Jeddah
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Jeddah
SEE HISTORY MADE THIS MARCH ON THE STEETS OF JEDDAH AS SAUDI ARABIA HOSTS ITS LARGEST EVER SPORTING EVENT AND BECOMES THE SECOND MIDDLE EASTEN STREET CIRCUIT TO STAGE A FORMULA 1 RACE. WATCH AS THE WORLD OF FORMULA 1 ARRIVES IN SAUDI ARABIA FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME AT THE BRAND-NEW JEDDAH STREET CIRCUIT, THE WORLD'S FASTEST STREET CIRCUIT. THE ACTION STARTS ON FRIDAY MARCH 25TH AND CULMINATES, UNDER THE LIGHTS, IN THE INAUGURAL SAUDI ARABIAN GRAND PRIX ON SUNDAY DECEMBER 5TH. THE JEDDAH STREET CIRCUIT IS LOCATED ON THE CORNICHE - A 30KM COASTAL RESORT AREA OF THE ANCIENT SAUDI ARABIAN CITY OF JEDDAH. AVERAGE SPEEDS AROUND THE JEDDAH STREET CIRCUIT ARE SET TO BE 252KMH - QUICKER THAN THOSE AT SILVERSTONE, AND SECOND ON THE 2021 CALENDAR ONLY TO MONZA. IN FACT, TURN 13 OF THE CIRCUIT HAS A VERY SIMILAR FEEL TO THE MONZA'S INFAMOUS "PARABOLICA". IT WILL, QUITE SIMPLY, BE THE FASTEST STREET CIRCUIT EVER SEEN IN FORMULA 1 - WHILE THE TRACK WILL ALSO FEATURE THE MOST CORNERS ON THE 2021 CALENDAR WITH 27, MANY OF THEM QUICK, SINUOUS BENDS AS THE DRIVERS WEND THEIR WAY ALONG THE JEDDAH WATERFRONT. THE SAUDI ARABIAN GRAND PRIX PROMISES TO BE A SUN-SOAKED FESTIVAL OF FORMULA 1, LOCATED ON AN IDYLLIC STRETCH OF THE KINGDOM'S COASTLINE. THE ON-TRACK ACTION SHOULD BE STUNNING, AS THE DRIVERS GET TO GRIPS WITH THIS RAPID STREET TRACK, WHILE JEDDAH ITSELF WILL COME ALIVE WITH A FULL WEEKEND OF LIVE MOTORSPORT, ENTERTAINMENT AND CULTURE AS THE CITY PREPARES TO HOST F1 FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME.