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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
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Gary Anderson: Verstappen Q2 exit made rivals’ gains misleading
On the face of it, six teams made progress relative to Red Bull comparing their best laptimes in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. But that doesn’t account for Max Verstappen’s Q2/Q3 absence; factoring him in paints a different picture, as Gary Anderson explains
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Russell has one luxury amid Mercedes F1 malaise, and it shows
There’s a clear difference in outlook between George Russell and Lewis Hamilton amid Mercedes’ current Formula 1 problems. There’s a very good reason for that, and Russell’s well aware of it
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This F1 team-mate battle’s taking an unexpected twist
There’s an eye-catching and against-expectations trend developing in one particular intra-team battle in the 2023 Formula 1 midfield
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Verstappen’s rivals think he can still win Saudi GP. Can he?
Max Verstappen’s Formula 1 rivals are sure he can still win the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix from 15th on the grid. We assess his chances
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Mark Hughes: The comparison Alonso’s win bid may depend on
Can Fernando Alonso trouble polesitter Sergio Perez in Formula 1’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix? Mark Hughes compares their fastest qualifying efforts and explains where Perez and Red Bull have the advantage over Alonso and the Aston
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How an F1 rookie’s ‘perfect weekend’ spiralled into a mess
A weird track limits infraction, a spin, a wall hit and last on the grid added up to a disastrous Saudi Arabian Grand Prix qualifying for Logan Sargeant. But up to then, he’d been impressing in Jeddah and on course to outperform team-mate Alex Albon