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F1 Australian GP: Verstappen leads Alonso in final practice

After Friday's rain-affected FP2, Saturday's final practice session predominantly took place on a dry Albert Park circuit despite the threatening Melbourne clouds, although a morning drizzle had further washed away the rubber that had been built up over the weekend.

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F1 results: Verstappen, Alonso fastest in Australian GP practice

Verstappen was fastest in FP1 for Red Bull, despite a spin, and Alonso was quickest for Aston Martin in a rain-impacted FP2.

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F1 Australian GP: Alonso leads Leclerc in wet FP2

Verstappen led the pack out of the pits at the start of FP2, but it was Carlos Sainz who logged the first time to set the first place benchmark, the Spaniard putting in a 1m20.378s on the medium tyres.

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F1 Australian GP: Alonso tops rain-hit second practice from Leclerc

Verstappen led the pack out of the pits at the start of FP2, but it was Carlos Sainz that set the first time to set the first place benchmark, the Spaniard putting in a 1m20.378s on the medium tyres to establish the first-place benchmark.

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F1 grid box tweaks will not eradicate problems, says Alonso

In the wake of penalties given out to Alonso and Alpine's Esteban Ocon in the opening two races of the season for starting outside their markers, the FIA has widened the grid boxes in Melbourne.

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Ocon: Alpine "not satisfied" with current F1 pace

Ocon and team-mate Pierre Gasly were both left asking for more performance after they finished eighth and ninth in the Saudi Arabian GP.

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Ocon: Alpine "can't be satisfied" with current F1 pace

Ocon and team-mate Pierre Gasly were both left asking for more performance after they finished eighth and ninth in the Saudi Arabian GP.

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Alonso loses Saudi Arabia F1 podium after second time penalty

Like his former Alpine team-mate Esteban Ocon in Bahrain, Alonso picked up a five-second penalty for being out of position at the start, lining up to the left of his second grid slot.

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Sergio Pérez wins Saudi Arabia Grand Prix but Max Verstappen keeps title lead

Red Bull’s Sergio Pérez was triumphant in the second race of the season with Max Verstappen runner-up and and Fernando Alonso third

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F1 Saudi Arabian GP: Perez cruises to Red Bull 1-2 as penalty denies Alonso podium

Perez crossed the line 5.3s clear of Verstappen, who spent the final laps charging his battery for a final-tour tilt at the fastest lap - which was ultimately successful as he crossed the line with a 1m31.906s lap.

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F1 Saudi Arabian GP: Perez wins as Verstappen recovers to second

Perez crossed the line 5.3s clear of Verstappen, who spent the final laps charging his battery for a final-tour tilt at the fastest lap which was ultimately successful as he crossed the line with a 1m31.906s lap.

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F1 race results: Sergio Perez wins 2023 Saudi Arabian GP

After Fernando Alonso’s Aston Martin outdragged him off the startline, Perez hit the front by Lap 4 and pulled clear, as team-mate Verstappen battled back from starting 15th after a driveshaft failure in qualifying.

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Alpine implements procedural changes after triple Ocon F1 penalty

Ocon was eventually withdrawn from the 2023 season-opening round in Bahrain with 16 of the 57 laps to go, the ninth-starting French driver having wound up running in a distant 17th place.

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Ocon met with FIA over Bahrain F1 penalties

Ocon was eventually withdrawn from the 2023 season-opening round in Bahrain with 16 of the 57 laps to go, the ninth-starting French driver having wound up running in a distant 17th place.

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F1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix – Start time, starting grid, how to watch, & more

In a dramatic qualifying on the Jeddah street track, Perez grabbed his second career F1 pole position, 12 months on from his maiden pole which came at the same circuit.

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Ocon twice hit the wall in "too close" Saudi Arabian GP qualifying

Ocon ran to a strong sixth in qualifying, lapping the Jeddah street circuit 0.813 seconds adrift of polesitter Sergio Perez - who led the Red Bull charge following a driveshaft failure for Max Verstappen.

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F1 qualifying results: Sergio Perez takes Saudi Arabian GP pole

Perez will start ahead of Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) and George Russell (Mercedes) after the one-hour qualifying session, which was split into three segments with five cars each being knocked out in Q1 and Q2 before the top-10 shootout of Q3.

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F1 Saudi Arabian GP: Perez clinches pole, Verstappen out with driveshaft issue

The Dutchman had reeled off the fastest laptimes in all three practice sessions, and had headed Q1 by half a second over team-mate Sergio Perez as the result of qualifying appeared to be a foregone conclusion.

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F1 Saudi Arabian GP: Perez grabs pole as Verstappen hits trouble

The Dutchman had reeled off the fastest lap times in all three practice sessions, and had headed Q1 by half a second over team-mate Perez as the result of qualifying appeared to be a foregone conclusion.

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F1 Saudi Arabian GP: Verstappen leads FP3 from Perez, Alonso third

Having headed the opening pair of practice sessions on Friday, Verstappen showcased more excellent pace on Saturday afternoon with early hard tyre runs, prior to a flurry of laps on the softest compound that culminated in his headline 1m28.485s time.

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F1 Saudi Arabian GP: Verstappen heads FP3 by 0.6s from Perez, Alonso

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F1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix qualifying – Start time, how to watch, channel

Red Bull's Max Verstappen topped both practice sessions on Friday, leading Alpine's Fernando Alonso by two tenths of a second in FP2.

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What we learned from Friday practice for F1's Saudi Arabian GP

Max Verstappen delivered another hammer blow to his rivals’ hopes of challenging Red Bull after his clean sweep of Friday practice sessions ahead of Formula 1’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.

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F1 Saudi Arabian GP qualifying - Start time, how to watch & more

Despite missing the Thursday activities in Jeddah due to a stomach bug, Verstappen showed no signs of it impacting his performance as he took a clean sweep of top spots in both practice sessions on Friday.

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F1 results: Verstappen fastest in Saudi Arabian GP practice

Verstappen was fastest in both FP1, held in daylight, and FP2, which was held in darkness and was closer to conditions for both qualifying and the race.

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