Saudi Arabia Grand Prix Overview
I’m excited to tell you about a normal, not weird at all grand prix weekend in Saudi Arabia where Hamilton didn’t make it out of Q1, Schumacher demolished his ride in Q2, and after Practice 1 there was, oh what do you call it, a Drone Missile Strike… are you fucking kidding me? But everyone agreed to race, so NBD. Totally normal…let’s just race…I guess!?! Also, we’ll look at the intense fucking battle between the Alpine drivers and the what may be seen as the beginning of a Red Bull win streak, in our “Fully Involved, Grand Prix Review”. You should listen to the podcast for FREE to really get the feel of the race lap-by-lap…but in around 30 minutes. Subscribe and review if you do like it.
Jeddah Corniche Circuit Details and Tire Compounds
Circuit Details
This weekend I was the Formula One STC Saudi Arabian Grand Prix 2022 at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit. Here are some interesting facts:
Fastest street circuit of the season.
2nd Longest circuit of season.
Night race with 600 lights to illuminate the track.
Hamilton has the track lap record with 1.27.511
3 DRS zones with top speed of 209 mph
3.836 miles / lap
50 Laps
27 Turns
Tire Compounds for the Race
Pirelli chose the C4 – C3 – C2 tire compounds. Mario Isola from Pirelli predicted it would 1-2 stops using Hard and Medium tires. Most teams started on Medium tires and ended on Hard. Listen to the podcast find out who did NOT start on Medium tires and how their race ended up.
Isola mentioned that the track has long quick corners that put energy into the tires, therefore more grip. He also verified that most teams kept two sets of mediums.
Starting & Finishing Grid
Starting Grid
| P1 | Sergio Perez |
| P2 | Charles Leclerc |
| P3 | Carols Sainz |
| P4 | Max Verstappen |
| P5 | Esteban Ocon |
| P6 | George Russell |
| P7 | Fernando Alonso |
| P8 | Valtteri Bottas |
| P9 | Pierre Gasly |
| P10 | Kevin Magnussen |
| P11 | Lando Norris |
| P12 | Zhou Guanyu |
| P13 | Lance Stroll |
| P14 | Daniel Ricciardo |
| P15 | Lewis Hamilton |
| P16 | Alexander Albon |
| P17 | Nico Hulkenberg |
| P18 | Nicholas Latifi |
| P19 | Yuki Tsunoda |
Race Result
| P1 | Max Verstappen |
| P2 | Charles Leclerc |
| P3 | Carlos Sainz |
| P4 | Sergio Perez |
| P5 | George Russell |
| P6 | Esteban Ocon |
| P7 | Lando Norris |
| P8 | Pierre Gasly |
| P9 | Kevin Magnussen |
| P10 | Lewis Hamilton |
| P11 | Zhou Guanyu |
| P12 | Nico Hulkenberg |
| P13 | Lance Stroll |
| P14 | Alexander Albon |
| NC | Valtteri Bottas |
| NC | Fernando Alonso |
| NC | Daniel Ricciardo |
| NC | Nicholas Latifi |
| NC | Yuki Tsunoda |
| NC | Mick Schumacher |
Conclusion
In conclusion, there’s a lot of shit to learn and it can be hard to follow when you don’t know what the hell they’re talking about, but don’t worry about all that. Just jump right in and begin watching some races and it will begin to come to you naturally and if not just start playing a drinking game where you take a drink when there’s a term that comes up that you don’t know, or you could just google it, but I prefer to drink.