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Matt Kew

Red Bull sacrificed F1 Saudi Arabian GP qualifying pace for race - Perez

Ahead of what will be his 215th grand prix start, the two-time F1 race winner topped qualifying on the Corniche Circuit with his final soft tyre run in Q3 to depose the Ferrari team-mates.

Perez clocked a 1m28.200s effort to head Charles Leclerc by just 0.025s, while Q1 and Q3 pacesetter Carlos Sainz Jr struggled to unlock a new set of the red-walled C4 tyres and landed third.

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