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after his clean sweep of Friday practice sessions ahead of Formula 1’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.
Red Bull crucially had more evidence to back up their early credentials, and the Milton Keynes squad demonstrated great pace on their longer-running simulations in the second half of FP2. As such, it’s hard to make a case for any of the other teams who perhaps had hoped to factor in the mix for a podium finish, unless they are able to count upon the intervention of a higher power to stop a rout in Sunday’s race.In the afternoon FP1 session, Verstappen posted a 1m29.
While the corner has less sting than its previous iteration, requiring a further couple of downward clicks on the downshift paddle to spool up the right amount of torque on the exit, the two were able to walk the line perfectly. Neither looked in danger of invoking the wrath of those in charge of monitoring track limits, such was their command of a compliant car.
There, Verstappen again flexed an advantage over the rest of the field. He was a scant 0.014s up on his best lap from the daylight session, setting a 1m29.603s on a set of soft tyres, but remained relatively untroubled.
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