Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso topped the timesheets in second practice for the Saudi Arabian Formula One Grand Prix, with triple world champion Max Verstappen placing third amid an ongoing controversy engulfing his team. Former champion Alonso clocked 1 minute 28.826 seconds on the floodlit 6.174-kilometre Jeddah Corniche Circuit to finish .230 of a second ahead of Mercedes driver George Russell. Verstappen followed in third .331 back, after topping the first session in the afternoon in hot conditions from Alonso and Sergio Perez in the second Red Bull. The session saw several tense moments o…