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Leclerc fastest in final practice as Mercedes struggles

by Phillip Horton
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Leclerc fastest in final practice as Mercedes struggles

Charles Leclerc (MON) Ferrari F1-75. Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, Saturday 26th March 2022. Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

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Championship leader Charles Leclerc completed a sweep of practice sessions for Formula 1’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix as Mercedes struggled.

Leclerc posted a time of 1:29.735s to finish a mere 0.033s faster than reigning World Champion Max Verstappen.

Verstappen had been on course for a quicker lap after being three-tenths up on his personal best following the first two sectors but he went wide through Turn 22 and aborted his effort.

Sergio Perez finished third for Red Bull, ahead of Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz, with Alfa Romeo’s Valtteri Bottas continuing his encouraging start to 2022 by placing fifth.

By contrast Bottas’ former team, Mercedes, had a difficult showing.

Lewis Hamilton was the quickest Mercedes car, in 11th place, nine-tenths of a second down on pacesetter Leclerc.

His team-mate George Russell was in 14th while the six Mercedes-powered customer cars filled out the bottom six positions, as Aston Martin, McLaren and Williams struggled for performance.

Esteban Ocon classified sixth for Alpine while there were more reliability gremlins at midfield rival AlphaTauri.

Pierre Gasly, who retired in Bahrain, suffered a suspected driveshaft issue as he tried to leave the pit lane and stopped his AT03 shortly after pit exit.

Haas’ Kevin Magnussen was eighth while Alpine’s Fernando Alonso and AlphaTauri’s Yuki Tsunoda rounded out the top 10.

Tsunoda’s car was equipped with fresh power unit components, including a new Internal Combustion Engine, following an issue during second practice on Friday.

The session came following a tumultuous 24 hours for Formula 1, after Friday’s attack on a nearby Aramco facility, which led to several meetings that only concluded in the early hours of Saturday.

Drivers reached a resolution to continue the weekend schedule as normal after concerns were assuaged by senior Formula 1 figures and security officials from Saudi Arabia.

Qualifying for Formula 1’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix is scheduled for 20:00 local time

Position Driver Team Time Gap Laps
1 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:29.735 23
2 Max Verstappen Red Bull 1:29.768 0.033 12
3 Sergio Perez Red Bull 1:29.833 0.098 16
4 Carlos Sainz Jr Ferrari 1:30.009 0.274 22
5 Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo 1:30.030 0.295 22
6 Esteban Ocon Alpine 1:30.139 0.404 16
7 Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri 1:30.148 0.413 11
8 Kevin Magnussen Haas 1:30.262 0.527 18
9 Fernando Alonso Alpine 1:30.296 0.561 17
10 Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri 1:30.415 0.680 19
11 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:30.707 0.972 17
12 Mick Schumacher Haas 1:30.765 1.030 17
13 Guanyu Zhou Alfa Romeo 1:30.946 1.211 20
14 George Russell Mercedes 1:30.983 1.248 15
15 Lance Stroll Aston Martin 1:31.067 1.332 18
16 Daniel Ricciardo McLaren 1:31.186 1.451 16
17 Alex Albon Williams 1:31.374 1.639 16
18 Nico Hulkenberg Aston Martin 1:31.424 1.689 18
19 Lando Norris McLaren 1:31.529 1.794 17
20 Nicholas Latifi Williams 1:31.992 2.257 13

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  1. Rene DuMonde says:
    3 months ago

    Why is Best Driver in History of F1 Lewis Hamilton so slow? I thought his cars had nothing to do with his success in previous seasons?

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