“I would say arguably that was Checo’s best grand prix.” Let’s definitely argue with Christian Horner’s point about Sergio Perez’s victory in last weekend’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. After all, neither of Perez’s outstanding victories in the 2020 Sakhir GP for Racing Point or his 2022 Singapore GP Red Bull triumph contained a start gaffe that allowed a slower car to seize a lead it really had no right to.
But Perez ended the Jeddah race just gone, by holding off a charging Max Verstappen to take his fifth F1 win, in unruffled