Source :- PERTH NOW NEWS
F1 Championship head Lando Norris has pipped his McLaren partner Oscar Piastri to the top of the logs in last exercise for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix on Saturday.
The Briton lapped the Jeddah Corniche loop with a fastest period of one second 27. 489 moments, 0. 024 quicker than the Australian who won the previous contest in Bahrain and is three items adrift.
Piastri will become the first Aussie to guide the tournament since Mark Webber in 2010 if he wins under the headlights on Sunday but Norris has led since the final opening in Melbourne next month.
George Russell was next fastest for Mercedes, 0. 627 off the pace in the daylight session, with Red Bull’s Max Verstappen fourth ( +0. 845 ) and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc fifth ( +0. 883 ).
Alex Albon ( +0. 900 ) and Carlos Sainz ( +1. 081 ) were sixth and seventh for Williams with Alpine’s Pierre Gasly, fastest in Friday’s first practice, eighth.
Red Bull’s Yuki Tsunoda and Mercedes ‘ European rookie Kimi Antonelli completed the top 10.
Seven-times world champion Lewis Hamilton was merely 12th fastest for Ferrari, behind Racing Bulls ‘ European quarterback Isack Hadjar.
