FRIDAY 17th MARCH	 	 

Practice 1	09:30 - 10:30
Practice 2	13:00 - 14:00
 	 	 
SATURDAY 18th MARCH	 	 

Practice 3	09:30 - 10:30
Qualifying	13:00 - 14:00
 	 	 
SUNDAY 19th MARCH
 	 
Grand Prix	13:00 - 15:00

First Grand Prix  2021
Number of Laps    50
Circuit Length    6.174km
Race Distance     308.45 km
Lap Record        1:30.734 Lewis Hamilton (2021)

• For the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, C2 is the P Zero White hard, C3 is the P Zero Yellow medium, and C4 is the P Zero Red soft.


• Jeddah is the fastest street circuit of the year. The track was designed three years ago and has been continually improved since then. This year, there are some new rumble strips on the escape roads while some of the kerbs have been smoothed. A number of the walls have been repositioned, such as those at Turns 8 and 10 (to improve visibility on entry) and Turn 23 (to slow the corner down).


• Car setup will be very different to Bahrain. For Jeddah, it's important to have good stability throughout the fast corners that characterise the track.


• The circuit offers a medium level of grip but the sand blown onto the surface can influence this on the low-abrasion asphalt. The track, which overlooks the Red Sea, is not especially demanding in terms of traction and braking, with lateral forces predominantly affecting the tyres.


• As was the case in Bahrain, this will be another night race – but the start takes place two hours later, at 20:00. This is the same time that qualifying and FP2 is also run. Temperatures are expected to remain largely consistent throughout each of these sessions as well as the race. The other free practice sessions are scheduled for late afternoon, in asphalt temperatures that can easily be 10 degrees hotter.

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