Given Max Verstappen’s speed throughout the Jeddah weekend, many still expected him to be a threat for victory despite starting 15th. But, while the reigning champion easily made his way into second, team-mate Perez managed to stay out of reach to record his fifth F1 win.
Autosport’s new F1 writer Jake Boxall-Legge explains how Verstappen sliced through the pack and Perez held firm in our in-depth report, while Alex Kalinauckas takes a look at Perez’s title-challenging credentials now that it appears the Red Bull RB19 is in a league of its own.
