Posted On November 22, 2023
An epic battle again, Charles Leclerc & Max Verstappen are treating us to some great battles already in 2022. As they did battle on the streets of Jeddah in the 2022 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix and it was the World Champion, Max Verstappen who managed to come out on top in the battle as Leclerc couldn't mount a late attack in his Ferrari.
The reigning world champion made the race-winning move four laps from the end amid a thrilling scrap for the lead, with both Verstappen and Leclerc playing a game of cat and mouse to try and get the crucial DRS advantage.
Verstappen initially got past Leclerc into the final corner at the end of Lap 42, but some smart driving from the Ferrari driver enabled him to immediately repass the Dutchman with the aid of DRS down the main straight.
Perez had looked in control after maintaining the lead from pole position at the start but the Mexican was unfortunate with the timing of a Safety Car, which was deployed when Nicholas Latifi crashed his Williams at the final corner on Lap 16.
The Safety Car came out just after Perez had pitted, meaning he dropped behind his nearest rivals who took advantage of making their pit stops under the Safety Car. Perez had to give up third place to Sainz after the Spaniard was ahead at the Safety Car line when he emerged from the pits.
Hamilton battled his way back up to 10th to secure the final point on offer after suffering his worst qualifying on pure pace since the 2009 British Grand Prix.
Intro - 0:00
Race Reaction - 0:17
Outro - 3:30
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