Sergio Perez grabbed his first pole position in Saudi Arabia, but unfortunately could not translate that into a win on Sunday. The Mexican had bad luck with the safety car, but according to Formula 1 data, Perez would not have even won without it. For the first 16 laps Perez drove trouble-free up front with Charles Leclerc, Max Verstappen Carlos Sainz in his wake. Red Bull Racing and Ferrari were fairly evenly matched until Nicholas Latifi crashed and caused a safety car on lap 16. Just the lap before, Perez was fooled by Leclerc's call to box and while the Mexican went into the pits for new tyres, Leclerc stayed out. This meant Perez's chasers therefore had the advantage of losing less...
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