In Sunday’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix Red Bull’s world champion Max Verstappen and Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc fought out a gripping battle, which culminated in the final 10 laps when Verstappen started attacking the lead of Leclerc.
Realising the power of the DRS on Jeddah’s long city streets, Leclerc purposefully started easing off the throttle well before the last corner, forcing Verstappen to overshoot ahead of the DRS detection line. That meant Leclerc would get the DRS advantage on the following start finish straight, easily enabling him to retake the lead.
Verstappen quickly caught on to the Monegasque’s tactics and at his next attempt the Dutchman locked up his tyres trying to stay behind Leclerc ahead of the final hairpin, both drivers actively seeking to avoid being in the lead.
With four laps to go Verstappen finally passed Leclerc to win the race after what he called “playing smart tricks”, with Leclerc admitting he was “half throttle trying for Max to overtake me…
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