F1 Full Results | Gasly amazes and tops FP1 with early pace in Jeddah

The Alpine driver will be filled with confidence after another positive session is his Alpine. FP2 gets underway under the lights in just a few hours, and GPblog will once again bring you all the updates from that session, too.

Gasly set a 1.29.239, with Norris just +0.007 behind. Charles Leclerc was also within a tenth, as foruth placed Oscar Piastri finished marginally over a tenth behind the top three in fourth placed. There were no notable incidents in the session. However, Ollie Bearman suffered a scary lockup in the first corner. The Brit grazed the wall, but continued.

Heading into this weekend, all eyes are on Lando Norris as teammate Oscar Piastri inches closer to leading the championship, with only three points separating the two McLaren drivers. However, the question lies with whether Verstappen will have luck on his side this weekend as Friday's first session in Jeddah will help to reveal whether Red Bull Racing have the opportunity to bounce back against championship leaders McLaren this weekend.

After more misfortune in Bahrain, the reigning F1 World Champion Max Verstappen will hope to prove everyone wrong this weekend in Saudi Arabia. It was only last year when Verstappen eased to victory in his Red Bull with a dominating race, however the likelihood of him repeating that this time around remains uncertain. Himself and newly appointed teammate Yuki Tsunoda will have to maximise their car's capabilities this weekend in order to prove that Red Bull Racing have a chance to turn their disappointing start to the season around.