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Sergio Perez briefly lost the lead to Fernando Alonso at the start but soon recovered and led the remaining laps to easily win the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. Max Verstappen recovered from 15th to 2nd. Fernando Alonso finished third despite a post-race penalty that was reversed later in the evening.
Indeed. Fred now knows he has a competitive car with assets like great mechanical grip and it’s gentle on the tires. The 05-06 Alonso has been awakened.
Alonso could be threat to Carlos. Luckily for Carlos there shouldn't be deg problem. Otherwise it could be easy for ALOSofa King wrote: ↑15 Mar 2023, 19:07With Charles starting back, it will be great to see the battle between Carlos with a less draggy Ferrari, Fernando and Lance for third. We should also remember that the last two races here had 5-6 cars not finish. We could see an Alpine in the top 6 after Gasly’s blistering final stint pace on the C3s, which are now the medium tire and a Williams in the top 10 on a lower downforce track. Inshallah, Checo will keep it interesting with Max in the front!
I guess they simply decided to already take the penalty in Jeddah because it’s a track with good overtaking opportunity.AR3-GP wrote: ↑15 Mar 2023, 18:14Why wouldn't they use it here?LM10 wrote: ↑15 Mar 2023, 18:08I think that the first one was changed as a precaution because it showed some anomaly and caused a discharge of the battery the night before the race. It then was sent to the factory for further checks. Might mean that it was/is salvageable and thus still in the pool.
I think it's likely they aren't sure if the "recovered" one is actually good, and they don't want a second DNF in a row.LM10 wrote: ↑15 Mar 2023, 20:52I guess they simply decided to already take the penalty in Jeddah because it’s a track with good overtaking opportunity.AR3-GP wrote: ↑15 Mar 2023, 18:14Why wouldn't they use it here?LM10 wrote: ↑15 Mar 2023, 18:08
I think that the first one was changed as a precaution because it showed some anomaly and caused a discharge of the battery the night before the race. It then was sent to the factory for further checks. Might mean that it was/is salvageable and thus still in the pool.
So far just ECU, but if they decide to take a new ES or another ECU before the start of the race it's back of the grid.
