Drivers to meet F1 bosses over Saudi concerns

Formula 1's drivers are set to meet with race bosses following the concerns which arose from the weekend's Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.

The race went ahead in the shadow of the rocket attack, claimed by Houthi rebels, on an oil facility less than 10 miles from the Jeddah circuit during Friday's practice session.

A four-hour meeting of the drivers on Friday night to discuss events eventually led to the Grand Prix continuing as planned, although several drivers expressed their reluctance about going ahead in those circumstances.

Formula 1's organisers have assured drivers there will be further detail presented to them about what happened, promising they would not just move on to the next race without examining the events in Jeddah in more detail.

The sport's chief executive Stefano Domenicali and technical director Ross Brawn, plus the team principals of the sport's constructors attended to speak with the drivers at different points throughout the lengthy Friday meeting too.

However, Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff insisted neither he nor his colleagues had attempted to pressure the drivers into racing when they spoke at the meeting.

"There wasn't any arm-twisting from our side, there were good discussions," Wolff said following the race, which was won by Red Bull's Max Verstappen after a thrilling duel with Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc.

"When the team principals talked to the drivers, I think what we talked was sense and not at all any pressure, but maybe that was perceived in a different way.

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"In the end, the show and the spectacle were amazing and what we delivered as a sport was great and this is what sport should do."

The inclusion of Saudi Arabia on the