Max Verstappen drove the fastest time during the final practice session for the Saudi Arabian GP. In the Red Bull, Verstappen was about two tenths faster than Charles Leclerc in his Ferrari, Sergio Perez completed the top three.
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The news of the day this time was not about Christian Horner, but that Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz will miss the rest of the race weekend in Jeddah due to appendicitis. As a result, F2 driver Oliver Bearman will replace Sainz for the rest of the race weekend and make his official debut in Formula 1.
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For Oliver Bearman it was a first introduction to the Ferrari F1 car on the Jeddah Corniche Circuit, for the other drivers it was a last chance to prepare as best as possible for qualifying and the race. The limits of both the cars and the circuit were increasingly being pushed.
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Things went wrong for the Chinese Guanyu Zhou and he ended up in the TecPro barriers. Logically we got a red flag and that also meant that valuable time was lost for the other riders. For Zhou, in turn, it remains to be seen whether the mechanics will get his car ready by qualifying.
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Eventually the session was briefly resumed. Max Verstappen finished the third practice session fastest, ahead of Charles Leclerc in the Ferrari and teammate Sergio Perez who completed the top three.
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