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 Credit: Nur Photo Formula One is once again to go racing this coming weekend for round five of the 2025 FIA Formula One World Championship, which will take place in Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah. Jeddah has been a constant feature of the Formula One calendar since it made its debut in the World Championship towards the end of the 2021 season and that iconic championship battle between Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen. Following the past two weekends with plenty of action in Japan and Bahrain, the round at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit will be the conclusion of the first 2025 triple header, with more to come throughout the rest of the World Championship. The battle in the drivers' championship is extremely tight as the top four in the standings are separated by just 14 points and three different teams find themselves represented. Lando Norris leads his teammate Oscar Piastri at the top of the standings by just three points despite Piastri winning last time out in Bahrain and winning one more Grand Prix than Norris in the first four rounds. Max Verstappen finds himself third in the standings eight points back with George Russell fourth in the standings and just 14 points of the championship lead. A look at the track: Jeddah Corniche Circuit - Saudi Arabian Grand PrixFollowing the brilliant Bahrain International Circuit, which has one of the oldest surfaces out of all tracks in the 2025 calendar, jumping into Jeddah we find one of the newest circuits across the season. Only the Miami Grand Prix and Las Vegas Grand Prix had their first Grand Prix after the first Saudi Arabian Grand Prix in 2021, which saw the penultimate round to one of the most iconic championship battles in Formula One history - Lewis Hamilton vs Max Verstappen. The circuit has uniqueness for its many corners, tight twisting and flowing nature making it one of the highest average speeds circuit in the entire calendar. Add in the features of the narrowing street circuit walls and it also becomes one of the most challenging across the campaign. Formula One goes racing round the Jeddah Corniche Circuit and for the first time in the history of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, it will play host to round five in a world championship with having held round two of the championship for the last three seasons consecutively. With the circuit itself having more corners than any other on the calendar (27), the Jeddah Corniche Circuit has a lap distance of 6.174km. With 50 racing laps to come in Sunday's Grand Prix the race distance is 308.45km. As has been the same since 2021, this tight circuit has three DRS zones which in theory gives a great prospect for overtaking on this circuit and as we have seen in previous seasons cars can make passes if the drivers are precise enough and close enough to pass. With the street circuit, there is always a threat of a Safety Car or a Red Flag which could be a headache for the strategy teams to keep a lid on due to the unexpected nature of incidents occurring in Jeddah. The lap record around the Jeddah Corniche Circuit was set in the inaugural Saudi Arabian Grand Prix by Lewis Hamilton with his 2021 car. Together they managed to set a 1:30.734. Will that be beaten this weekend? 2025 FIA Formula One World Championship: Round 5 - Saudi Arabian Grand Prix session times
 Brandon Whiteside
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