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Jeddah... the track of many turns
While we currently only have two years’ worth of incident data to plot on our map, rather than the five years used for other tracks, there is already a cluster of incidents forming a clear hot spot within the first three turns after the starting grid. The turn 21-22 complex has also garnered early infamy as a tricky spot on the track thanks to two incidents that took place during the inaugural 2021 race weekend - LEC’s crash in FP2 (not plotted because it didn’t occur during an actual race) and MSC’s gnarly race incident in the exact same location (plotted on this heat map).
21a. Starting Grid | Incident between OCO and TSU - no impact to race | Rating: 0.2
21d. Lap 15 | PER and LEC make contact - PER hits wall - RUS slows causing MAZ hit the back of him - PER, RUS, MAZ retire - LEC only minimal damage - Red flag just over 20 minutes | Rating: 3.1
21e. Lap 17 | HAM and OCO contact on 2nd restart forcing OCO wide - no impact to race | Rating: 0.2
21f. Lap 23 | TSU makes contact with VET incurring 5 second penalty and causing VSC | Rating: 2.1
21i. Lap 37 | HAM and VER contact forcing VER wide gaining advantage - noted by race control - VER gave position back and incurred 5 second penalty | Rating: 0.3
22a. Lap 1 | RIC and ZHO make contact - no investigation | Rating: 0.2
22b. Lap 12 | ZHO and ALB incident investigated - resulted in 5 second penalty for ZHO | Rating: 0.3
22e. Lap 48 | ALB and STR contact causing race to finish under yellow flag | Rating: 1.2
21b. Lap 1 | STR and RUS contact noted by race control | Rating: 0.2
21g. Lap 26 | ALO spins out avoiding wall and rejoins race | Rating: 0.2
21h. Lap 27 | RAI and VET contact causing damage and debris - VSC on subsequent laps to clear debris on track | Rating: 2.1
21c. Lap 10 | MSC spins into wall at 21/22 complex causing red flag for just under 30 minutes - race resumed with standing start | Rating: 3.1
21j. Lap 37 | HAM contact with back of VER as he attempts to give position back from gaining off track advantage - see previous incident 21i | Rating: 0.3
22c. Lap 16 | LAT Latifis into the barrier causing DNF - yellow flag safety car for four laps | Rating: 2.1
22d. Lap 37 | RIC and ALO simultaneous DNF with car failure near pit lane entry - yellow flag and VSC for four laps | Rating: 2.1