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FACTS AND STATS: Perez leads a Red Bull 1-2 for the very first time as Alonso joins select group of drivers
Red Bull’s Sergio Perez scored a significant career first in Jeddah on Sunday, while Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso briefly looked to have secured his own F1 milestone. Here’s our round-up of these and the other fascinating figures thrown up by the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.
- Red Bull have only scored consecutive one-two finishes once before (at the 2009 British and German Grands Prix).
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Today was the first time Perez has won a race with Verstappen in second place.
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Verstappen’s 79th career podium puts him just one short of Ayrton Senna's career total.
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Verstappen kept the championship lead by setting the fastest lap of the race.
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Today was Verstappen’s 21st consecutive finish, the longest active streak on the grid.
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Alonso led the opening lap of a Grand Prix for the first time in nearly 11 years, the last time being Germany 2012.
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Alonso claimed his 100th career podium, becoming only the sixth driver in F1 history to reach this milestone, behind Lewis Hamilton, Michael Schumacher, Sebastian Vettel, Alain Prost and Kimi Raikkonen.
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Alonso’s podium also meant that, having not scored a podium since the 2021 Qatar Grand Prix ahead of the 2023 Bahrain season opener, Alonso has now taken consecutive podiums for the first time since the 2013 Singapore Grand Prix.
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Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton has finished fifth in both Grands Prix so far in 2023.
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At Ferrari, Carlos Sainz continues to lead team mate Charles Leclerc in the drivers' championship.
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Leclerc scored his first points of 2023.
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Esteban Ocon’s eighth place for Alpine was his worst result in Jeddah in three starts.
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Team mate Pierre Gasly finished ninth from ninth on the grid tonight, having finished ninth from last on the grid in Bahrain.
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Kevin Magnussen scored Haas's first point of the 2023 season.
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Yuki Tsunoda has finished 11th in both races this season for AlphaTauri.
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With Oscar Piastri finishing in P15 and team mate Lando Norris in P17, McLaren are bottom of the constructors' championship after two races.
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