Pierre Gasly exceeded the opening training session before the Saudi Grand Prix.
The alpine driver fixed an impressive time for a time, but his session approached to end in tears while he was dangerously close to hitting the wall.
Lando Norris was the second fastest for McLaren, just 0.007 s down. However, he endured a disorderly situation with a few off -piste excursions.
Charles Leclerc took place third ahead of Oscar Piastri, who rose a vague momentum after his impressive victory last time in Bahrain.
The Max Verstappen Red Bulls and Yuki Tsunoda ended the ninth and 10th session respectively.
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