Red Bull dominates in Jeddah as F1 prepares for Saudi GP
1 min readTwo weeks after sweeping the Bahrain Grand Prix, Red Bull looked as locked in as ever Friday under the lights in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Defending champion Max Verstappen led both Saudi GP practice sessions with a lap time of 1 minute, 20.603 seconds — significantly faster than last year’s best.
« I think we had a positive day, » Verstappen told the media. « But I think there are still quite a few things we can do better. With a low-deg circuit, I think the lap times are all very close, so it’s definitely not like Bahrain. »
The lap times backed up Verstappen’s concerns: Two other teams were within 4/10s of a second of his lap time. One, Aston Martin, surprised no one; the British team excelled in Bahrain and looks set to challenge Red Bull on pace all season. The other, however, was a bit of a wild card: Alpine.