FERNANDO ALONSO celebrated a podium finish before being demoted to fourth – only to the then be re-instated BACK to third. In a farcical outcome hours after the chequered flag, the Spaniard was stripped of third place – after the podium celebrations – before being reinstalled when the stewards reversed their decision. Red Bull continued to dominate this F1 season as Sergio Perez won the Saudi Arabian GP with Max Verstappen going from 15th on the grid to finishing second. George Russell was third while Lewis Hamilton was fifth as Mercedes again failed to challenge the two Red Bulls. Verstappen qualified down in 15th place yet before this race the talk was still about whether he could still challenge for a podium. In the end, Red Bull cruised to the one and two positions.

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