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Hamilton fastest as Leclerc shunts heavily in Jeddah FP2

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World Champion Lewis Hamilton led a Mercedes 1-2 during second practice for Formula 1’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix at Jeddah as Charles Leclerc crashed heavily.

Saudi Arabia has joined Formula 1’s calendar on a 10-year deal and its inaugural edition, along with next March’s second event, will take place at Jeddah.

A 6.1km pseudo-street circuit, featuring a season-high 27 turns, has been constructed along the coastline of the Red Sea in Saudi Arabia’s second city.

The second session took place at night, in line with the schedule for qualifying and the race itself, with the track illuminated by the flood lights.

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Traffic an issue

Several drivers encountered traffic on their respective hot laps – including the leading contenders.

The situation has been accentuated by the high average lap speed at Jeddah, the relatively narrow track width, and the close presence of walls that means several curves are blind on entry.

It was most pronounced on the final stretch on the run to Turn 27, with Hamilton particularly affected, encountering several slow-moving cars on his Soft tyre run before sliding deep into the corner.

It meant Hamilton’s best time of 1:29.018s was set on the yellow-banded Medium compound tyre, with second-placed Valtteri Bottas, 0.061s behind, also setting his best on Mediums.

Leclerc’s crash ends session

Charles Leclerc (MON) Ferrari SF-21 after he crashed in the second practice session. Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, Friday 3rd December 2021. Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Drivers were fully into their race runs when the only major incident of note on a relatively drama-free day brought the session to an early conclusion.

Charles Leclerc lost the rear of the Ferrari SF21 through the high-speed left-hander at Turn 22 and suffered a heavy impact with the barriers.

Leclerc was able to walk away from the scene of the accident but the car sustained sizeable damage in the impact.

As the crash came with five minutes remaining the session was not resumed.

Gasly rapid again

Pierre Gasly’s one-lap pace has been impressive throughout the course of 2021 and once more the AlphaTauri driver was at the sharp end of the grid, as he classified third.

Gasly’s time enabled him to jump ahead of points leader Max Verstappen, who was fourth, albeit within two-tenths of pacesetter Hamilton.

Alpine had an encouraging day as Qatar podium finisher Fernando Alonso was fifth while team-mate Esteban Ocon classified sixth.

Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz was seventh, in front of AlphaTauri’s Yuki Tsunoda, while Red Bull’s Sergio Perez was a low-key ninth.

Leclerc rounded out the top 10 for Ferrari, with McLaren, Alfa Romeo and Aston Martin line astern behind, ahead of the Williams and Haas drivers at the back.

Saturday’s final practice session for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix is scheduled for 17:00 local time.

Position Driver Team Time Gap Laps
1 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:29.018 22
2 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 1:29.079 0.061 23
3 Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri 1:29.099 0.081 22
4 Max Verstappen Red Bull 1:29.213 0.195 20
5 Fernando Alonso Alpine 1:29.441 0.423 21
6 Esteban Ocon Alpine 1:29.555 0.537 22
7 Carlos Sainz Jr Ferrari 1:29.589 0.571 24
8 Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri 1:29.597 0.579 20
9 Sergio Perez Red Bull 1:29.768 0.750 22
10 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:29.772 0.754 23
11 Daniel Ricciardo McLaren 1:29.968 0.950 22
12 Lando Norris McLaren 1:30.004 0.986 19
13 Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo 1:30.110 1.092 23
14 Kimi Raikkonen Alfa Romeo 1:30.276 1.258 24
15 Lance Stroll Aston Martin 1:30.442 1.424 22
16 Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin 1:30.502 1.484 22
17 George Russell Williams 1:30.506 1.488 24
18 Mick Schumacher Haas 1:30.652 1.634 20
19 Nicholas Latifi Williams 1:31.039 2.021 23
20 Nikita Mazepin Haas 1:31.629 2.611 20
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