Hi
In this book, you will find a rewind of the 2023 F1 season.
The chapters are quite long, most of the time over 5000 words.
Hope you enjoy it. :)
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So please excuse some mistakes. As well because my fi...
Max Verstappen continued to set the pace in Jeddah, as the Red Bull driver topped the timesheets in the second practice session for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. Verstappen placed ahead of the Aston Martin of Fernando Alonso and his teammate Sergio Perez.
After the blazing hot on Friday afternoon, the drivers came out onto a much cooler track for FP2. With the sun having set, and the floodlights turned on - in what were much more representative conditions to those they will face in qualifying and in the race.
And it was Verstappen - who also topped the-who led the way in the customary FP2 qualifying simulation runs, setting a time of 1m 29.603s, with his nearest challenger, Alonso, 0.208s behind. Last year's pole-sitter, Perez, was third quickest, 0.299s behind his teammate.
It was a strong showing from Alpine on Friday, with Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly finishing fourth and sixth respectively in the session, with the Mercedes of George Russell sandwiched between the French pair in P5.
Lance Stroll, in the sister Aston Martin, was seventh fastest, ahead of the Haas of Nico Hulkenberg and the Ferrari pair of Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz, in P9 and P10, respectively. With Leclerc, set to take a for Sunday's race, heard complaining of engine issues late in the session.
Lewis Hamilton - who won the first race in Jeddah back in 2021 - was 11th fastest after having his first run on the soft tyre impeded by yellow flags, ahead of his compatriot Lando Norris, in 12th, for McLaren.
Yuki Tsunoda was the quickest of the Alpha Tauri drivers, in 13th, ahead of the lead Williams of Alex Albon, the sister Haas of Kevin Magnussen, and the Alfa Romeo of Zhou Guanyu down in P16.
Tsunoda's teammate Nyck de Vries finished the session down in 17th, ahead of his fellow rookies Logan Sargeant and Oscar Piastri. Sargeant had to take avoiding action after nearly hitting the rear of Sainz, with Valtteri Bottas at the rear of the field for Alfa Romeo.
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Practice 3
Max Verstappen set the fastest time in FP3 to lead his Red Bull teammate Sergio Perez by over six tenths of a second - and the rest of the field by nearly a second. The championship leader swept all three practice sessions before qualifying in Saudi Arabia.
Verstappen, who led and on Friday, followed that up with another table-topping performance on Saturday afternoon, having equipped softs to set a lap of 1m 28.485s. The Dutchman improved steadily throughout the session, with the track gripping up from spent tyre rubber, and temperatures decreasing towards sunset.
Perez ended up 0.613s off the pace in P2, while Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso was third on the board - albeit 0.998s off the pace of Verstappen. He was the last driver within a second of the Dutchman, as Lance Stroll was 1.024s off the pace in P4.
Lewis Hamilton rounded out the top five for Mercedes, while his teammate George Russell took P11.
