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Formula 1's top officials and team bosses have explained why the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix wasn't immediately cancelled in the wake of the missile attack which rocked Jeddah on Friday. The blast took place at an Aramco fuel facility on the outskirts of the city, with the smoke and flames visible from the Corniche Circuit.
Charles Leclerc made it a Friday free practice P1 double before contact with the wall ended his running early in Saudi Arabia.
Cuatro horas de reunión inmediatamente después de bajarse del coche. El viernes del GP de Arabia Saudí se recordará por este gesto inapelable de los pilotos de Fórmula 1, que manifestaron así sus dudas, y su posición de fuerza, mientras los jefes de equipo, la FOM y la FIA pretendían zanjar con un «a correr» la crisis de los misiles caídos a 15 kilómetros del circuito. Un ataque con drones de los insurgentes hutíes de Yemen incendió la refinería de Aramco en Yeda y la humareda se veía desde Jeddah Corniche. Además, hubo ataques en otros dos puntos estratégicos de la petrolera en el país, en Rabigh (147 kilómetros al norte) y Ras Tanura, en el otro extremo de la península Arábiga.
Team bosses agreed to carry on with the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, but the drivers it seems have not reached such a decision yet.
Despite a raging fire at a nearby oil depot following an attack, the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix maintained business as usual on Friday night, with the Formula One race on Sunday also expected to go ahead.
Despite an early end to FP2 in Saudi Arabia after whacking the wall, Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc says his confidence has not been dented.
Fresh from his victory in the 2022 F1 opener in Bahrain, the Ferrari driver topped FP2 by 0.140s from Red Bull’s Max Verstappen but Leclerc saw his session ended prematurely after he sustained car damage in a hit with the wall.
The Saudi Arabian Grand Prix will go ahead as planned following a meeting between the teams and F1’s governing bodies. The teams met at 22:00 local time (19:00GMT), including the drivers, to discuss the race weekend in the wake of an attack on an oil facility close to the Jeddah Corniche Circuit where the race is held. Ad/> An Aramco oil distribution centre 12 kilometres from the track was set ablaze in an attack that Yemen’s Houthi rebels claimed responsibility for.