Max Verstappen finished in second place at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix after receiving a 5-second penalty for cutting the first corner.
Max Verstappen secured second place at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. After starting from pole position, the four-time world champion lost the race at the start by cutting the first corner, which resulted in a five-second penalty. This penalty allowed Oscar Piastri to overtake the Dutch driver during the pit stops, finishing ahead of Max by just a few seconds.
Despite this, it was still a great weekend for Red Bull and Verstappen, with an outstanding pole position on Saturday and a very strong race pace, especially on the medium tires. The Dutchman remains in third place in the world standings, 12 points behind Piastri. Here is his comment after the race in Jeddah: I think any words on this topic would be a waste of time for everyone. We’ve discussed it so many times, this year there are different rules, but honestly, it’s not my problem . I think the positive side is that we had a good race pace, and I was much happier with the medium tires as well. I didn’t expect the car to have this pace. But this shows that the work we did on the car between Friday and Saturday helped a lot with tire wear.” “.
When asked about what happened at the first corner on the opening lap, he preferred to avoid the topic, saying: “It’s not in my interest to appeal against this decision. The only thing that matters to me now is to go home.”
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