Maximilian Guenther set the best time of the first Free Practice at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit, with the DS PENSKE driver looking to secure another victory after winning the debut event here last season.
The German driver set a 1m15.714s, and was closely followed by Pascal Wehrlein (Porsche) in second with Jake Dennis (Andretti) third. Edoardo Mortara was fourth for Mahindra Racing and Mitch Evans rounded out the top five for Jaguar TCS Racing.
These conditions are also very representative of tomorrow’s race day conditions, with lights out at 20:05 local time.
There were also some close moments on track, with impeding proving a common issue around this 3.001km track, including…