
March
08Aston Martin’s Alonso top in Saudi GP practice
Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso was fastest in Thursday’s floodlit second practice for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix after Red Bull’s reigning champion Max Verstappen set the afternoon pace in FP1. George Russell was second on the timesheets for Mercedes, 0.230 slower than Alonso’s one minute 28.827 second effort, with Verstappen third and 0.331 off the Spaniard’s best. The second session was delayed briefly due to reported loose drain covers, a problem that beset testing in Bahrain last month and also in Las Vegas last November. This time the matter was swiftly resolved. Alonso had been second in the first session, 0.186 slower than triple […]