Also in Jeddah the pole it's Red Bull branded. But let's not talk about the RB19 of world champion Max Verstappen, but of that of Sergio Perez who concludes in front of Charles Leclerc and Fernando Alonso. Considering the penalty by Leclerc, the virtual podium sees Perez ahead of Alonso and George Russell's Mercedes.
The RB19 stops
Max's Red Bull is missing Verstappen. Indeed, the Dutch driver he will start in fifteenth position. The reason? A problem which involved his RB19 during qualifying, forcing him to retire early. Not good news, especially when it comes to reliability issues. Tomorrow will not be an easy race for the Dutchman, in which the goal is clearly a comeback.
Verstappen: "No gearbox problems"
Initially it was thought that the problem could be with the gearbox, which had been replaced just before the start of qualifying. It actually wasn't like that. Verstappen himself explained the problem to us"There wasn't a problem with the gearbox but with the transmission handlebar. Of course we should look carefully but these are things that unfortunately happen. This thing happened today, now we have to be good at rebuilding from that position. I have a fast car for sure and I want to be back in front of everyone. I don't know if I'll succeed, that's why I tell you that it will be important to get clean laps and stay out of trouble because it's not easy here. With a good start, we will then try to progress."
