Mercedes will be looking to seal an eighth consecutive Constructors’ Championship this weekend, while Lewis Hamilton is aiming for a record-breaking eighth Drivers’ crown.
Formula 2 champion-elect Oscar Piastri will participate in next weeks young driver test in Abu Dhabi will the Alpine F1 Team.
For the first time in 2021, Haas saw both drivers retire as Mick Schumacher and Nikita Mazepin both crashed out.
Lance Stroll ended eleventh in the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix on Sunday, while Aston Martin team-mate Sebastian Vettel was forced to retire with damage after collisions with Yuki Tsunoda and Kimi Räikkönen.
George Russell was forced to retire with damage after being hit from behind by Nikita Mazepin during Sunday’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.
Antonio Giovinazzi performed brilliantly at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix clinching an excellent ninth place. Team-mate Kimi Räikkönen suffered a less successful race, after colliding with Sebastian Vettel.
Pierre Gasly was one of the few drivers who actually had an uneventful Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, unlike Yuki Tsunoda who collided with Sebastian Vettel at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit.
Scuderia Ferrari have all but sealed third in the Constructors’ standings, after Leclerc and Sainz finished seventh and eighth at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.
Charles Leclerc was lucky to finish the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix after tangling with Sergio Pérez, elsewhere Carlos Sainz Jr was a man on a mission at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit.
It was mixed emotions for Mclaren at the crazy Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, with Daniel Ricciardo finishing a superb fifth whereas Lando Norris was left to salvage tenth at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit.
Daniel Ricciardo held on to an excellent fifth place at the chaotic Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, whereas Lando Norris suffered massively after gambling early on.
“To be disappointed with fourth shows how strong a race we had” – Alpine’s Marcin Budkowski
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Marcin Budkowski says Alpine can be proud of their performance during the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, even if Esteban Ocon lost a podium on the final dash to the finish.
Esteban Ocon came within a few hundred metres of a podium finish in Sunday’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, only to be denied on the line by Valtteri Bottas.
Christian Horner did not agree with the penalties handed out to Max Verstappen during and after the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix but felt the Dutchman did everything he could to win on Sunday.
Max Verstappen was frustrated after losing out to Lewis Hamilton in the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix on Sunday, with time penalties coming his way after two seperate incidents.
Toto Wolff is excited to see the championship go down to the wire but believes the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix wasn’t a good one for the sport.
Lewis Hamilton is now level on points with Max Verstappen with only one race remaining, after tensions boiled over in an utterly-ridiculous Saudi Arabian Grand Prix won by Hamilton.
