In the first timed sector, Verstappen immediately went purple, which is actually normal, considering that the first timed sector is the most winding section of the Jeddah Circuit, and the Red Bull car is famously fast in medium and high-speed corners.
Soon, Verstappen finished the second timed sector and went purple once again.
Verstappen's time in the first two timed sectors was already 0.3 seconds faster than Hamilton.
This made the Mercedes side a bit anxious, because if things continued like this, Verstappen had a great chance of ultimately winning pole position in this qualifying session.
But soon, the Mercedes team was relieved.
At the beginning of the third timed sector, Verstappen's pace was still quite good, just like in the first and second sectors, and his speed was very fast.
