Vettel, the four-time champion, had to step aside due to Covid-19 for reserve driver Nico Hulkenberg in the first two races of the season.
The teams were given an extra 43 kilograms to play with this season due to brand new technical regulations introduced by the FIA.
When the lights went out at Jeddah, the Mexican made history by becoming his country's first-ever F1 polesitter.
Alpine had made it clear to its drivers that they would be allowed to race each other, just as they had in Bahrain.
After losing the back end of his Haas VF-22 after riding over the kerbs in Q2, Mick Schumacher spun heavily into the wall.
He was 1.4 seconds slower than Ferrari's Carlos Sainz's fastest lap and 0.6 seconds slower than new teammate George Russell.
The Monegasque driver set a best time of 1:29.735 to edge out defending world champion Verstappen by 0.033s.
As per a report, a spokesperson for Red Bull said that the issues in both cars were due to a vacuum created in the fuel system.
Vettel, a four-time world champion, contracted COVID-19 ahead of the Bahrain GP last week and it seems like his recovery is not yet complete.
There was a lot of expectations on the team going into the season as many had predicted them to fight for the constructor's championship.