Circuit
Jeddah Corniche Circuit
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Jeddah is among the fastest street circuits ever built. It is a long ribbon of flowing, walled corners along the Red Sea coast, taken at extraordinary average speeds for a track lined with barriers, where many of the bends are effectively blind and demand total commitment. There is almost no run-off and almost no margin, and the sheer number of corners keeps the pace relentless from start to finish.
Running along the Jeddah waterfront under floodlights, the circuit combines the spectacle of a street race with the speed of a permanent road course. That blend of high pace and close walls makes it tense to drive and prone to sudden, race-changing moments.
Jeddah track layout
Jeddah circuit facts
- Lap record
- 1:30.734Lewis Hamilton, 2021
- First Grand Prix
- 2021
The gap, in metres
2025 Qualifying here. Every driver’s time gap converted to the distance it actually puts them behind at racing speed. The field covers 89090.7 m from first to last.
On the radio here
984 messages recorded at this circuit, 2021 to 2025.
- “What can I say, mate? It's a well-expected race. Well done, guys. I tried to give it everything I had. But, yeah, it is what it is. We move on. This weekend has been a lot, a lot positive for us. So, well done. Yeah, well done, Max. That was a good pace throughout the race. You finished 2.8 seconds behind Piastri. Obviously, that first corner, we've all got our opinions on. And, you know, good points today. But, most importantly, very good pace. Yeah, exactly that. Well done, everyone.”Max VERSTAPPEN · 2025 Race
- “Very well done. Lovely job, Oscar. Great work, mate. Really good. Yeah, well done, everyone. It was a little bit more difficult to start than I had hoped for, but yeah, very, very well done. Car was great. Dirty air, not so much, but I'm glad the dirty air is from lapping people. So well done, everybody. Massive three weeks, and let's keep it going. We've got a lot of fun to have this year. Yeah, great job.”Oscar PIASTRI · 2025 Race
- “I think you're being paranoid of our journey and our medium is never going to pass us. If you want me, I'll do it, but we have plenty of pace to pull away now. We'd like first to get Alex in our DRS, and once in the DRS we use our pace. Copy.”Carlos SAINZ · 2025 Race
- “Just think about your gap that car had with any overheating on the front. Guys do you not see there's a car right behind me as well? Are we not thinking about that?”Alexander ALBON · 2025 Race