Race Highlights | 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix

the Saudi Grand Prix is underway and

it's a good launch off the line for both

Red Bulls charlot Clair is under threat

now for second place for staffen leads

Perez will get his nose ahead Perez will

get second place charlot Clair's got the

grippy line has he got the room to fight

back as they all make their way through

the first corners of the first lap it's

for staffen but sh Clair fights back

into second position he went aggressive

and he maintains P2 that's bman off the

road as he begins life in Formula 1

slightly on the defensive it's staffen

lir Perez Alonzo piastri and Norris the

top six well managed from lir in those

opening Corners Perez looked like he had

got the job done but L swept back around

the outside of turn two which he can do

because it gives him the inside for four

and he made it stick the rest of it

looks fairly unchange further back but

I'm pretty sure or Lando Norris jumped

the start Perez had a great opportunity

here to take second place David he did

indeed and you'd think he did all the

hard work but just when it came to to

sort of closing that space down Charles

lir wasn't intimidated and this is when

it comes down to knowing your

competitors if that was Max for Staffing

alongside Charles lir Max would have

just run the car a little bit wider

making it absolutely clear that there

was no space for Charles Lando Norris at

the start no further

action Baron is starting his Formula 1

career on the front foot but he's got to

remember to stay to the right side of

the line as around the outside goes

Oscar piastri on Fernando Alonzo to take

fourth place and they're fighting all

the way by as bman had to hobble all

over the curb to keep his front

Wing here we go with Perez this is the

battle for second place he's diving to

the inside and Sergio Perez finds his

way by with the first opportunity that

he had in the Grand Prix looked like he

was going to take second place on lap

number one lap number four he's got 2.1

seconds between him and his teammate in

the lead of the

race this is into turn 22 look at how BR

off the road and into the wall a heavy

one at turn 23 Lance stroll into the

barriers and out of the race hit theall

okay can you bring it back l no I'm in

the wall all copy

that easy to criticize difficult to do

but he isn't a rookie

yeah everyone is coming into the pits

this is going to be so busy they're

going to stick on a hard set of tires

and maybe try and go to the end from

here really long long ranging one

stopper crucially gets out before the

Ferrari and in this situation there'll

be no no question of unsafe release yeah

and Perez flung into the path of

Fernando Alonso as it is incredibly

frantic stuff down there in the pit Lane

oh I nearly crash with a Red Bull so

close Sergio Perez gets a 5sec penalty

for an unsafe

release Here We Go Again it is very

tight between osar pastri and charlot

Clair for fourth Lando Norris leads then

it's Max stappen and that is very tight

as charlot Clair stays ahead and fends

off the Australian driver Alonzo trying

to profit from it in the green Aston

Martin has he got momentum to try and

retake the place that he lost from

pastri earlier in the race the answer is

no and they're close but there's no

change for

position side by side Alban goes that is

a tap that is damage and oon profited

what is he doing Kevin magson has been

given a 10-second time

penalty this is the bmer move little

dummy shimmy to the inside go on then I

like that I like that expression the

bearman

move Max is staing in the unusual

position of being in second place not

for long Max ven moves past and takes

the lead from Lando Norris he's back in

the lead of the race and he's not the

only Red Bull on the Move Perez improves

the Third

Charlotte Clair tried to go past Lewis

Hamilton outside line to the inside line

got to be brave to make that work is the

room there is and that's a great angle

to show you that getting to the Apex

first has worked for the lead Ferrari

driver in the race he's 1.7 seconds away

from Serio

Perez he's going to have a good

opportunity now to build up through the

gears to try and make his way by the H

is in the way but only for the moment

that's the pass he's been looking for

and the man on debut in Formula 1 is up

to

nth Kevin Magnuson has been given a

10-second time penalty for leaving the

track and gaining an

advantage oh you are kidding me aren't

you 10 seconds for that that's

harsh and the chance of a safety car

with these four brawling in the way that

they are well it goes up when they go

side by side cod's been looking for that

pass lap after lap Magnuson doesn't want

to give it up brilliant racing from the

pair of them Magnuson knows that he's

not going to score a point in the race

that is Defiance and it's cost Yuki Coda

because estan oon finally gives Alpine

something to smile about so this drive

from Magnuson is going to earn h a point

because hulkenberg at the end of this

lap should have a pit stop window to

come in and clear his teammate whoa

that's a send and a half for Alexander

Alin patience ran out at turn number one

it's only 14th but it looked great on

board Yuki Coda will not want to go

backwards the driver who started in

ninth position on the grid is passed

again as hulkenberg comes into the pits

we talked of that pit window a few

moments ago and hulkenberg is going to

blend out onto the racetrack and H might

have engineered a chance to get

hulkenberg into the

point we've had plenty of chapters of

this battle time and time again this is

the best run for Oscar piastri through

the the entire race and Hamilton's

defense comes to an end or does it

piastri locks up takes the place won't

be able to overtake like that he had the

momentum he had the over speed but he

couldn't slow down the McLaren and still

they battle over fifth

place bman if he keeps this consistency

he's actually just done his best lap of

the race he's only 10th and a half

slower than Norris absolutely cracking

drive this from Oly bman and no

struggling a bit with tires there he's

fighting with amton as well we can do it

great encouragement for the British

driver 18 years of age looking for

points in debut in Formula

1 this was Daniel Ricardo running in

16th Place and round he goes clouting an

apex cve rear tires that were probably

on the limit

already Max fappen is going to win the

opening two Grand Prix of the year a

ninth consecutive win Max vapen eat

sleep win repeat the stappen takes the

Saudi Arabian Grand Prix to lead home a

Red Bull one two an outstanding result

for the team once again the Mexican fans

celebrating in that grand stand for St

and wins the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix

with another Drive of Distinction as

Charlotte Clair comes home for his first

Podium finish of the season and look at

this moment for the 18-year-old from

Chelmsford points on debut for Oliver

bman Ferrari's youngest ever Formula 1

driver is a point scorer at the first

attempt the stars of the show on a day

that they went past the great Williams

name fourth all time in Formula 1 behind

Mercedes behind McLaren and behind

Ferrari they have earned their place

there and it's another one two for the

team