Sergio Perez resisted a charge from Red Bull teammate Max Verstappen to claim victory at the F1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.
The Mexican was in complete control under the lights in Jeddah to head home another dominant Red Bull one-two as reigning world champion Verstappen turned in a sublime recovery drive to second.
Verstappen started 15th after a driveshaft failure in qualifying but made short work of scything his way through the field to take second, having passed every car in front of him bar his teammate within 25 laps.
Fernando Alonso, who took the lead from Perez at the start, claimed his 100th podium finish in F1 in a distant third for Aston Martin, despite picking up a five-second time penalty for being out of position on the grid.
It was a more encouraging performance from Mercedes as George Russell beat teammate Lewis Hamilton to fifth, ahead of the Ferrari duo of Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc.
Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly were eighth and ninth for Alpine, while Kevin Magnussen beat Yuki Tsunoda to the final point on offer as he completed the top-10 for Haas.
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