Verstappen tops Practice 1 in Saudi Arabia

Vertsappen topped 1st practice with his time of a 1'29.659, Alonso put in a great lap to put his Aston Martin 2nd fastest, followed by the sister Redbull car of Perez. Russell showed great pace through the session but couldn't manage better than 4th. Oscar Piastri struggled to dial the car in through the session while Stroll and Albon found themselves far closer to the wall than they'd like, touching the barriers but both  escaping without any damage.

Practice 1 Result 

​1 VER 1'29.659    2 ALO +0.186
3 PER +0.209      4 RUS +0.280
5 LEC +0.371       6 SAI +0.505
7 NOR +0.572      8 HAM +0.577
9 STR +0.921      10 ALB +1.088
11 BOT + 1.124    12 RIC + 1.258
13 OCO +1.286    14 SAR +1.307
15 PIA +1.318       16 TSU +1.377
17 GAS +1.387     18 ZHO +1.472
19 HUL +1.752      20 MAG +1.918​