After dropping out in Bahrain one week earlier, Verstappen managed to make it 1-1 by beating Leclerc to victory in Jeddah courtesy of an overtaking transfer with 4 laps remaining.
It was a move many laps within the planning for Verstappen, who had seen his preliminary try on the remaining nook backfire because it gave Leclerc DRS for the primary straight, permitting the Ferrari driver to get again forward on the long term to Flip 1.
The 2 drivers performed cat and mouse for a number of laps earlier than Verstappen lastly made it stick, profiting from Leclerc’s rear tyre struggles to seize the lead and ultimately maintain on by half a second on the chequered flag.
Within the newest version of our Paddock Packdown collection, we check out the DRS ways Verstappen and Leclerc employed of their battle for victory, and whether or not it proved DRS can truly be a great factor for F1.
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