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F1 Saudi Arabian GP qualifying - Start time, how to watch & more

Despite missing the Thursday activities in Jeddah due to a stomach bug, Verstappen showed no signs of it impacting his performance as he took a clean sweep of top spots in both practice sessions on Friday.

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Verstappen: Red Bull F1's advantage in Saudi not like Bahrain

Although the Dutchman led the way in both sessions around the Jeddah circuit, he said that the early long-run pace pointed to things being much closer this weekend.

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F1 results: Verstappen fastest in Saudi Arabian GP practice

Verstappen was fastest in both FP1, held in daylight, and FP2, which was held in darkness and was closer to conditions for both qualifying and the race.

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F1 results: Max Verstappen fastest in Saudi Arabian GP practice

Verstappen was fastest in both FP1, held in daylight, and FP2, which was held in darkness and was closer to conditions for both qualifying and the race.

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F1 Saudi Arabian GP: Verstappen completes Friday practice clean sweep

Following FP1 before sundown, FP2 was run at nightfall in more representative conditions for qualifying and the race, the temperature floating around 26 degrees C for the start of the session.

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Saudi Arabian GP: Verstappen pips Alonso by 0.2s in second F1 practice

Following FP1 before sundown, FP2 was run at nightfall in more representative conditions for qualifying and the race, the temperature floating around 26 degrees Celsius for the start of the session.

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Verstappen Leads Red Bull One-Two in First Saudi Practice

Formula One champion Max Verstappen shrugged off a stomach upset and picked up where he left off on Friday, with the Dutch driver leading Red Bull teammate Sergio Perez one-two in first practice for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso, third in the March 5 opener in…

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Alonso rolls back the years as Aston Martin threaten to break monopoly

The 41-year-old Spaniard finished third ahead of Ferrari and Mercedes in Bahrain and team confidence is high in Jeddah

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How commercial success has fuelled Aston Martin's on-track F1 speed

However, in one area the Silverstone team has already been operating at a high level and attracting envious glances from the competition.

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Saudi Arabian GP: Verstappen tops first F1 practice from Perez, Alonso

They were followed by the Mercedes duo and Carlos Sainz as the lead Ferrari driver in seventh, with his penalty-addled team-mate Charles Leclerc down in 11th but with the red car pair running a notably different run plan to the leaders.

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F1 Saudi Arabian GP: Verstappen leads Red Bull 1-2 in opening practice

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F1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix race start time, starting grid and how to watch

The new F1 season began in earnest earlier this month with the Bahrain Grand Prix, won comfortably by Max Verstappen in an ominous display of Red Bull dominance

Daily Mirror

Leclerc not spending energy on "unfounded" Ferrari F1 rumours

Ferrari was well off the pace of Red Bull in the season-opening Sakhir race and Leclerc retired early with a power unit issue. His team-mate Carlos Sainz lost out to Fernando Alonso’s Aston Martin on the way to fourth.

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The thinking behind Aston Martin's unique F1 'slidepods'

Fernando Alonso's shock podium finish in Bahrain, allied to incredible pace in pre-season testing, has left the team in the mix near the front of the field.

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Damon Hill makes Saudi Arabia GP prediction which will leave Red Bull concerned

Former F1 world champion Damon Hill has forecast a tougher time of things for Red Bull at Sunday's Saudi Arabian Grand Prix after the titleholders claimed a one-two finish in Bahrain

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Alonso: Lots more to come from Aston Martin’s “basic” F1 car

Aston Martin stunned the paddock with its promising pace during winter testing, which was confirmed in the Bahrain Grand Prix as Alonso scored a podium on his first race for the Silverstone-based team.

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Alonso: Lots more to come from Aston Martin's "basic" F1 car

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Verstappen: ‘No surprise’ that 2023 F1 grid closed up after copying design

In Q1 for the Bahrain Grand Prix, the entire field was covered by just 1.2s, with the teams outside last year's top five all making vast improvements compared to their 2022 form.

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Verstappen: 'No surprise' that 2023 F1 grid closed up after copying Red Bull

In Q1 for the Bahrain Grand Prix, the entire field was covered by just 1.2s, with the teams outside last year's top five all making vast improvements compared to their 2022 form.

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Why Saudi Arabian GP could throw up a different F1 mix to Bahrain

Certainly, the first two contests on the Jeddah Corniche Circuit haven’t been short of talking points. See Verstappen clipping the wall in 2021 to scupper his hitherto sensational Q3 lap before the title battle with Lewis Hamilton took another heated turn, as the protagonists repeatedly went wheel-to-wheel between red flags…

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Why the Saudi GP could throw up a different F1 mix to Bahrain

Certainly, the first two contests on the Jeddah Corniche Circuit haven’t been short of talking points. See Verstappen clipping the wall in 2021 to scupper his hitherto sensational Q3 lap before the title battle with Lewis Hamilton took another heated turn as the protagonists repeatedly went wheel-to-wheel between red flags…

Daily Mirror

Sky Sports presenter snubs Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen to name top F1 driver

Hamilton and Verstappen have, between them, won ever F1 drivers' title since 2017 and all but one since 2014 – but Sky's Naomi Schiff thinks there might be a better driver on the grid

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2023 F1 Saudi Arabian GP – How to watch, session timings and more

After a dramatic 2023 opener in Bahrain, dominated by Red Bull as Max Verstappen led home a 1-2 from team-mate Sergio Perez and Fernando Alonso pulled off a surprise podium for Aston Martin, attention turns to Jeddah and a set of different challenges.

Daily Mirror

Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso fight left "little scars" prompting McLaren's next act

Heikki Kovalainen, the man who replaced Fernando Alonso at McLaren, tells Mirror Sport about the atmosphere in the team following the Spaniard's feud with Lewis Hamilton

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What Aston Martin got right to shake up F1’s order

What made it stand out was the fact that Aston Martin’s top three finish pretty much came out of the blue for a team that had headed in to the winter quite under the radar.

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