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Leader Perez and his Red Bull team-mate Verstappen were pushing hard in the final laps of the Jeddah race, with the Mexican successfully maintaining the gap.
However, Verstappen heard a strange noise which led the team to study the data for signs of a possible repeat of the Dutchman’s driveshaft failure in qualifying, while Perez was worried about a long brake pedal.
It was at that point that, having been told to moderate his pace, Perez was keen to find out if Verstappen was doing the same.
Eventually, the team gave the go-ahead for both drivers to continue to push before they managed the pace once again when it became clear that Verstappen could not catch Perez.
However, Verstappen then successfully took the fastest lap point from his team-mate right at the end of the race.
“Once we got …