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Max Verstappen slams ‘dangerous’ Saudi Arabia track after horror Mick Schumacher crash

Haas driver Schumacher was taken to hospital following an awful 170mph crash on the Jeddah track. The incident has prompted Verstappen to call out the track, which he has claimed is 'dangerous'

Daily Mirror

Magnussen says his neck "just broke in Q3" in Jeddah

Haas Formula 1 driver Kevin Magnussen expects his Saudi Arabian Grand Prix to be compromised by a neck problem that emerged in qualifying and cost him a better grid position.

Motorsport

F1 drivers want more changes to ‘on the safety limit’ Jeddah circuit

Formula 1 drivers want further modifications to ‘on the safety limit’ Jeddah for future races in Saudi Arabia despite the “tranquillity” offered by the cars’ protection performances in crashes.

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Saudi Arabia would have cancelled F1 race for credible threat

The Saudi Arabian government says it would have had no hesitation in cancelling this weekend’s Formula 1 Grand Prix if it felt there was a credible threat to the event.

Motorsport

Lebanese Officials Say Houthi Attacks Against Saudi Arabia are 'Absolute Criminality'

Lebanese officials and politicians condemned the attack on Saudi oil facilities in Jeddah, saying it is an absolute crime. The officials expressed their solidarity with Saudi Arabia, calling on the international community to deter Houthi attacks. The Lebanese Grand Mufti, Sheikh Abdul Latif Derian, condemned the aggression against the Kingdom…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Motor Racing-Perez Takes Stunning First Career Pole in Saudi Arabia

Mexican Sergio Perez roared to a first career Formula One pole position on Saturday. The Red Bull driver left his best for last as he lapped the 6.1-km long Jeddah Corniche circuit on the banks of the Red Sea in one minute 28.200 seconds. The lap, 0.025 seconds quicker than…

Asharq Al-Awsat

'I'm OK' but Schumacher will miss Saudi Arabian GP after horror crash

Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) (AFP) - Mick Schumacher insisted Saturday 'I'm OK' but he will not take part in Sunday's Saudi Arabian Grand Prix after crashing his Haas car at 240kmh in qualifying on Jeddah's high-speed street circuit.

AFP

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Perez hails 'lap of my life' to secure Saudi Arabian pole position

Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) (AFP) - Eleven years and 214 races after making his Formula One debut, Sergio Perez will on Sunday be the first Mexican to start from pole position when he lines up for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix thanks to the "lap of my life".

AFP

Schumacher to miss Saudi Arabian GP after horror crash

Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) (AFP) - Mick Schumacher will not take part in Sunday's Saudi Arabian Grand Prix after crashing his Haas car at 240kmh in qualifying on Jeddah's high-speed street circuit Saturday, his team announced.

AFP

Hamilton blasts Mercedes car as 'undriveable' in five-year low

Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) (AFP) - Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton described his Mercedes car as "undriveable" on Saturday after qualifying only 14th on the grid for Sunday's Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.

AFP

F1 Saudi Arabian GP qualifying results: Perez takes Saudi GP pole

Red Bull's Sergio Perez took his first ever Formula 1 pole position for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix in Jeddah with a last-gasp effort to beat the Ferrari drivers.

Autosport

Schumacher in high speed crash at troubled Saudi GP as Hamilton struggles

Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) (AFP) - Mick Schumacher suffered an horrendous high speed crash in qualifying for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix on Saturday as Lewis Hamilton failed to make it out of the opening Q1 session for the first time in five years after the race went ahead despite an…

AFP

Uninjured Schumacher transferred to hospital after horrific Jeddah crash

Mick Schumacher appears to have escaped injury in the high-speed accident during Formula 1's Saudi Arabian Grand Prix qualifying that stopped the session for almost one hour.

Motorsport

Schumacher escapes serious injury in horrific Jeddah F1 crash

Mick Schumacher escaped injury in his high-speed accident during Formula 1's Saudi Arabian Grand Prix that stopped qualifying for almost one hour.

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Schumacher in high speed crash in Saudi GP qualifying as Hamilton struggles

Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) (AFP) - Mick Schumacher suffered a horrendous high speed crash in qualifying for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix on Saturday as Lewis Hamilton failed to make it out of the opening Q1 session for the first time in five years.

Tribune News Service

Saudi-led coalition strikes Yemen after Aramco depot attack

A Saudi-led coalition fighting Houthi rebels in Yemen launched airstrikes against sites in the southern Arabian country in response to multiple attacks Friday, including one that caused a fire at an Aramco fuel depot in Jeddah.

AFP

Saudi Arabia 'foils oil tanker attack' after rebels disrupt F1

Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) (AFP) - Saudi forces destroyed explosives-laden boats and launched air strikes in Yemen on Saturday after Huthi rebel drones and missiles hit targets around the country, setting off an inferno at an oil plant within sight of Jeddah's Formula One race.

Al Jazeera

Yemen: Saudi-led coalition hits Houthi targets in Sanaa, Hodeidah

Saudi-led coalition targets Houthis after Friday’s attack by the group on an oil depot in Jeddah.

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Leclerc tops Saudi Arabian GP practice after drivers agree to race

Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) (AFP) - Ferrari's Charles Leclerc outpaced world champion Max Verstappen with a late flying lap in Saturday's final Saudi Arabian Grand Prix practice after drivers agreed to carry on despite an attack on a nearby oil facility.

Reuters

Saudi civil defence puts out fires at fuel storage tanks hit by Houthis

Saudi Arabia's civil defence has extinguished fires at two fuel storage tanks in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah that were hit in an attack by Yemen's Houthis, state television reported on Saturday.

The Guardian - UK

Formula One bosses continue to bury their heads in increasingly bloodstained sand

With the Saudi Arabian GP set to take place despite the missile attack in Jeddah, sportwashing has dominated the pre-race talk

AFP

Russell in perfect harmony with Hamilton as they take fight to rivals

Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) (AFP) - George Russell told AFP he has a good working relationship with his new Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton and says it is primordial to "recognise our fight is not with each other" but with their rivals.

Motorsport

F1 teams reassured by "credible" explanation of Saudi defence systems

Formula 1 team bosses say that a “credible” explanation of Saudi Arabia’s missile and drone defence systems helped to convince them to continue with this weekend’s race in Jeddah.

Autosport

F1 teams reassured by 'credible' explanation of Saudi defence systems

Formula 1 team bosses say that a “credible” explanation of Saudi Arabia’s missile and drone defence systems helped to convince them to continue with this weekend’s race in Jeddah.

Daily Mirror

F1 told to ‘pack up and leave’ Saudi Arabia after race decision despite missile attack

F1 chiefs agreed the Saudi Arabia Grand Prix would go ahead after meetings went long into the night. The missile strike hit just a few miles away from the circuit in Jeddah

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