Ticktum leads second Jeddah E-Prix practice

Dan Ticktum was fastest in second practice for the Jeddah E-Prix, with a late lap in what was an interrupted session, usurping Jake Dennis.

Unlike Thursday’s opening practice, the session took place in daylight and in warm conditions, making it not entirely representative of the race which takes place at night – although with Thursday’s running being the first of the weekend, track conditions had at least improved by FP2.

The Cupra Kiro's best time of 1m15.343 was just 0.038s quicker than the Andretti driver, who'd gone fastest with just under three minutes to go.

Pascal Wehrlein was a further 0.081s back in the factory Porsche in what was a top-three lockout for the German manufacturer’s powertrains, with Norman Nato fourth.

Edoardo Mortara was fifth for Mahindra, ahead of Jaguar TCS Racing’s Antonio Felix da Costa who, despite once again complaining of braking issues, albeit “different issues to yesterday,” was able to get his first 350kW laps of the weekend down.

FP1 pacesetter Maximilian Guenther was seventh, ahead of his DS Penske teammate Taylor Barnard who was on target to improve with his final lap – having set personal bests in the first two sectors – until he was impeded by Lucas di Grassi in the final chicane after he made a mistake on corner entry.

Felipe Drugovich was ninth for Andretti, with Jean-Eric Vergne completing the top 10 for Citroen.

Mahindra’s Nyck de Vries split the French brand’s cars in 11th, ahead of Nick Cassidy, with Joel Eriksson 13th. The Envision Racing driver spoke of struggles in Turns 13 and 14, admitting he didn't have the confidence to brake later, and also mentioned that he was "struggling a bit on power" in left-hand corners over the team radio.

Nico Mueller was 14th for Porsche, ahead of the other Envision of Sebastien Buemi, with di Grassi in 16th and Mitch Evans 17th for Jaguar as he struggled for confidence over the course of the session.

Zane Maloney was 18th in the second Lola, while Pepe Marti was the last of the drivers to complete the session for Cupra Kiro, having hit traffic – most notably a slow Eriksson on the racing line – on his final fast lap, preventing him from improving. Nevertheless, the two Cupra Kiro drivers at either end of the table were split by just 1.164s.

Reigning champion Oliver Rowland ended the session at the bottom of the timesheet after bringing out a red flag with 18 minutes to go – a stoppage that went on to last eight minutes.

The Nissan driver took a tight line in Turn 15 and hit the inside wall, destroying the right-front suspension of his car. He was on a strong lap until that point, going fastest in the first two sectors. Having been unhappy with his car on Thursday, Rowland was more comfortable today, but still not entirely satisfied.

Rowland only completed one 350kW lap in FP1 and his early exit from FP2 means he doesn't have a lot of full power running under his belt going into qualifying

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