Formula 1 traveled to the urban layout of Jeddah that premiered last season with a spectacular and controversial duel between Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen for the second round of the 2022 season.
Gallery: The best footage from Friday’s F1 2022 Saudi Arabian GP
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With Ferrari in better shape than ever after the first double of the campaign, the Maranello team took to the asphalt to try to repeat their performance, but the reigning champion slipped between the two Italian single-seaters to try to avail himself of revenge for what happened at Sakhir alone One week ago.
However, the celebration of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix was marred by a missile that hit one of the oil refineries of the Aramco company, one of the main partners of the Grand Circus. The large cloud of black smoke could be seen in the sky from the circuit itself, even Max Verstappen reported on the radio that it smelled burning when he was riding his Red Bull.
The organizers of the event indicated that there was no risk, and decided to go ahead with holding the event in the Arab country, despite the terrorist attack they suffered less than 20 kilometers from where the Formula 1 cars passed more than 300 km /h skimming the walls.
Focusing on the sporting issue, the second free practice session, already under the artificial lights of the floodlights, was delayed a quarter of an hour due to an emergency meeting between the teams, drivers and organizers to deliberate on what would happen to the rest of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.
When they took to the track, the Ferraris showed that they meant business with Charles Leclerc on top, and his teammate, Carlos Sainz, finishing third. Everything indicates that those from Maranello will play for victory with Max Verstappen’s Red Bull, although we must not miss out on Sergio Pérez, who was very close to the top three, and ahead of the two Mercedes, the one from Lewis Hamilton and George Russell.
