► Another Red Bull one-two, but there are cracks appearingThe second F1 race of the year is in the books, and although the result was everything we expected, the race itself was fairly eventful.
This week’s Red Bull one-two was led by Sergio Perez, with Max Verstappen in second and Alonso rounding off the podium in his Aston Martin. However, there were several interesting stories throughout the weekend, all of which suggest this season isn’t the forgone conclusion it appeared to be in Bahrain. Well, after the Red Bulls, anyway.Max Verstappen’s Red Bull was dominant all weekend – apart from when it counted.
Red Bull’s rivals will be hoping there are other technical gremlins in the Milton Keynes rocket, because there’s nothing on the grid that comes close on pace.Now with the sample size doubled, we can safely say Aston Martin really is the second fastest F1 team in 2023. Jeddah is a very different track to Bahrain with different demands and lower tyre degradation, but Aston Martin was once again Red Bull’s closest competition.
Aston Martin’s newfound form comes with an extra caveat. The team’s shocking 2022 will help it throughout 2023; Aston’s 7th place finish in 2022 means it has more wind tunnel time than time than its competitors to refine its car.After a hopeful winter, Bahrain was a huge disappointment for the Brackley team – and Jeddah was set to be even worse. After a disappointing qualifying in which Lewis Hamilton said he simply couldn’t connect with his W14, there was more talk of a changed concept.
Still, Sunday proved to go considerably better for Mercedes than forecast. Thanks to a safety car, some decent strategy – and a slow pair of Ferraris – Mercedes was able to score a decent 4
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