Here we go again... it is almost time for final practice at the SaudiArabianGP ⏱️ Follow the live F1 action here ⬇️
Welcome to FP3, Perez. He leaps to the top of the times using softs to post a 1m29.417s - 0.329s faster than Verstappen.Ocon, also using softs, moves into fifth on a 1m30.505s. He had 'pole' here back in 2021 for one of the restarts, you may remember, and seems to like this place. But he's being shaded for now by his new team-mate, who recovered from a shocker in qualifying to score points last time out.Gasly springs back to the top spot with a 1m30.
As a circuit rookie, Nyck de Vries admitted on Thursday that he needs miles here. But unfortunately he won't be getting any in FP3.He's joined in running the medium compound tyres by team-mate Fernando Alonso, who was second-fastest in FP2 yesterday.And there's the sight of a car on track for the first time in the session. Lance Stroll ventures out in his Aston Martin.
A few drivers are milling around happily chatting, but Nico Hulkenberg is in the Haas with his helmet on and ready to go seemingly when the lights go green.It's a bit overcast in Jeddah today, but air temperatures are a toasty 27.2 °C, with track temps at 43 °C.Away from the track, today marks the premiere of the unmissable Gilles Villeneuve-Didier Pironi documentary, Racing's Untold Tragedy.
https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/the-tale-of-f1s-most-tragic-rivalry-which-makes-for-compelling-viewing/10444996/In another element of confusion to add into the mix, many drivers have been at pains to point out that Jeddah is a very different type of circuit to Bahrain - with Fernando Alonso stating that yesterday would be like a test day because so far the 2023 machines have only run in anger on the high-deg Sakhir International Circuit.
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