Classy tractor!
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It looks Mclaren built some real lemons this year.
Here’s the breakdown courtesy of F1TV’s Sam Collins.
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Grid box penalty: he was too far over to the right of his box.
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1st 5 second penalty: served incorrectly, a mechanic was 0.4 seconds too early in touching the car.
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Pit speed penalty: over by 0.1 km/h
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The finest of margins
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Your boi
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Ya only when he is providing facts lol.
Connor Moore at it again 
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The man is in… made it.
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Here’s the vid if anyone interested 
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A quick, realistic recap of the events at Jeddah last year.
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Bravo Scuderia - only team ever to have used both control electronics units allowed for the entire season in a single race - Bellissima! Race 2 of the season and my boy Chuckie LEC already riding the grid penalty dragon. 
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Well you can put it this way, better to get the disappointment out of the way early rather than have the repeat of last year where the season begun on such a high that fans started to possibly imagine a WDC only to have their hopes and dreams smashed to smithereens, set alight, buried, unburied just so they could be buried again…
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At least we can remove the “this is our year” part from our brains. and just go back to hoping for some wins.
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Mean, but fair.
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2023 Saudia Arabian Grand Prix 
Jeddah Corniche Circuit | Jeddah | 19 March
2023 Season - Round 2/23
Vital Statistics
- First Grand Prix: 2021
- Track Length: 6.175km
- Number of Laps: 50
- Race Distance: 308.45km
- Fastest Lap: 1:27.511, Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) Q3 2021
- Race Lap Record: 1:30.734 - Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) 2021
- Most Pole Positions – Lewis Hamilton and Sergio Pérez (1)
- Most Race Wins – Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen (1)
Trivia
- The circuit was designed by Carsten Tilke, son of the famed circuit designer, Hermann Tilke.
- It’s the second-longest track on the Formula One calendar, with only Spa-Francorchamps being longer.
- It is the fastest F1 street circuit ever, with average speeds in excess of 250km/h.
- At 27, Jeddah Corniche has the most corners of any F1 circuit.
Most Recent Saudi Arabian GP Pole Positions
- 2022 – Sergio Pérez (Red Bull) | 1:28.200
- 2021 – Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) | 1:27.511
Most Recent Saudi Arabian GP Winners
- 2022 – Max Verstappen (Red Bull)
- 2021 – Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
Most Recent Saudi Arabia Fastest Laps
- 2022 - Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) | 1:31.634 (lap 48)
- 2021 - Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) | 1:30.734 (lap 47)
The Schedule
Desert races mean evening race starts when it’s cooler. And with Jeddah just one hour ahead of us, the sessions that matter - Qualifying and the Race - both start at a convenient 19:00. So you may (I will) have to forgo Sunday movie night with the missus, but you can make it up to her on Tuesday’s public holiday.
The Circuit
With it’s fast, flowing corners and three DRS Zones, the circuit promises high speeds and plenty of overtaking.
When was the track built?
The Jeddah Corniche Circuit is, you won’t be surprised to hear, a temporary street circuit (albeit adorned with some permanent sections), located on the Corniche – a 30km coastal resort area of the ancient Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah. Designed by the Tilke company, in conjunction with Formula 1’s own Motorsports team – who used Google Earth for their initial investigations into potential layouts – F1’s Ross Brawn said of the track: “What we want to see is a race circuit. We don’t want Mickey Mouse circuits. We don’t want those old classic street circuits with 90 degree turns. We want fast sweeping circuits, circuits which are going to challenge the drivers – and they are going to love it.”
When was its first Grand Prix?
The inaugural Saudi Arabian Grand Prix took place in 2021, the race joining its Middle Eastern counterparts in Bahrain and Abu Dhabi – while like those races, the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix also takes place under floodlights.
What’s the circuit like?
Fast. Very fast. Average speeds around the Jeddah Corniche Circuit are around 250km/h – quicker than those at Silverstone, and second on the 2021 calendar only to Monza – aka ‘The Temple of Speed’. It is, quite simply, the fastest street circuit ever seen in Formula 1 – while the track also features the most corners on the calendar with 27, many of them quick, sinuous bends as the drivers wend their way along the Jeddah waterfront.
The Weather
I’m not really a real money gambling man. But if I were, and I could find a bookie silly enough to take the bet, I’d once again happily put money on the weather being hot and dry for the entire weekend.
The Tyres
- 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.
The Digital Race Programme
Still waiting to see if a DRP gets uploaded. It hasn’t been yet, but there was one last year, so hopefully the 2023 edition goes up soon. Here’s last years cover as a temporary placeholder.
Happy race weekend! Race on!
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I still don’t like this track. The overtaking opportunities feel artificial (ie. Purely driven by drs zones) and it’s much, much too dangerous.
Still gonna tune in, though, gotta see if both Ferraris make it to the end 
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Go on and jinx them, why don’t ya?!!?
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