F1 drivers hit out at 'dangerous' conditions in Saudi practice

The second practice session in Saudi Arabia on Thursday saw several near-misses between drivers on track.

Max Verstappen topped the timesheets in FP1 with Fernando Alonso in second and Sergio Perez locking out the top three.

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But FP2 was met with problems with traffic for the drivers, which almost caused some serious accidents.

FP2 near-misses anger drivers

Williams driver Logan Sargeant had to take evasive action while on a flying lap to avoid Lewis Hamilton who was coasting in the middle of the track.

Sargeant was left unimpressed by the Mercedes driver over the team radio: "Mate, come on. It's too dangerous.”

Carlos Sainz, who had been close behind Hamilton, said: '"What Hamilton did there was super dangerous. Like he was in the middle, I couldn't get out of the way. Sargeant nearly crashed because of him."

Hamilton responded to the incident by saying: "I didn't realise someone was on a lap. I was trying to get out of the way for Sainz and all of a sudden there was a Williams there."

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The incident between Sargeant and Hamilton has been noted by the stewards and will be investigated after the session.

The seven-time champion’s team-mate George Russell was also involved in a close call when Yuki Tsunoda almost cut across him on one of the curved straights.

Sainz was involved in a second incident moments later as he sped past the McLaren of Lando Norris, uttering over his radio: “Unbelievable this guy.”

Fernando Alonso also expressed his anger towards the amount of traffic on the circuit: “A mess, so dangerous!”

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