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Verstappen Leads Red Bull One-Two in First Saudi Practice

Formula One champion Max Verstappen shrugged off a stomach upset and picked up where he left off on Friday, with the Dutch driver leading Red Bull teammate Sergio Perez one-two in first practice for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso, third in the March 5 opener in…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Alonso rolls back the years as Aston Martin threaten to break monopoly

The 41-year-old Spaniard finished third ahead of Ferrari and Mercedes in Bahrain and team confidence is high in Jeddah

The Guardian - UK

How commercial success has fuelled Aston Martin's on-track F1 speed

However, in one area the Silverstone team has already been operating at a high level and attracting envious glances from the competition.

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Saudi Arabian GP: Verstappen tops first F1 practice from Perez, Alonso

They were followed by the Mercedes duo and Carlos Sainz as the lead Ferrari driver in seventh, with his penalty-addled team-mate Charles Leclerc down in 11th but with the red car pair running a notably different run plan to the leaders.

Motorsport

F1 Saudi Arabian GP: Verstappen leads Red Bull 1-2 in opening practice

Autosport

F1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix race start time, starting grid and how to watch

The new F1 season began in earnest earlier this month with the Bahrain Grand Prix, won comfortably by Max Verstappen in an ominous display of Red Bull dominance

Daily Mirror

Leclerc not spending energy on "unfounded" Ferrari F1 rumours

Ferrari was well off the pace of Red Bull in the season-opening Sakhir race and Leclerc retired early with a power unit issue. His team-mate Carlos Sainz lost out to Fernando Alonso’s Aston Martin on the way to fourth.

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The thinking behind Aston Martin's unique F1 'slidepods'

Fernando Alonso's shock podium finish in Bahrain, allied to incredible pace in pre-season testing, has left the team in the mix near the front of the field.

Motorsport

Damon Hill makes Saudi Arabia GP prediction which will leave Red Bull concerned

Former F1 world champion Damon Hill has forecast a tougher time of things for Red Bull at Sunday's Saudi Arabian Grand Prix after the titleholders claimed a one-two finish in Bahrain

Daily Mirror

Alonso: Lots more to come from Aston Martin’s “basic” F1 car

Aston Martin stunned the paddock with its promising pace during winter testing, which was confirmed in the Bahrain Grand Prix as Alonso scored a podium on his first race for the Silverstone-based team.

Autosport

Alonso: Lots more to come from Aston Martin's "basic" F1 car

Motorsport

Verstappen: ‘No surprise’ that 2023 F1 grid closed up after copying design

In Q1 for the Bahrain Grand Prix, the entire field was covered by just 1.2s, with the teams outside last year's top five all making vast improvements compared to their 2022 form.

Autosport

Verstappen: 'No surprise' that 2023 F1 grid closed up after copying Red Bull

In Q1 for the Bahrain Grand Prix, the entire field was covered by just 1.2s, with the teams outside last year's top five all making vast improvements compared to their 2022 form.

Motorsport

Why Saudi Arabian GP could throw up a different F1 mix to Bahrain

Certainly, the first two contests on the Jeddah Corniche Circuit haven’t been short of talking points. See Verstappen clipping the wall in 2021 to scupper his hitherto sensational Q3 lap before the title battle with Lewis Hamilton took another heated turn, as the protagonists repeatedly went wheel-to-wheel between red flags…

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Why the Saudi GP could throw up a different F1 mix to Bahrain

Certainly, the first two contests on the Jeddah Corniche Circuit haven’t been short of talking points. See Verstappen clipping the wall in 2021 to scupper his hitherto sensational Q3 lap before the title battle with Lewis Hamilton took another heated turn as the protagonists repeatedly went wheel-to-wheel between red flags…

Daily Mirror

Sky Sports presenter snubs Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen to name top F1 driver

Hamilton and Verstappen have, between them, won ever F1 drivers' title since 2017 and all but one since 2014 – but Sky's Naomi Schiff thinks there might be a better driver on the grid

Autosport

2023 F1 Saudi Arabian GP – How to watch, session timings and more

After a dramatic 2023 opener in Bahrain, dominated by Red Bull as Max Verstappen led home a 1-2 from team-mate Sergio Perez and Fernando Alonso pulled off a surprise podium for Aston Martin, attention turns to Jeddah and a set of different challenges.

Daily Mirror

Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso fight left "little scars" prompting McLaren's next act

Heikki Kovalainen, the man who replaced Fernando Alonso at McLaren, tells Mirror Sport about the atmosphere in the team following the Spaniard's feud with Lewis Hamilton

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What Aston Martin got right to shake up F1’s order

What made it stand out was the fact that Aston Martin’s top three finish pretty much came out of the blue for a team that had headed in to the winter quite under the radar.

Daily Mirror

F1 pundits can't agree over Sebastian Vettel theory as German's return discussed

Sebastian Vettel retired from F1 at the end of last season after two relatively unsuccessful years with an Aston Martin team which is just now beginning to stretch its wings

Daily Mirror

Aston Martin chief responds to Red Bull car jibes from Christian Horner and Helmut Marko

Red Bull's drivers and team leaders have not wasted a single opportunity to poke fun at Aston Martin amid the Silverstone team's rise to prominence on the Formula 1 grid

Motorsport

Button: F1 2023 won’t be a “walk in the park” for Verstappen and Red Bull

The 2009 F1 world champion and Sky TV pundit says that Sakhir was only one sample venue, and that the balance of power may change at other circuits as the season unfolds.

Autosport

2023 won’t be a “walk in the park” for Verstappen and Red Bull - Button

The 2009 F1 world champion and Sky TV pundit says that Sakhir was only one sample venue, and that the balance of power may change at other circuits as the season unfolds.

Daily Mirror

Mercedes face F1 embarrassment as top bosses consider huge Aston Martin decision

Mercedes endured a difficult opening Grand Prix weekend of the season in Bahrain, while Aston Martin excelled with Fernando Alonso securing a third-placed podium finish

Daily Mirror

Max Verstappen makes honest Fernando Alonso admission which would prove Toto Wolff wrong

Alonso was the closest challenger to Verstappen and his Red Bull team-mate Sergio Perez as Aston Martin showed off the impressive pace of their AMR23 car in Bahrain

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