Concluding the season's first triple-header, the fifth round of the 2025 Formula One World Championship got underway at Jeddah Corniche Circuit. Get the thoughts of Lance, Fernando and our team from Friday's Free Practice.
Today's sessions gave our drivers the chance to get to grips with the street circuit and learn information across different tyre types.
Friday round-up and reaction
Our drivers began Saudi Arabia's first Free Practice on the Medium compound before pitting for Softs in the second half of the session. To conclude Free Practice One running, Fernando switched back to the Mediums for his final stint.
After a combined 47 laps, Fernando concluded FP1 in P14 and Lance P17.
Later in the day, it was time for FP2 under the lights of Jeddah Corniche Circuit. Gathering data across the Soft and Medium tyres, Fernando and Lance finished in P15 and P18 respectively.
In Formula 2, Aston Martin Aramco driver squad member Jak Crawford secured P1 in Qualifying.
#18 | Lance Stroll | Free Practice
"Not the most competitive day for us, but let's see what we can learn from the data and come up with overnight to improve for tomorrow. Conditions here are tricky and it will be a tough mission to put it all together in Qualifying but we will work hard and put the work in."
#14 | Fernando Alonso | Free Practice
"We managed to get some clean laps in today, but it looks like the pace is a little behind where we want it to be. There will be a lot of traffic management in Qualifying and you need to have some luck too. We will look at the data tonight and hopefully put together the best package for tomorrow and try our best to challenge for the top ten."
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