Jeddah 2023! Everything You Need to Know...
Updated: 3 days ago
F1 is back in Saudi Arabia this weekend at Jeddah! Seen as one of the more dangerous tracks, and the first street circuit of the season, excitement is high.
I'll be updating this post regularly over the weekend.
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Jeddah Schedule (GMT)
Friday 17th March 2023:
Free Practice 1: 13:30-14:30
Free Practice 2: 17:00-18:00
Saturday 18th March 2023:
Free Practice 3: 13:30-14:30
Qualifying: 17:00
Sunday 19th March 2023:
The Race: 17:00
About the Track
The Jeddah Corniche Circuit had its first race in 2021.
The race will have 50 laps of the 6.174km circuit.
The lap record was set by Lewis Hamilton in 2021 at 1:30.734.
Free Practice Updates
Free Practice 1 -
Times by Teams:
Alfa Romeo
Valtteri Bottas: P18. 1:31.970. Completed 24 laps.
Zhou Guanyu: 1:31.986. Completed 21 laps.
AlphaTauri
Yuki Tsunoda: P10. 1:31.110. Completed 24 laps.
Nyck De Vries: P13. 1:31.450. Completed 28 laps.
Alpine
Esteban Ocon: P12. 1:31.118. Completed 25 laps.
Pierre Gasly: P8. 1:30.949. Completed 23 laps.
Aston Martin
Fernando Alonso: P3. 1:30.315. Completed 21 laps.
Lance Stroll: P4. 1:30.577. Completed 19 laps.
Ferrari
Carlos Sainz: P7. 1:30.924. Completed 22 laps.
Charles Leclerc: P11. 1:31.118. Completed 25 laps.
Haas
Kevin Magnussen: P16. 1:31.566. Completed 22 laps.
Nico Hulkenberg: P15. 1:31.552. Completed 21 laps.
McLaren
Lando Norris: P20. 1:32.149. Completed 20 laps.
Oscar Piastri: P14. 1:31.491. Completed 24 laps.
Mercedes
Lewis Hamilton: P6. 1:30.787. Completed 25 laps.
George Russell: P5. 1:30.771. Completed 25 laps.
Red Bull
Max Verstappen: P1. 1:29.617. Completed 17 laps.
Sergio Perez: P2. 1:30.100. Completed 19 laps.
Williams
Alex Albon: P9. 1:31.030. Completed 22 laps.
Logan Sargeant: P17. 1:31.922. Completed 25 laps.
Overall Rankings for FP1:
Position | Driver | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:29.617 |
2 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull | +0.483 |
3 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | +0.698 |
4 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | +0.960 |
5 | George Russell | Mercedes | +1.154 |
6 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | +1.170 |
7 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | +1.307 |
8 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine | +1.332 |
9 | Alex Albon | Williams | +1.413 |
10 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | +1.493 |
11 | Ferrari | +1.501 | |
12 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine | +1.564 |
13 | Nyck De Vries | AlphaTauri | +1.833 |
14 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren | +1.874 |
15 | Nico Hulkenberg | Haas | +1.935 |
16 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas | +1.949 |
17 | Logan Sargeant | Williams | +2.305 |
18 | Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | +2.353 |
19 | Zhou Guanyu | Alfa Romeo | +2.369 |
20 | Lando Norris | McLaren | +2.532 |
Free Practice 2 -
Times by Teams:
Alfa Romeo
Valtteri Bottas: P20. 1:31.052. Completed 30 laps.
Zhou Guanyu: P16. 1:30.837. Completed 27 laps.
AlphaTauri
Yuki Tsunoda: P13. 1:30.776. Completed 30 laps.
Nyck De Vries: P17. 1:30.921. Completed 29 laps.
Alpine
Esteban Ocon: P4. 1:30.039. Completed 27 laps.
Pierre Gasly: P6. 1:30.100. Completed 28 laps.
Aston Martin
Fernando Alonso: P2. 1:29.811. Completed 26 laps.
Lance Stroll: P7. 1:30.110. Completed 27 laps.
Ferrari
Carlos Sainz: P10. 1:30.592. Completed 29 laps.
Charles Leclerc: P9. 1:20.341. Completed 28 laps.
Haas
Kevin Magnussen: P15. 1:30.820. Completed 25 laps.
Nico Hulkenberg: P8. 1:30.181. Completed 27 laps.
McLaren
Lando Norris: P12. 1:30.721. Completed 27 laps.
Oscar Piastri: P19. 1:30.964. Completed 26 laps.
Mercedes
Lewis Hamilton: P11. 1:30.599. Completed 27 laps.
George Russell: P5. 1:30.070. Completed 27 laps.
Red Bull
Max Verstappen: P1. 1:29.603. Completed 29 laps.
Sergio Perez: P3. 1:29.902. Completed 26 laps.
Williams
Alex Albon: P14. 1:30.810. Completed 27 laps.
Logan Sargeant: P18. 1:30.959. Completed 30 laps.
Overall Results of FP2:
Position | Driver | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:29.603 |
2 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | +0.208 |
3 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull | +0.299 |
4 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine | +0.436 |
5 | George Russell | Mercedes | +0.467 |
6 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine | +0.497 |
7 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | +0.507 |
8 | Nico Hulkenberg | Haas | +0.578 |
9 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | +0.738 |
10 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | +0.989 |
11 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | +0.996 |
12 | Lando Norris | McLaren | +1.118 |
13 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | +1.173 |
14 | Alex Albon | Williams | +1.207 |
15 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas | +1.217 |
16 | Zhou Guanyu | Alfa Romeo | +1.234 |
17 | Nyck De Vries | AlphaTauri | +1.318 |
18 | Logan Sargeant | Williams | +1.356 |
19 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren | +1.361 |
20 | Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | +1.449 |
Free Practice 3 -
Times by Teams:
Alfa Romeo
Valtteri Bottas: P18. 1:30.317. Completed 20 laps.
Zhou Guanyu: P12. 1:29.917. Completed 21 laps.
AlphaTauri
Yuki Tsunoda: P19. 1:30.797. Completed 20 laps.
Nyck De Vries: P20. No Time.
De Vries had an engine issue and so couldn't make it out for the session.
Alpine
Esteban Ocon: P14. 1:29.953. Completed 19 laps.
Pierre Gasly: P9. 1:29.701. Completed 19 laps.
Aston Martin
Fernando Alonso: P3. 1:29.483. Completed 21 laps.
Lance Stroll: P4. 1:29.509. Completed 21 laps.
Ferrari
Carlos Sainz: P10. 1:29.761. Completed 16 laps.
Charles Leclerc: P6. 1:29.588. Completed 16 laps.
Haas
Kevin Magnussen: P17. 1:30.131. Completed 15 laps.
Nico Hulkenberg: P13. 1:29.933. Completed 19 laps.
McLaren
Lando Norris: P7. 1:29.690. Completed 18 laps.
Oscar Piastri: P8. 1:29.698. Completed 23 laps.
Mercedes
Lewis Hamilton: P5. 1:29.568. Completed 18 laps.
George Russell: P11. 1:29.811. Completed 19 laps.
Red Bull
Max Verstappen: P1. 1:28.485. Completed 20 laps.
Sergio Perez: 1:29.098. Completed 15 laps.
Williams
Alex Albon: P15. 1:29.983. Completed 18 laps.
Logan Sargeant: P16. 1:30.035. Completed 18 laps.
Overall Results of FP3:
Position | Driver | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:28.485 |
2 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull | +0.613 |
3 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | +0.998 |
4 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | +1.024 |
5 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | +1.083 |
6 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | +1.103 |
7 | Lando Norris | McLaren | +1.205 |
8 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren | +1.213 |
9 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine | +1.216 |
10 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | +1.276 |
11 | George Russell | Mercedes | +1.326 |
12 | Zhou Guanyu | Alfa Romeo | +1.432 |
13 | Nico Hulkenberg | Haas | +1.448 |
14 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine | +1.468 |
15 | Alex Albon | Williams | +1.498 |
16 | Logan Sargeant | Williams | +1.550 |
17 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas | +1.646 |
18 | Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | +1.832 |
19 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | +2.312 |
20 | Nyck De Vries | AlphaTauri | No Time |
Qualifying
Eliminated in Q1 -
Lando Norris
Logan Sargeant
Alex Albon
Yuki Tsunoda
Nyck De Vries
Eliminated in Q2-
Valtteri Bottas
Max Verstappen
Zhou Guanyu
Nico Hulkeberg