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It's early on in the weekend and the high speed and blind corners are already building the tension. Carlos Sainz comes across a bit of traffic and complains on the radio... "He didn't get out of the way - that was dangerous!"

These are fascinating moments as we see how the cars adjust to a completely different layout to the one they experienced for testing and opening Grand Prix of the season in Bahrain. After Red Bull dominated in Sakhir, the likes of Ferrari, Mercedes and Aston Martin are all hoping to be closer...

The Scuderia have opted to change the power unit on both cars as a 'precaution' for this weekend. That's following on from Leclerc's DNF in Bahrain, not to mention the fact he is set for a 10-place grid penalty here already. Red Bull's Sergio Perez is also taking a new energy store and new...

20 minutes to go: The Ferraris sit in the bottom half of the top 10 at the minute, with Sainz sixth and Leclerc eighth. Remember, both drivers have changed their power units as a 'precaution'.

It's a track where you need confidence in your machinery as you throw the car into a ribbon of high-speed corners lined with concrete punishment, and Lewis Hamilton is not feeling it as he struggles for grip. He asks Bono how much time others are finding. "Half a second" is the answer from his...

Lewis Hamilton is not the only one struggling for grip. Red Bull's Sergio Perez and Alpine's Pierre Gasly are also complaining as much as their tyres seem to be on this hot Jeddah afternoon.

Red Bull's Sergio Perez is reporting a "strange smell" from the car. Could their be a technical issue on the horizon for the champions?

5 minutes to go: Stroll is back on track. The Aston Martin driver is another to struggle with the grip at a scorching Jeddah as he skids taking a corner. We are into the last knockings off the session now, with Verstappen, Alonso and Perez still our top three.

The teams line-up for a set of practice starts, with the cars getting further used to the tarmac ahead of the serious stuff to come later in the weekend.

We're taking a short break, but will be back to bring you live updates from Practice 2 shortly. Live television coverage resumes on Sky Sports F1 from 4.45pm. For now, you can catch up with what went on in first practice by reading our report below!

After a drive in the daylight in Practice 1, Max Verstappen, Lewis Hamilton and co will be back out under the lights shortly for Practice 2 in Jeddah. Conditions here will be more representative of what they will face in qualifying on Saturday and then the race on Sunday. Practice 2 gets under...

Also speaking in the team principals' press conference in between sessions was AlphaTauri boss Franz Tost. He did not hold back at all when talking about his disappointment at the work of the team's engineers. "We struggled in Bahrain. It looks a little bit different here. I hope that at...

"I think that the important thing to remember is that this is going to set up 2024. "The initial concept for the 2024 car will be locked in in the next couple of months, so Toto's point about that direction isn't so much about this year. "They've kind of resigned themselves to the fact that...

Here's a look at the three tyre compounds we'll see in use throughout the weekend. It will be the soft C4 tyre that we'll see qualifying simulations on during this session.

Having sat out the first 20 minutes of Practice 1, Max Verstappen is not wasting any time this evening. The reigning world champion is straight out on track.

Wow - this is exciting! Look at the view from the drivers' eyes as they look to take on the mad streets of Saudi Arabia under the lights. Remember, you can ride onboard with any of the 20 drivers on the Sky Sports app throughout the weekend.

This may be practice, but Max Verstappen is already pushing hard - he nearly hits the wall on the final corner! It's better to find the limit now than go over it as he did in the same place during qualifying in 2021 while on THAT LAP.

Our current top three is Verstappen, Perez and Alonso - it's got a familiar feel to it. It was the same in Bahrain and the same in P1 earlier on today. Verstappen goes fastest in Jeddah with a 1:29:952, nearly five tenths clear of team-mate Perez. But he's perhaps got more to come - the world...

32 minutes to go: Alonso comes ever so close to clipping Sainz! Alonso is still third at the moment, just behind the two Red Bulls, with Nico Hulkenberg and his Haas in fourth. Verstappen's second-fastest time was done on the medium tyres so goodness knows how speedy he will be on the softs...

The Mercedes duo have set some quick laps, but they don't seem as quick as their rivals. Russell is fifth, but Hamilton can only manage 11th - the car looks unstable at the rear, and Russell calls on the radio for a change in setup.