Formula 1 world champion Max Verstappen completed a hat-trick of fastest times in practice for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix on Saturday.
The Red Bull driver, winner of the opening race in Bahrain, was fastest in both sessions on Friday and again finished the final free practice session top of the standings at the Corniche circuit in Jeddah.
Mexican teammate Sergio Perez was second fastest, but a full 0.613 seconds slower than Verstappen’s best effort of a minute 28.485 on the soft tyres.
Even on the hard tyres, Verstappen was incredibly fast.
Aston Martin was once again the best of the other top places, with Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll third and fourth respectively, but 0.998 between the Spaniard and Verstappen.
Apart from Perez, Alonso was the only driver within a second of Verstappen.
Seven-times world champion Lewis Hamilton was fifth fastest for Mercedes, ahead of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, who suffered a 10-place grid penalty for Sunday’s race and fell behind to set an adequate time.
Source: Terra
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