Team by team analysis of the 2022 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix

Team by team analysis of Sunday's Saudi Arabian Grand Prix at Jeddah's Corniche circuit, round two of the 2022 Formula One season (teams listed in championship order):

Ferrari (Charles Leclerc 2, Carlos Sainz 3)

Championship leader Leclerc started on the front row alongside Perez and led from lap 16 before a final duel with Verstappen. The Monegasque took a bonus point for fastest lap and leads Sainz by 12 points. Sainz, third on the grid, had a scare before the start when Ferrari rushed to fix an issue with a wiring loom.

Mercedes (George Russell 5, Lewis Hamilton 10)

Seven times world champion Hamilton started 15th on the hard tyre after failing to get through the first phase of qualifying. The race was his 180th for Mercedes, a record for a driver with one constructor. He was unlucky not to be able to pit during the second virtual safety car period with the entry closed but said he could not keep up with Magnussen's Ferrari-powered Haas at the end. Russell, fourth in the championship, said it was the most physical race he had ever experienced.

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Red Bull (Max Verstappen 1, Sergio Perez 4)

Verstappen's 21st career win and first points of the season, from fourth on the grid, lifted him to third in the championship after a blank in Bahrain. He beat Leclerc by just half a second after a thrilling battle. Perez was the first Mexican to start on pole, his first in 215 races and a record for the biggest gap between debut and first pole. He led until lap 16 when he pitted, moments before Latifi crashed and triggered the safety car that dropped him off the podium. He had to hand back a place to Sainz, passed as the Spaniard emerged from the pits.

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