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The long run pace seemed competitive, Lewis was a little happier than Valtteri, and we finished the day with quite different setups on the cars.

It is a fast and fun track to drive, but it is difficult to hook up a lap.

We came here well prepared from our simulation work and hit the ground running.

The first read on the tyres confirms the reasonably small performance gap between the soft and the medium tyre, which will definitely have an effect on qualifying strategy.

We used the day wisely to prepare ourselves for tomorrow's qualifying session.

The track has developed a lot between the two sessions, meaning it was quite a struggle to stay on top of the balance of the car.

While Lewis Hamilton tops the timesheets in FP2, Charles Leclerc is the first casualty of a track which appears to be an accident waiting to happen.

Times from today's second free practice session for the STC Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.

Whilst apologising for any hurt that has been caused by his team's partnering with sponsor Kingspan, Toto Wolff defends the company in Grenfell row.

Pirelli says the deflations seen in Qatar were the result of the amount of time the tyres were run on the kerbs, at high speed and with considerable lateral and vertical loads.

Having set the initial pace on hards, Max Verstappen was unable to improve on the softs as Lewis Hamilton gets his Jeddah weekend of to the best possible start.

Times from today's opening free practice session for the STC Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.

While he heads into the weekend that could decide the 2021 title, Lewis Hamilton insists that he is relaxed, though also admitting that he is not entirely comfortable with the location.

Though he could wrap up the championship this weekend, Max Verstappen insists that he is not thinking about the title fight.

Power unit elements used prior to the STC Saudi Arabian Grand Prix weekend.