McLaren is again the team that beat in the free preparation of Saudi GP. Carlos Sainz surprises with a fifth place, and Fernando Alonso is in the Top 10.
Formula 1 returned to the action, for the third consecutive weekend, in the Grand Prize of Saudi Arabia. The first day of activity, with the first and second free training, had the two McLaren in the first and second position. Good result by Carlos Sainz: Free and Fifth Los Libres 2 ended in seventh place. Fernando Alonso, outside the “Top 10”.
The first test session had a surprising leader: Pierre Gasly. The French pilot marked the best record, 1: 29,239, in a small relevant training To discover the real benefits of cars, because they are celebrated during the day, as opposed to classification and race. However, it is essential to “gum” the track and accumulate learning in a circuit as fast and provocative as Jeddah.
According to Gasly, Norris stayed, the best McLaren, only seven thousand by the French Alpin pilot, who comes from the classification of the Bahrain room and ending the seventh in that test. In the third place, Charles Leclerc ended, a small step ago, at only 70 thousand leader. The equality of the session did not end there, because the fourth – Oscar Pastri – was left only a tenth of gasly.
One of the morning surprises in Saudi Arabia was Carlos SainzWhich marked a seventh magnificent place with Williams, defeating Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen. Madrid left very good feelings with Grove’s car. His car is fast here, as Alex Albon demonstrated, the fifth … and confirmed in Libeul 2.
The other face of the coin was Fernando Alonsowhich stood outside the first ten positions, on the peaceful place. The Asturian was less than two tenths of “Top 10”, marked by Yuki Tsunoda, who seemed to animate the hope of fighting for T3 and the points of the rest of the weekend, at least in terms of the rhythm of 1.
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Free 2 GP Saudi Arabia: Lando Norris to order
In the second free preparation, organized in a afternoon program that served to verify the performance of cars in more realistic situations, McLaren took the classification command. Lando Norris was the fastest in the sessionafter establishing a record of 1: 28.267.
The British pilot beat his teammate, Oscar Piastri, the new winner of the Bahrain GP and the leader of the World Championship for only 163 thousand. After Woking’s pilots, he scored the third time faster Max Verstappen, nearly three tenths of NorrisA big difference, but not insurmountable by the great Dutch pilot.
The best Ferrari of the session was Charles Leclerc, the fourth, in a place that places it at the doors of the podium battle. The most surprising of the 2 free was, no more, no less than Carlos Sainz, who marked a fifth better timesix tenths of the head. Madrid beat Yuki Tsunoda, George Russell and Pierre Gasly, the eighth. His partner, Alex Albon, was the tenth.
Outside the position ended on Lewis HamiltonFurther behind what corresponds to the Ferrari pilot, in the thirteenth place. Meanwhile, Fernando Alonso was the fifteenth, a position behind where he arrived in the first training. This time, the Asturian was four tenths of “Top 10”, a bigger difference than the vision of 1 free.
The second free workout Finished with a red flag after a few minutes for the end of Yuki Tsunodawho wanted to raise the pace at the end of the session. Despite the coup on the wall, the sixth place of the Japanese shows that it takes the pulse to Red Bull RB21.
Formula 1 will return to action with free GR -GR -GR of Saudi Arabia GPscheduled on Saturday at 3:30 pm. The classification, on the other hand, will start at 19:00.
Free Results 1 GP Saudi Arabia
- 1. Pierre Gasly – Alpine Renault – 1: 29.239
- 2 .. Lando Norris – McLaren Mercedes – +0.007s
- 3. Charles Leclerc – Ferrari – +0.070s
- 4. Oscar Piastri – McLaren Mercedes – +0.102s
- 5. Alexander Albon – Williams Mercedes – +0.367s
- 6. George Russell – Mercedes – +0.379s
- 7. Carlos Sainz – Williams Mercedes – +0.540s
- 8. Lewis Hamilton – Ferrari – +0.576s
- 9. Max Verstappen – Red Bull Racing Honda RBPT – +0.579s
- 10. Yuki Tsunoda – Red Bull Racing Honda Rbpt – +0.582s
- 11. Liam Lawson – Racing Bulls Honda Rbpt – +0.668s
- 12. Nico Hulkenberg – Kick Saurber Ferrari – +0.677s
- 13. Kimi Antonelli – Mercedes – +0.695s
- 14. Fernando Alonso – Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes – +0.737s
- 15. Isack Hadjar – Racing Bulls Honda Rbpt – +0.772s
- 16. Jack Doohan – Alpine Renault – +0.944s
- 17. Lance Stroll – Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes – +1,344s
- 18. Oliver Bearman – Haas Ferrari – +1,356s
- 19. Esteban Ocon – Haas Ferrari – +1,790s
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FREE RESULTS 2 GP Saudi Arabia
- 1 .. Lando Norris – McLaren Mercedes – 1: 28.267
- 2. Oscar Piastri – McLaren Mercedes – +0.163s
- 3. Max Verstappen – Red Bull Racing Honda Rbpt – +0.280s
- 4. Charles Leclerc – Ferrari – +0.482s
- 5. Carlos Sainz – Williams Mercedes – +0.675s
- 6. Yuki Tsunoda – Red Bull Racing Honda Rbpt – +0.696s
- 7. George Russell – Mercedes – +0.706s
- 8. Pierre Gasly – Alpine Renault – +0.839s
- 9. Nico Hulkenberg – Kick Saurber Ferrari – +0.926s
- 10. Alexander Albon – Williams Mercedes – +0.953s
- 11. Kimi Antonelli – Mercedes – +0.975s
- 12. Isack Hadjar – Racing Bulls Honda Rbpt – +1.039s
- 13. Lewis Hamilton – Ferrari – +1.104S
- 14. Liam Lawson – Racing Bulls Honda Rbpt – +1.221s
- 15. Fernando Alonso – Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes – +1.395s
- 16.Liver Bearman – Haas Ferrari – +1,487s
- 17.Jack Doohan – Alpine Renault – +1,645s
- 18. Lance Stroll – Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes – +1,740s
- 19. Esteban Ocon – Haas Ferrari – +1,752s
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