18:35
Tower 19/50
Stroll managed to take a dedicated escape route, which should allow for a fairly quick restart to the race.
18:34
Tower 18/50
Suddenly, it is agitated in the pits. Perez returns, as do Alonso, Russell, Verstappen and Hamilton. The Spaniard took the opportunity to respect his penalty.
18:33
Tower 17/50
Stroll retires, which will provide the first safety car of the evening. The Canadian had no more brakes and stopped.
18:31
Tower 16/50
Leclerc stops in turn, effectively since he comes out ahead of Stroll in eighth place. Perez, Alonso, Russell, Verstappen and Hamilton make up the top 5.
18:28
Round 15/50.
Gasly stops and comes out fourteenth. For the moment, the first pilots remain on the track, but Ferrari still recalls Sainz who returns this time.
18:25
Round 13/50.
Sainz was called back to the pits, but it was Stroll who preceded him and finally triggered the wave of the first pit stops. The Canadian comes out on hard tires.
18:22
Round 12/50.
Hamilton is now overtaken by Verstappen, who therefore takes eighth place. It’s difficult, again, for the Briton.
18:22
Tower 11/50.
As expected, Leclerc and Verstappen quickly started their comebacks. It may be a better surprise, though, for Leclerc.
18:19
Round 10/50.
Verstappen passed Gasly for ninth place. Leclerc, Hamilton and the Dutchman therefore follow each other, in that order.
18:19
Round 10/50.
Verstappen passed Gasly for ninth place. Leclerc, Hamilton and the Dutchman therefore follow each other, in that order.
18:18
Round 9/50.
This time, it’s done for Leclerc who plays Hamilton. In the lead, Perez and Alonso widen the gap on Russell to six seconds.
18:16
Tower 8/50.
Hamilton is under investigation by the commissioners, also because of his departure. He may have taken too dangerous a course.
18:16
Tower 8/50.
Hamilton is under investigation by the commissioners, also because of his departure. He may have taken too dangerous a course.
18:16
Tower 8/50.
Hamilton is under investigation by the commissioners, also because of his departure. He may have taken too dangerous a course.
18:15
Tower 7/50.
It’s hot between Hamilton and Leclerc for seventh place, the Monegasque is attacking but the seven-time world champion is holding on for the moment.
18:14
Round 6/50.
Ocon is sixth, Gasly eighth and Verstappen eleventh, in this lively start to the race as one could hope.
18:10
Round 5/50.
Perez passed Alonso, who smoked the brakes. Too bad for the Spaniard not to have been able to benefit longer from his formidable start.
18:09
Round 4/50.
Piastri, who started eighth, is the main loser, relegated to 19th place ahead of his teammate Norris. It’s a disaster for McLaren.
18:08
Round 3/50.
Like Ocon in Bahrain, Alonso is penalized for a bad position on his starting place and will have to stop for five seconds in the pits.
18:07
Turn 2/50.
Leclerc has gained three places and finds himself ninth, while Verstappen has gleaned two positions and ranks thirteenth.
18:04
Round 1
Let’s go to Jeddah! Alonso took first place ahead of Perez, behind Stroll also played Sainz for fourth place.
18:02
We already knew that Leclerc, changing engine, would take ten penalty places, which puts him twelfth on the grid.
6:00 p.m.
Verstappen, forced to change gearboxes during Q2, will start from fifteenth place, which promises a hell of a show.
09:40
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18:37
Round 20/50
It’s Norris’s turn to stop, since the safety car makes another extra lap. All under the eyes of a certain Patrice Evra…