The high-speed nature of the new venue, combined🐈 with its tight layout and proximity of the walls, has resulted in a number of close shaves throughout the three practice sessions and qualifying. 

Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc suffered a hefty crash in FP2, before 🎉Nikita Mazepin had to take evasive action to avoid a terrifying shunt with Lewis Hamilton in final practice. 

In qualifying, Carlos Sainz narrowly escaped a crash following a high-speed spin in his Ferr꧂ari, before championship leader Max Verstappen hit the wall at the end of Q3. 

Although Perez is enjoying the challenge of the circuit, he is concerned that the characteristics of the track’s sweeping corners and blind, flat-out sections could result in a serious ꧃;accident. 

“It’s a really nice circuit,” Perez said. “Very dangerous, though in te♓rms of there is a lot of straights that are turning, cornering and blind corners. 

“I hope nothing happens tomorro♓wꦐ. I feel like it’s too dangerous without a real reason.

🌃“When you look at some of the onboards, it’s quite scary. I really just hope that we don’t see a big shunt out 🍨there.

“I just feel the track is a bit too risky without reason, with the speeds that we’re doing and with the deltas aꦦround the track from some cars. It’s a bit unnecessary.”

And Perez wants to discuss the situation further after the race to see whether potential changes are𓂃 needed before F1 returns in March next year. 

“I think we cannot forget the fact that safety has ꦿto take pr꧙iority,” he explained. “I’ve spoken to some of the other drivers and we all kind of think it.

“We are the ones sitting in the car. The speed differences that you tend to see – if something goes wrong, it’s a massive one, you know? Sure, there’s a bit of track character, but it’s something tha🍨t we’ve got to speak about after the race.

”The track is fantastic, don’t get me wrong. It’s a really nice, co🙈ol track to drive. I just feel like it’s very risky, the track. If things go wrong for someone, they can go really wrong.”

Haas rookie Mick Schumacher warned that F1’s back🍸markers could “pay the price” in the race if an incident occurred through one of Jeddah’s many unsighted corners. 

“I think that it’s something we will find out tomorrow,” Schumacher said when ಌasked if he felt the circuit was safe for F1. 

“Right now, my first feeling is that if something happeꦏns in the front, there’s a high🔥 chance that the people in the back will pick it up and depending on what spot that can be at very high speeds.

“If everything goes right, that’s great📖. But if not then maybe we’ll pay the price. I don’t know right now but let’s hope everything goes well and everybody stays safe.”

🌱Al🌃though Daniel Ricciardo admitted the first sector is “a bit sketchy”, the McLaren driver insisted he has not felt “in danger” so far this weekend. 

“That’s where we rely on the team to give us feedback,” he said🍰. “But we know that through those blind corners that we should carry a bit less speed and make sure we are out of the way. 

“A lot💙 of the time it is up to us as well just to be a bit sensible. We know what corners are a bit dangerous, to make sure we’re not a hazard in those ones.

“I can’t say I’ve felt in dange♚r this weekend. Of course, it’s higher intensity because it’s a street circuit and it’s high spee🤡d but I haven’t had any concerns.”