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Max Verstappen continued Red Bull's run of domination with victory at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.
The Dutchman led a Red Bull 1-2 from Sergio Perez and the Ferrari of Charles Leclerc - whose rookie team-mate Oliver Bearman, 18, finished a brilliant seventh on his Formula One debut.
Carlos Sainz missed the race for Ferrari due to undergoing emergency surgery for appendicitis.
There were some big names in attendance across the weekend, while drivers had some very different ways of preparing for the second race of the season.
Mail Sport's Aadam Patel runs you through what you might have missed.
Max Verstappen secured a dominant victory in Saturday's Saudi Arabian Grand Prix
Anthony Joshua, Jose Mourinho, Karim Benzema, Lord Coe and Gianluigi Buffon were just a few of the famous sporting names on the grid pre-race.
Interestingly, Mourinho was in Jeddah as a guest of the local organisers, who also invited him to Joshua’s fight on Friday night in Riyadh. Mourinho, 60, recently said he rejected a huge offer from Saudi Arabia while he was managing Roma but it would come as little surprise if his next role in management is in the Middle East.
As for Joshua, he hardly looked like someone who was involved in a heavyweight bout the night before after his second-round knockout of Francis Ngannou.
Anthony Joshua was among the big names in attendance for Saturday's race in Jeddah
Jose Mourinho enjoys a conversation with Gianluigi Buffon in the paddock prior to the race
A word for Lewis Hamilton who may not have won a Grand Prix since 2021, but ensured that he was the only F1 driver at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit over four hours before the race to watch France’s Doriane Pin win the F1 Academy race.
Pin, 20, drives for Prema Racing, who are supported by Mercedes. Pin then spent the evening in the Mercedes garage watching the Grand Prix.
The F1 Academy is an all-female racing series and takes place across seven rounds in 2024, with the next leg taking place in Miami in May.
