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Lewis Hamilton said Red Bull have built the fastest Formula One car he has ever seen after Sergio Perez saw off Max Verstappen to win the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.
Perez cantered to victory from pole position at the circuit on the Jeddah Corniche as Verstappen blasted his way from 15th to second following a mechanical failure in qualifying.
George Russell took third place after Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso was demoted a position following a controversial post-race 10-second penalty. Hamilton finished fifth.
However, Alonso was reinstated in third at 1am local time following a successful appeal by Aston Martin.
Red Bull have moved to another stratosphere this year, and their crushing one-two finish - a fortnight after they ruled the season-opener in Bahrain - will be a cause of major concern for Formula One bosses ahead of a record 23-round campaign. Red Bull have now won 12 of the last 13 races staged.
Lewis Hamilton has declared Red Bull's car this season the fastest he has ever seen
The British driver finished fifth as Red Bull recorded another one-two finish in the Middle East
Sergio Perez was seldom threatened throughout the race with Fernando Alonso choosing not to try and engage
Russell said at the season-opening race that he expects the team from Milton Keynes to win every round this season, and their rapid form on the Red Sea has done little to dispel the British driver's chilling prediction.
Perez and Verstappen were both more than a second-a-lap quicker than their rivals. Alonso finished 20.7 seconds behind Perez, who eased off in the closing stages. Hamilton, who saw Verstappen breeze past him after only a dozen laps, was half a minute down the road.
'I have definitely never seen a car so fast,' said Hamilton. 'When we were fast, we were not that fast. It is the fastest car I have seen, especially compared to the rest.
'I don't know how, but he [Verstappen] came past me with some serious speed and I didn't even bother to block him because there was
