LIVE: Saturday qualifying session for Saudi Arabian Grand Prix

JEDDAH: Formula One drivers took to the track in Saudi Arabia as scheduled on Saturday after receiving “detailed assurances” of their safety a day after an attack on the Kingdom by Yemen’s Houthi militia.

F1 confirmed racing would go ahead with the third practice and qualifying session on Saturday followed by Sunday's race despite the attack on an oil depot located about 11 kilometers from the racetrack.

Back to action on the track, George Russell has told AFP he has a good working relationship with his new Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton and says it is primordial to “recognize our fight is not with each other” but with their rivals.

The 24-year-old English driver, in his first full campaign with Mercedes, is preparing for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix on the back of a promising fourth place in the season-opening Bahrain race last Sunday.

Russell replaced Valtteri Bottas alongside Hamilton and whilst the former Williams driver is second in the team's hierarchy there have been several examples of Formula One team-mates falling out.

So far, though, Russell says both he and the seven-time world champion are in perfect harmony.

Follow all the qualifying action below (all times GMT)...

14:45 - While George Russell has said he and Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton, seven-time F1 world champion, are in “perfect harmony”, neither driver was harmonious with their cars in Friday practice sessions.

The British duo were well off the pace in first practice and still had work to do to keep up with Ferrari and Red Bull in the second session of the day.