be – even though it’s been devastatingly supreme so far

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Alonso penalty saga will prompt immediate F1 rule clarification

Aston Martin’s successful challenge of Fernando Alonso’s penalty in the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix will prompt a rule clarification before Formula 1’s next race in Australia

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Our verdict on the intra-team angst in Red Bull’s easy win

Red Bull had no trouble getting a Saudi Arabian Grand Prix 1-2 even with one car starting only 15th. But the rumbles of discord between Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez hint at something that might end up defining the 2023 Formula 1 season. Here are our writers’ thoughts on it

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Alonso gets Saudi GP F1 podium back after penalty overturned

Fernando Alonso has had his controversial Saudi Arabian Grand Prix penalty overturned, which reinstates his third-place finish and gives him his 100th Formula 1 podium after all

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Hamilton: 2023 Red Bull most dominant F1 car I’ve ever seen

Seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton says the 2023 Red Bull is “the fastest car I’ve seen compared to the rest” in Formula 1, arguing it is more dominant than any of the Mercedes cars he drove to world titles

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Winners and losers from F1’s 2023 Saudi Arabian GP

More losers than winners in our pick of the stars and flops of Formula 1’s 2023 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, as plenty of teams ended Jeddah with reasons to be troubled

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Alonso ‘feels sorry’ for Russell over inherited Saudi GP podium

Fernando Alonso says he feels sorry for George Russell and Mercedes that they didn’t get to celebrate the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix podium they inherited from his penalty – but is also sure that he’d have still beaten Russell if he’d been told of the penalty by the FIA in time

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Perez bothered by ‘different info’ to Verstappen on fastest lap

Saudi Arabian Grand Prix winner Sergio Perez feels he was given “different information” to Red Bull Formula 1 team-mate Max Verstappen and wants to review the circumstances behind him losing the fastest lap point

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Alonso loses podium finish at F1’s Saudi GP after penalty

Fernando Alonso has lost his 100th Formula 1 podium, having been handed a penalty by the FIA stewards after the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix at Jeddah

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Perez holds Verstappen at bay for Saudi Arabian GP win

Max Verstappen came from 15th to second in the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, but Red Bull team-mate Sergio Perez won amid tense radio traffic