After the first race of the world championship in Bahrain concluded with a domain Red Bull, anticipation is growing for the second race of the season. You fly to Jeddah, in Saudi Arabia, on a completely different track than the two-week one, which can tell us so much about the 2023 season.
Red Bull, restarting from Bahrain
In Sakhir we saw incredible domination by the Red Bull. Max Verstappen and Sergius Perez they led the race undisturbed, conquering the first one-two of the season. The fact that scares even more is related to the indiscretion according to which Red Bull, during the GP in Bahrain, asked his two drivers not to use all the power of their power unit, but to preserve it. In Jeddah, being a different circuit, you will already have the opportunity to really understand how devastating this RB19 will be compared to the other teams.
Ferrari, the moment of truth
The greatest curiosity is to understand how the Ferrari. The Maranello team is back from a very disappointing start, not to mention the internal chaos. In Bahrain, Sainz snatched fourth position, while Charles Leclerc was forced to stop his car. The problem had on his SF-23 would seem to be related to wiring, which went into crisis for inadequate fixing in the packaging between the engine and the frame. All of this seems to have yielded due to too many "bumps" and not due to a human error in the editing. In spite of everything, from what filters, it seems that a control unit has resisted the blackout and therefore can be reused for Jeddah.
Leclerc therefore he should not incur any penalty. It will be time for the red to raise his head, also trying to put an end to the numerous gossip that is made about the future of Mekies, which would appear to be close to being released even after Sanchez resignation.
Between continuity and redemption
Who, on the other hand, wants to continue on this road and seems to be just beginning is the Aston Martin. The English team restarts from an extraordinary third place by Fernando Alonso. The car confirmed what was seen in the tests, a lot to be considered by some as the third force in the world. If so, it will be great to fight with Mercedes which in Jeddah can't go wrong. The DT Elliott is at risk: the W14 project doesn't seem to give the hoped results at the beginning, but Wolff preaches calm and hopes for a good performance this weekend.
Saudi Arabia, weekend to follow
These are just some of the reasons why don't miss the second race of the season in Jeddah! The weekend, as always, will start on Friday with the first free practice session scheduled at 14.30pm, followed by FP2 at 18.00pm. On Saturday, FP3 at 14.30 will anticipate the qualifying at 18.00. At the same time, on Sunday, the absolutely unmissable race. It will of course be possible to follow everything live and exclusively on Sky Sport F1 and in streaming on NOW, with the deferred broadcast available free-to-air on TV8.
GP Saudi Arabia, the appointments
Friday 17 March
11.55 am Free Practice F2
14 pm Free Practice 30 F1
16:00 F2 qualifying
18.00 Free Practice 2 F1
Saturday March 18
14.30 Free Practice 3 F1
16.10 Sprint Race F2
18.00 F1 qualifying
Sunday March 19
14 pm Feature Race F15
18:00 F1 race
