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[Liquid]

Saw this shared on Reddit, concerns the track won't be finished in time?

"Let the bodies pile up in their thousands."

 

[ROAD_DOGG33J]

 

[toastet]

Tour of Jeddah Circuit:

 

[Jimlaad43]

Jeddah construction site.

The comments are absolutely brutal and I love it.

 

[toastet]

it's rights out and away we go

 

[Jimlaad43]

 

[Dylan]

Now both ends of that straight have a little squiggle in them.

 

[LumpiestFish]

Looks like a very small amount of runoff considering the entry and mid corner speed.

 

[LeGeNd-1]

^Gonna install SAFER barriers probably. The banked turn at Jeddah will also have a similar setup.

 

[Whitestar]

Unsurprisingly there is a Jeddah mod for AC. Notice the flags and posters around the track.

 

[Veinz]

I’m liking the changes to Yas Marina, however the mickey mouse hotel section is still my main gripe.

 

[Blitz24]

Unsurprisingly there is a Jeddah mod for AC. Notice the flags and posters around the track.

My goodness that track is dull.

 

[Jimlaad43]

I’m liking the changes to Yas Marina, however the mickey mouse hotel section is still my main gripe.

They've opened up all the corners through there in the hope it does something to improve the section. IMO it should, because there's no way it can be worse.

 

[Dennisch]

TT Circuit Assen is getting ready to make a bid for a second Dutch GP. They have the finances, and a couple of small changes to the track would make it Grade 1.

 

[Samus]

Better photos of Abu Dhabi. Run off looks perfectly adequate.

My goodness that track is dull.

..and dangerous. I really hope not obviously, but I think the chances of a monumental crash are very high. It's only going to take someone losing the rear on one of the high speed sweepers and countersteering a little too much and they're heading straight into a concrete barrier very quickly.

 

[toastet]

Still more runoff than Zandvoort, Sao Paulo or Baku.

 

[Jimlaad43]

It seems that Eau Rouge/Radillion is getting slightly adjusted to make the right more of a corner as part of the modifications to the outer runoff areas.

 

[Dylan]

It seems that Eau Rouge/Radillion is getting slightly adjusted to make the right more of a corner as part of the modifications to the outer runoff areas.

 

[Samus]

Don't have a problem with that personally, makes it a challenge again whilst also safer.

 

[Liquid]

I don't know about safer (ignorance) but it looks slightly tighter and therefore more of a challenge as a competitive piece of racetrack.

 

[Samus]

I don't know about safer (ignorance) but it looks slightly tighter and therefore more of a challenge as a competitive piece of racetrack.

Well safer in the regard that having a high speed tankslapper at Radillion should be much less likely as they'll be carrying less speed and not as severe a direction change.

 

[Grand Prix]

It's more like the old school Eau Rouge, I like it. It becomes such an interesting S curve when you have to brake for it, due to the elevation change. No other set of corners in the world like it. I find a flat-out Eau Rouge to be boring.

 

[Jimlaad43]

Jeddah is still looking like it'll be unfinished, or completed with the bare minimum needed. Masi is going there to find out whether he can pass it or not, in violation of so many FIA regulations on being able to pass it with plenty of time before a race is held there.

F1 chiefs admit work on Jeddah circuit will go "down to the wire"

www.motorsport.com

 

[PeterJB]

Jeddah is still looking like it'll be unfinished, or completed with the bare minimum needed. Masi is going there to find out whether he can pass it or not, in violation of so many FIA regulations on being able to pass it with plenty of time before a race is held there.

F1 chiefs admit work on Jeddah circuit will go "down to the wire"

www.motorsport.com

The championship could end up depending on whether this race goes ahead or not. Imagine if Max wins in Qatar with Hamilton 4th or lower, and then this race gets cancelled...

 

[Blitz24]

The championship could end up depending on whether this race goes ahead or not. Imagine if Max wins in Qatar with Hamilton 4th or lower, and then this race gets cancelled...

I guess we will have two races at Abu Dhabi or Qatar in that scenario and I'd have to imagine Saudi Arabia might lose its date in 2022?

 

[Jimlaad43]

I guess we will have two races at Abu Dhabi or Qatar in that scenario and I'd have to imagine Saudi Arabia might lose its date in 2022?

Neither. Neither is good.

 

[toastet]

Possibly another race at Bahrain or even Dubai. Don't believe they would race 2 times on the same track again. But I believe Jeddah will be ready.

 

[Blitz24]

Possibly another race at Bahrain or even Dubai. Don't believe they would race 2 times on the same track again. But I believe Jeddah will be ready.

They did at Austria.

 

[Samus]

Looks like it'll be ready enough but as I said a while back, it's going to be like the first South Korean race. All the most important, absolutely required things finished but a whole lot of other stuff not.

 

[McLaren]

Looks like their official Twitter account is marking it as "finished" after 8 months.

After 8 months, the Jeddah Corniche Circuit is ready! Who among you is excited to see the world’s most powerful cars and drivers racing in the stc Formula 1 Saudi Grand Prix

I know it will get easily installed, but I did chuckle around :40 where big chunks of wall are still waiting to be put in.