F1 Practice Today: Saudi Arabia Grand Prix results - Verstappen BEATEN in FP2

Fernando Alonso set the fastest time in FP2 at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, beating out the Red Bull of Max Verstappen and the Mercedes of George Russell.

Verstappen complained that his Red Bull was 'jumping a lot', but it didn't seem to prevent him from flinging his car around the 27 corners of the Jeddah circuit to set the fastest time in the first session.

His team-mate Sergio Perez set the third fastest time in FP1, but it was the Aston Martin of Alonso who split the two Red Bulls - a surprise given the Spaniard's tough race in Bahrain.

A number of drivers complained of 'dangerous' traffic during the session, with several incidents where rapid avoiding action had to be taken.

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F1 FP2 Results: Saudi Arabian Grand Prix 2024

1. Fernando Alonso [Aston Martin] - 1:28.827sec

2. George Russell [Mercedes] - +0.230sec

3. Max Verstappen [Red Bull] - +0.331sec

4. Charles Leclerc [Ferrari] - +0.353sec

5. Sergio Perez [Red Bull] - +0.473sec

6. Lance Stroll [Aston Martin] - +0.509sec

7. Carlos Sainz [Ferrari] - +0.628sec

8. Lewis Hamilton [Mercedes] - +0.677sec

9. Pierre Gasly [Alpine] - +0.701sec

10. Oscar Piastri [McLaren] - +0.767sec

11. Yuki Tsunoda [VCARB] - +0.839sec

12. Lando Norris [McLaren] - +0.931sec

13. Zhou Guanyu [Kick Sauber] - +0.950sec

14. Alex Albon [Williams] - +0.962sec

15. Esteban Ocon [Alpine] - +1.074sec

16. Logan Sargeant [Williams] - +1.107sec

17. Kevin Magnussen [Haas] - +1.158sec

18. Nico Hulkenberg [Haas] - +1.250sec

19. Daniel Ricciardo [VCARB] - +1.261sec

20. Valtteri Bottas [Kick Sauber] - +1.326sec

F1 FP1 Results: Saudi Arabian Grand Prix 2024

1. Max Verstappen [Red Bull] - 1:29.659sec

2. Fernando Alonso [Aston Martin] - +0.186sec

3. Sergio Perez [Red Bull] - +0.209sec

4. George Russell [Mercedes] - +0.280sec

5. Charles Leclerc [Ferrari] - +0.371sec

6. Carlos Sainz [Ferrari] - +0.505sec

7. Lando Norris [McLaren] - +0.572sec

8. Lewis Hamilton [Mercedes] - +0.577sec

9. Lance Stroll [Aston Martin] - +0.921sec

10. Alex Albon [Williams] - +1.088sec

11. Valtteri Bottas [Kick Sauber] - +1.124sec

12. Daniel Ricciardo [VCARB] - +1.258sec

13. Esteban Ocon [Alpine] - +1.286sec

14. Logan Sargeant [Williams] - +1.307sec

15. Oscar Piastri [McLaren] - +1.318sec

16. Yuki Tsunoda [VCARB] - +1.377sec

17. Pierre Gasly [Alpine] - +1.387sec

18. Zhou Guanyu [Kick Sauber] - +1.472sec

19. Nico Hulkenberg [Haas] - +1.752sec

20. Kevin Magnussen [Haas] - +1.918sec

How does F1 Qualifying work?

The 60-minute qualifying session is split into three finite windows which provides a dramatic prelude to Saturday's big race.

The bottom five drivers are eliminated at the end of Q1, with a further five eliminated after Q2.

Then Q3 gives us a shootout between the remaining 10 drivers in the battle for positions at the front of the grid.

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