Motorsport Week
  • Formula 1
    • 2025 Formula 1 Calendar
    • 2025 Formula 1 Standings
  • Formula E
    • 2025 Formula E Calendar
    • 2025 Formula E Standings
  • IndyCar
    • 2025 IndyCar Calendar
    • 2025 IndyCar Standings
  • WRC
    • 2025 WRC Standings
    • 2025 WRC Calendar
  • MotoGP
    • 2025 MotoGP Calendar
    • 2025 MotoGP Standings
    • Moto2
    • Moto3
  • WEC
    • 2025 WEC Calendar
  • IMSA
    • 2025 IMSA Calendar
  • World SBK
  • More
    • Formula 2
    • Formula 3
    • F1 Academy
    • Moto2
    • Moto3
    • World Superbikes
    • Technical Insight
    • Galleries
    • About/Contact
    • Privacy Policy
No Result
View All Result
  • Formula 1
    • 2025 Formula 1 Calendar
    • 2025 Formula 1 Standings
  • Formula E
    • 2025 Formula E Calendar
    • 2025 Formula E Standings
  • IndyCar
    • 2025 IndyCar Calendar
    • 2025 IndyCar Standings
  • WRC
    • 2025 WRC Standings
    • 2025 WRC Calendar
  • MotoGP
    • 2025 MotoGP Calendar
    • 2025 MotoGP Standings
    • Moto2
    • Moto3
  • WEC
    • 2025 WEC Calendar
  • IMSA
    • 2025 IMSA Calendar
  • World SBK
  • More
    • Formula 2
    • Formula 3
    • F1 Academy
    • Moto2
    • Moto3
    • World Superbikes
    • Technical Insight
    • Galleries
    • About/Contact
    • Privacy Policy
No Result
View All Result
Motorsport Week
Home Single Seater Formula 1

Sainz: ‘Crazy’ Jeddah different to anything I’ve driven before

by Fergal Walsh
4 years ago
A A
Sainz: ‘Crazy’ Jeddah different to anything I’ve driven before
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz says the Jeddah Corniche Circuit isn’t like any track he has raced at before during his career.

Formula 1 is visiting Saudi Arabia for the first time this weekend, and drivers got their first taste of the high-speed circuit during free practice on Friday.

Jeddah has been labelled the fastest street track on the 2021 calendar, consisting of many medium and high-speed corners.

Speaking about his experience of the circuit following practice, Sainz outlined that its intensity is shared with the fast and narrow streets of Macau.

RelatedPosts

Alex Dunne will make his second F1 appearance at Monza

Alex Dunne to get second F1 outing with McLaren at Italian GP

5 hours ago
McLaren Racing has been valued at around £3.5 billion

McLaren valued at £3.5 billion after simplified ownership structure

5 hours ago

“[It’s] different, very different to anything I’ve driven in before, to be honest,” Sainz said. 

“The intensity that this track gives you, the thrill and adrenaline, it’s something I’ve not lived since my days in Macau.

“So it’s very different, very intense, very high-speed, very close to the walls, trying to get the turning points right, just before brushing the wall on the inside.

“It’s quite crazy out there but it looks like, so far, everyone has managed to stay safe today, and hopefully we can managed to keep it the same way going into tomorrow and Sunday.”

Sainz’s team-mate Charles Leclerc was the only driver to become a victim of the track’s ever-lingering barriers on Friday, as he hit the wall at Turn 22.

Sainz ended FP2 in seventh place behind both Alpine cars, and is expecting a close fight between several teams for best of the rest honours on Saturday and Sunday.

“I feel relatively confident, I did a good build-up through the day, getting up to speed very much little by little,” Sainz reflected. 

“The pace has been there the whole day, but we used different compounds, different fuel levels, so we need to analyse everything, to see who’s in front and who’s behind.

“But at the moment it looks like another very tight battle with AlphaTauri, Alpine and McLaren, so it looks like from 5th back it could be a very tight fight, like it was in Qatar.”

Tags: Carlos SainzF1FerrariSaudiArabianGP
Share199Tweet125Share

Related Posts

VeeKay only spent one year with DCR in the #18 entry. Photo: Kevin Dejewski
IndyCar

Rinus VeeKay separates from Dale Coyne Racing

2 hours ago
Alex Dunne will make his second F1 appearance at Monza
Formula 1

Alex Dunne to get second F1 outing with McLaren at Italian GP

5 hours ago
McLaren Racing has been valued at around £3.5 billion
Formula 1

McLaren valued at £3.5 billion after simplified ownership structure

5 hours ago
Load More

Discussion about this post

Upcoming Races

#EventDate
15Dutch GP29-31 August
16Italian GP05-07 September
17Azerbaijan GP19-21 September
18Singapore GP03-05 October
19United States GP17-19 October

Click here for the full 2025 F1 calendar

Drivers’  Standings

#DriverPts
Oscar Piastri309
Lando Norris275
Max Verstappen205
George Russell184
Charles Leclerc151
Lewis Hamilton109
Andrea Kimi Antonelli64
Alexander Albon64
Nico Hulkenberg37
Isack Hadjar37

Click here for full Drivers’ Standings

Latest Articles

Alex Dunne will make his second F1 appearance at Monza
Formula 1

Alex Dunne to get second F1 outing with McLaren at Italian GP

September 2, 2025
McLaren Racing has been valued at around £3.5 billion
Formula 1

McLaren valued at £3.5 billion after simplified ownership structure

September 2, 2025
Isack Hadjar earned huge acclaim from his fellow drivers after his maiden F1 podium
Formula 1

How F1 rivals reacted to Isack Hadjar’s first podium at Dutch GP

September 2, 2025

Follow Motorsport Week

Join our daily motorsport newsletter

* indicates required

Motorsport Week

© 2024 Motorsport Media Services Ltd

Other Links

  • About & Contact
  • Privacy Policy
  • Motorsport Monday

Follow Us

No Result
View All Result
  • Login
  • Sign Up
  • Home
  • Formula 1
    • Latest News
    • 2025 F1 Calendar
    • 2025 F1 Championship Standings
  • Formula E
    • Latest News
    • 2025 FE Calendar
    • 2025 FE Championship Standings
  • MotoGP
    • Latest News
    • 2025 MotoGP Calendar
    • 2025 MotoGP Standings
    • Moto2
    • Moto3
    • World Superbikes
  • WRC
    • Latest News
    • 2025 WRC Calendar
    • 2025 WRC Standings
  • IndyCar
    • Latest News
    • 2025 IndyCar Calendar
    • 2025 IndyCar Standings
  • WEC
    • Latest News
    • 2025 WEC Calendar
  • Live Updates
  • Other
    • IMSA
    • Formula 2
    • Formula 3
    • F1 Academy
    • Moto2
    • Moto3
    • World Superbikes
  • Galleries
  • About/Contact
  • Privacy Policy

© 2024 Motorsport Media Services Ltd