The Saudi Arabian Grand Prix dispute was in the air until early Saturday morning due to the terrorist attack on a petrochemical factory a few kilometers from the circuit, but after a long meeting between F1, FIA, drivers, team managers and organizers , it was decided to go ahead with the celebration of the event.
When the sun went down and the floodlights of the urban layout of Jeddah came on, the twenty single-seaters took to the track to duel brushing against the walls, all to find out the name of the second poleman of the 2022 season.
However, the session had to be stopped due to Nicholas Latifi’s heavy crash which caused a red flag and neutralized the session. The Canadian lost control of his Williams at Turn 13 and crashed into the guards, so he will start last in Sunday’s race at Jeddah.
Thanks to the new camera inserted inside the drivers helmet, we were able to enjoy the view of the driver going full throttle at the end of the first sector, until he lost the rear of the Williams and hit the wall. With this shot you can appreciate how difficult it is to drive a single-seater at more than 300 km/h on a track of the highest category of motorsport.
The Canadian was the first to hit the wall in Jeddah, but the rest of the grid will have to be very careful if they don’t want to finish like Williams for the rest of the weekend and, above all, in the race, because that’s where where the points are distributed.
