Having kicked off the season with a terrific scrap in Bahrain, Charles Leclerc and Max Verstappen went head-to-head again in Saudi Arabia. With the duel in Jeddah ever more intense than the scrap in Sakhir, this time it was Verstappen who prevailed as the reigning World Champion ignited his championship challenge. Will anyone else be able to get in between these two drivers as the 2022 season rumbles on? Looking back over a Saudi Arabian Grand Prix that was tension-filled both on and off-track are RacingNews365.com F1 journalists Dieter Rencken, Mike Seymour, and Thomas Maher. Will Mercedes be able to claw back the deficit with this W13 and join in the fight at the front, and just how costly will Mick Schumacher's hefty crash be for Haas in light of the budget cap? And might that budget cap need a review, considering the astronomical rises in freight costs for the teams? All these topics and more on the RacingNews365.com Formula 1 Podcast!
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