Pierre Gasly was the pacesetter as the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix race weekend got underway on Friday. It was a very congested scene at the top, with Gasly ‘s 1:29.239 clearing Norris by just seven-thousandths of a second, Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc slotting into P3, 0.07s off Gasly’s time.

Pierre Gasly started the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix weekend as the surprise early pacesetter, with the Alpine driver edging Lando Norris and Charles Leclerc in first practice.

While daylight running ahead of Sunday’s night race in Jeddah may not offer up too much information, Alpine’s Pierre Gasly will be pleased to have outpaced the field