McLaren dominate final practice for Saudi GP as Hamilton struggles again

McLaren showed good pace in final practice for the 2025 Saudi Arabian Grand PrixMcLaren put down another statement of intent as they dominated final practice for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix in Jeddah. Lando Norris topped the timesheets with a lap of 1min27.489sec which was 0.024sec faster than his team-mate Oscar Piastri.

The gap to the fastest non-McLaren car was enormous. George Russell was third for Mercedes but a full six tenths of a second slower than both McLaren drivers. Max Verstappen was fourth, a further two tenths back with Charles Leclerc in fifth and Alexander Albon in sixth being the final two cars within a second of the championship leaders.

There was further woe for Ferrari’s…