Lewis Hamilton went fastest in both free practice sessions today as Jeddah - the fastest street circuit in the world - made its debut. In FP1, the Mercedes driver went quickest on the P Zero Red soft C4 tyre while he set the fastest time of the day on the P Zero Yellow medium C3 in FP2, ahead of his team mate Valtteri Bottas. With similar temperatures, both sessions could be relevant to what the teams will face in qualifying tomorrow and the race on Sunday. As expected, the weather was warm and dry all day, with around 29 degrees ambient and 30 degrees of track temperature. Although there was a high degree of track evolution, the track was surprisingly grippy right from the start of the...
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