Official F1 Journal Track Guide- Jeddah Corniche Circuit

Round 2 and w e are in Saudi Arabia at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit. We come to Jeddah with a far better idea of the grids order of pace and how far everyone is behind the Redbull of Vertsappen. Qualifying the other teams were closer to Verstappen but in the race the closest non Redbull car still finished the race +25 second behind Max after 57 laps. 
Lets hope we get to see some on track action that includes Max Verstappen in Saudi Arabia. 

Race Stats 

Laps-50 
Circuit Length- 6.174km
Race Distance- 308.450km
Corners- 27    16 Left    11 Right 
DRS Zones- 3
  Activation 1- Exit Turn 17
     Deployment 1- Exit Turn 19 
  Activation 2- Entry turn 22 
      Deployment 2- Exit Turn 24 
  Activation 3- Exit Turn 27
       Deployment 3- Start/Finish Straight

Downforce Level- Low/Med
Tyre Degradation- Medium 
Time @ full Throttle- 79%
Time lost in Pitlane- 23 seconds
Pole Side- Right 
Tyre Compounds- 
            Hard           Medium        Soft 
             C2                 C3              C4

Minimum Starting Tyre Pressures-
               Front               Rear 
              24.0psi            21.0psi
Maximum Tyre Camber-
              Front               Rear     
             -3.25º               -1.75º

 Weekend Schedule GMT

Thursday

Formula 2 Practice - 9.55am-10.40am
F1 Academy- 11.05am-11.45am
Formula 1 Practice 1-  1.30pm-2.30pm 
Formula 2 Qualifying - 3pm-3.30pm
Formula 1 Practice 2- 5pm-6pm 
F1 Academy Qualifying- 6.30pm-7pm

Friday

F1 Academy Race 1- 12.10pm-12.45pm
Formula 1 3rd Practice- 1.30pm-2.30pm
Formula 2 Sprint Race- 3.10pm-4pm
Formula 1 Qualifying- 5pm-6pm 

Saturday

F1 Academy Race 2- 12.05pm-12.40
Formula 2 Feature Race- 1.25pm-2.30
Formula 1 Grand Prix- 5pm-7pm 

Track Stats

Times Held- 3
First Time Held- 2021
Laps Raced-150
Finishing Percentage- 79%
Pole Record- 1.27.511 HAM 2021
Lap Record- 1.30.734 HAM 2021
Winners-   
     Drivers 3 (HAM,VER,PER)
        Teams 2 (Redbull/Mercedes)
Pole Sitters-  
      Drivers- 2  (HAM/PER)
         Teams- 2 (Redbull/Mercedes)
Podium Finishers- Drivers- 7      Teams- 4 
Most Driver Poles- PER 2
Most Team Poles- Redbull 2
Most Driver Wins-  HAM/VER/PER 1 
Most Team Wins- Redbull 2
Most Driver Podiums- VER 3
Most Team Podiums-  Redbull 4 
Most Fastest Laps(Driver)- HAM/LEC/VER 1
Most Fastest Laps(Team)- Mercedes/Ferrari/Redbull
Most Consecutive Wins(Driver)-  None 
Most Consecutive Wins (Team)- None 
Times Won From Pole- 2
Times Won from Front Row- 2
Lowest Starting Position to Win- 4th VER 2022
Largest Pole Margin- 0.115 PER 2023
Smallest Pole Margin- 0.025 PER 2022
Largest Win Margin- HAM  - 21.825 2021
Smallest Win Margin- VER 0.549 2022
Most Cars to Finish- 18 2023
Least Cars to Finish- 13 2022
Safety Cars- 
Red Flags- 1 2020

Random Facts

-Jeddah has the most corners of any track  
        1 Jeddah 27 
        2 Singapore 23 
        3 Abu Dhabi 21 

- Jeddah is the 2nd fastest Track on the Calendar 
      1 Monza 264.4km/ph
      2 Jeddah 252.8km/ph
      3 Silverstone 251.6km/ph

- Jeddah is the 2nd longest track on the F1 Calendar 
      1 Spa 7.004km 
      2 Jeddah 6.174km
      3 Baku 6.003km 

- There have been 150 racing laps of Jeddah 
- Perez has lead the most of those laps with 61 laps lead of Jeddah
- Mercedes and Ferrari are the only teams to have completed all 150 racing laps of Jeddah
- There has never been a 1st lap retirement at Jeddah
- Every race here has ended with 2 drivers from 1 team on the Podium 
- 8 sections of the track were changes between 2021 & 2022 after safety and visibility               concerns were raised by the teams and drivers after the 1st running of the race.
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Previous Results 

2021

Qualifying-
            1 HAM 1'27.511
              2 BOT 1'27.622
               3 VER 1'27.653
Race- 
       1 HAM (3 stop)
         2 VER (2 stop)
          3 BOT (3 stop)
Fastest Lap- 1'30.734 HAM Lap 47 

2022

Qualifying-
              1 PER 1'28.200
                 2 LEC 1'28.225
                   3 SAI 1'28.402
Race- 
          1 VER (1 stop)
            2 LEC (1 stop)
             3 SAI ( 1 stop)
Fastest Lap- 1'31.634 Lap 48 LEC

2023

Qualifying- 
               1 PER  1'28.265
                2 LEC  1'28.420
                 3 ALO  1'28.730
Race- 
        1 PER (1 stop)
         2 VER (1 stop)
          3 ALO (1 stop)
Fastest Lap- 1'31.906 VER lap 50 

Joanna Blackmore 
Writer @f1journal.co.uk