Jeddah F1 Records & Statistics

Jeddah F1 records and Saudi Arabian Grand Prix statistics

Jeddah Corniche Circuit has quickly developed one of Formula 1’s most distinctive modern records. Running beside the Red Sea on an exceptionally fast 6.174 km street circuit, the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix has produced championship drama, high-speed qualifying battles, close finishes and several important Ferrari performances since joining the World Championship in 2021.

Max Verstappen is the only multiple Saudi Arabian Grand Prix winner through 2025, while Verstappen and Sergio Perez share the circuit’s pole-position record. Ferrari is still searching for its first Jeddah victory, but the Scuderia has collected four individual podium finishes and two fastest laps, with Charles Leclerc responsible for all but one of those podium results.

Formula 1 first raced in Saudi Arabia in 2021

The inaugural Saudi Arabian Grand Prix took place at Jeddah Corniche Circuit on 5 December 2021.

The event joined Bahrain and Abu Dhabi among Formula 1’s established Middle Eastern night races and immediately stood apart because of the extraordinary speed of its street-circuit layout.

Unlike traditional street tracks dominated by slow 90-degree corners, Jeddah was designed around fast, flowing sequences and long periods of full-throttle running.

Jeddah has hosted five Formula 1 Grands Prix through 2025

The Saudi Arabian Grand Prix was held at Jeddah every season from 2021 through 2025.

Those five races produced four different winners: Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen, Sergio Perez and Oscar Piastri.

Verstappen is the only driver to have won more than once, taking victories in 2022 and 2024.

Jeddah Corniche Circuit measures 6.174 km

Jeddah Corniche Circuit measures 6.174 km and features 27 turns, with the lap running anti-clockwise.

A Saudi Arabian Grand Prix covers 50 laps for a race distance of approximately 308.45 km.

The combination of its length, narrow barriers and sustained high-speed sections makes Jeddah fundamentally different from most other Formula 1 street circuits.

Jeddah was designed as an exceptionally fast street circuit

The circuit was developed through collaboration between Formula 1’s motorsport department and Tilke’s circuit-design organisation.

The objective was to avoid the stop-start character traditionally associated with urban circuits. Instead, Jeddah uses sweeping bends, rapid changes of direction and long acceleration zones to create extremely high average speeds.

When the layout was originally unveiled, Formula 1 described it as the fastest street circuit in the championship.

Jeddah has more corners than any other current Formula 1 circuit

The lap contains 27 numbered turns, more than any other circuit on the current Formula 1 calendar.

Many of those corners are high-speed kinks rather than conventional braking zones, meaning the raw corner count does not translate into a particularly slow lap.

Instead, drivers frequently link several bends together at very high speed with concrete barriers close on either side.

Turn 13 is Jeddah’s distinctive banked corner

One of the circuit’s most recognisable features is Turn 13, a long left-hand hairpin with approximately 12 degrees of banking.

The banking allows drivers to carry significant speed through a corner that would normally require much heavier braking on a flat street circuit.

It also creates a visually distinctive section before the cars accelerate into another sequence of rapid direction changes.

Lewis Hamilton took the first Formula 1 pole at Jeddah

The inaugural qualifying session in 2021 produced one of the most dramatic endings of the season.

Lewis Hamilton took pole for Mercedes with a 1:27.511, while teammate Valtteri Bottas qualified second at 1:27.622.

Max Verstappen was third with a 1:27.653 after crashing at the final corner while attempting a lap that had appeared capable of taking pole.

Charles Leclerc qualified fourth for Ferrari in the first Saudi Arabian Grand Prix

Ferrari’s first Jeddah qualifying session was led by Charles Leclerc.

He produced a 1:28.054 to qualify fourth behind the two Mercedes drivers and Max Verstappen.

Carlos Sainz started much further back after problems during qualifying, leaving Leclerc as Ferrari’s main threat near the front of the grid.

Lewis Hamilton won the inaugural Saudi Arabian Grand Prix

The first Formula 1 race at Jeddah became a dramatic chapter in the 2021 championship fight between Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen.

The Grand Prix featured incidents, stoppages, restarts and direct battles between the two title contenders.

Hamilton eventually won after 50 laps, with Verstappen second and Valtteri Bottas third.

The 2021 race featured multiple stoppages and controversy

The inaugural Jeddah Grand Prix quickly demonstrated how disruptive incidents could become on such a fast and enclosed circuit.

Red flags and restarts repeatedly changed the competitive picture, while Hamilton and Verstappen fought directly for track position.

Their battle included contact late in the race before Hamilton ultimately pulled away to victory.

Ferrari finished seventh and eighth in Jeddah in 2021

Ferrari completed its first Saudi Arabian Grand Prix with both cars in the points.

Charles Leclerc finished seventh, 44.475 seconds behind Lewis Hamilton, while Carlos Sainz followed in eighth.

The result gave Ferrari a solid start at the new venue but no podium from its first visit.

Lewis Hamilton holds the official Jeddah race lap record

Hamilton set the fastest lap during the inaugural Grand Prix at 1:30.734 on lap 47.

The Mercedes driver’s benchmark remains the official Formula 1 race-lap record at Jeddah through the 2025 season.

Later generations of cars have come close in race conditions, but none has beaten Hamilton’s 2021 time.

Charles Leclerc came close to Ferrari’s first Jeddah pole in 2022

Ferrari was much more competitive when Formula 1 returned to Saudi Arabia only a few months later in March 2022.

Sergio Perez secured pole position with a 1:28.200, but Charles Leclerc missed out by only 0.025 seconds.

Carlos Sainz qualified third at 1:28.402, giving Ferrari two cars inside the top three.

Sergio Perez took his first Formula 1 pole at Jeddah

Perez’s 2022 performance was the first pole position of his Formula 1 career.

The Mexican narrowly defeated both Ferraris after a closely fought Q3 session.

His breakthrough began a particularly strong personal qualifying record at Jeddah, where he would take another pole one year later.

Charles Leclerc and Max Verstappen fought for victory in 2022

The closing stages of the 2022 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix produced one of the most tactical battles of the season.

Charles Leclerc and Max Verstappen repeatedly fought for the advantage around the final corner because the placement of the DRS detection point made it strategically valuable to be behind at precisely the right moment.

Both drivers attempted to manage their positioning as well as their braking, creating an unusual contest in which neither wanted to give the other an easy DRS opportunity.

Max Verstappen defeated Charles Leclerc by only 0.549 seconds

Verstappen eventually secured the lead and held Leclerc behind over the final laps.

The Red Bull crossed the line only 0.549 seconds ahead of the Ferrari.

Carlos Sainz completed the podium in third, giving Ferrari two cars inside the top three.

It remains Ferrari’s strongest overall race result at Jeddah.

Ferrari scored a double podium in Saudi Arabia in 2022

Charles Leclerc’s second place and Carlos Sainz’s third represented Ferrari’s first podium finishes at Jeddah.

Leclerc had also missed pole by just 0.025 seconds, making the weekend one of the closest occasions on which Ferrari has come to winning at the circuit.

No subsequent Saudi Arabian Grand Prix through 2025 has produced another Ferrari double podium.

Charles Leclerc set the fastest lap in 2022

Leclerc added the fastest lap to his runner-up result.

He recorded a 1:31.634 on lap 48, with Max Verstappen second-fastest at 1:31.772 and Carlos Sainz third at 1:31.905.

Although Leclerc’s lap was the quickest of the 2022 race, it remained slower than Lewis Hamilton’s official 1:30.734 circuit record from 2021.

Sergio Perez took a second consecutive Jeddah pole in 2023

Perez maintained his excellent qualifying record in Saudi Arabia the following season.

He secured pole with a 1:28.265.

Charles Leclerc was second-fastest in qualifying at 1:28.420, but a ten-place grid penalty for an additional power unit element dropped the Ferrari driver to 12th on the starting grid.

Charles Leclerc’s 2023 grid penalty cost Ferrari a front-row start

Leclerc’s raw qualifying result would have placed Ferrari alongside Sergio Perez on the front row.

The penalty instead left Carlos Sainz as Ferrari’s highest starter in fourth position.

That made the race significantly more difficult for Leclerc despite the SF-23 demonstrating competitive one-lap speed.

Sergio Perez won the 2023 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix

Perez converted pole into victory for Red Bull, completing the 50 laps ahead of teammate Max Verstappen.

Verstappen recovered from 15th on the grid after a qualifying driveshaft problem, while Fernando Alonso completed the podium.

The Red Bull one-two gave the team its second consecutive Jeddah victory.

Ferrari finished sixth and seventh in 2023

Carlos Sainz was Ferrari’s leading finisher in sixth place.

Charles Leclerc recovered from 12th on the grid to finish seventh, 43.162 seconds behind Sergio Perez.

The result represented a substantial step backwards from Ferrari’s double podium at the same circuit one year earlier.

Jeddah was modified to improve driver visibility

The circuit has retained the same fundamental 6.174 km and 27-turn configuration, but several safety-related modifications have been introduced since the inaugural race.

Before the 2022 event, barriers were adjusted to improve sightlines and the final corner received a minor modification.

More extensive work followed ahead of 2023, particularly at sections where drivers had struggled to see far enough through the high-speed bends.

Further Jeddah safety changes arrived for 2023

Walls were moved at several corners to improve visibility, while kerbs were revised and additional rumble strips were introduced.

The changes at Turns 22 and 23 were particularly significant, with the sequence tightened to reduce speeds through an area that had generated concern during the first two race weekends.

These revisions improved safety without fundamentally changing the identity or overall dimensions of the circuit.

Max Verstappen took pole at Jeddah for the first time in 2024

After Sergio Perez’s consecutive poles, Max Verstappen moved to the top of the qualifying order in 2024.

The Red Bull driver recorded a 1:27.472.

Charles Leclerc qualified second for Ferrari at 1:27.791, with Perez third.

It was another strong Jeddah front-row result for Leclerc but again stopped short of Ferrari’s first Saudi Arabian Grand Prix pole.

Carlos Sainz was forced to miss the 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix

Ferrari’s 2024 weekend changed dramatically when Carlos Sainz was diagnosed with appendicitis.

The Spaniard was unable to continue after the opening day of running and underwent surgery.

Ferrari reserve driver Oliver Bearman was called into the SF-24 with only the final practice session available before qualifying.

Oliver Bearman became Ferrari’s youngest Formula 1 Grand Prix driver

Bearman was only 18 years old when he made his unexpected Formula 1 debut at Jeddah.

His appearance made him the youngest driver ever to start a World Championship Grand Prix for Ferrari.

The teenager had been competing in Formula 2 at the same circuit before suddenly being promoted into one of Formula 1’s fastest cars at one of its most demanding tracks.

Oliver Bearman almost reached Q3 on his Ferrari debut

Despite having only one Formula 1 practice session before qualifying, Bearman immediately produced a competitive performance.

He qualified 11th with a 1:28.642 and missed Q3 by only 0.036 seconds.

Charles Leclerc meanwhile qualified second, giving Ferrari representation at both ends of a highly unusual qualifying story.

Max Verstappen won the 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix

Verstappen converted pole into a controlled victory and finished 13.643 seconds ahead of Sergio Perez.

Charles Leclerc completed the podium for Ferrari in third place.

The victory gave Verstappen his second Saudi Arabian Grand Prix success after his narrow 2022 win over Leclerc.

Charles Leclerc returned Ferrari to the Jeddah podium in 2024

Leclerc finished third after starting from the front row.

He crossed the line 18.639 seconds behind Verstappen and comfortably ahead of Oscar Piastri.

The result became Leclerc’s second Jeddah podium after his runner-up finish in 2022.

Oliver Bearman finished seventh on his Formula 1 debut

Bearman turned his last-minute opportunity into one of the standout Ferrari stories of the season.

Starting 11th, he progressed through the field and finished seventh, scoring six World Championship points on his Formula 1 debut.

He also resisted pressure from more experienced drivers during the closing stages and was voted Driver of the Day.

Charles Leclerc set Ferrari’s second Jeddah fastest lap in 2024

Leclerc completed Ferrari’s strong weekend by recording the fastest lap of the race.

His 1:31.632 on lap 50 was 0.114 seconds faster than Lewis Hamilton’s best lap and 0.141 seconds quicker than Verstappen’s.

It was almost identical to Leclerc’s 1:31.634 fastest lap from 2022, but still did not beat Hamilton’s overall race record.

Max Verstappen set the Jeddah qualifying record in 2025

Formula 1’s fifth visit produced the fastest qualifying lap yet seen at the circuit.

Verstappen took pole with a 1:27.294, beating Oscar Piastri by only 0.010 seconds.

George Russell qualified third, while Charles Leclerc was Ferrari’s leading driver in fourth at 1:27.670.

Verstappen’s 1:27.294 remains the outright Formula 1 qualifying benchmark at Jeddah through 2025.

Verstappen and Perez share the Jeddah pole-position record

Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez have each taken two Saudi Arabian Grand Prix poles.

Perez started first in 2022 and 2023, while Verstappen took pole in 2024 and 2025.

Lewis Hamilton has the remaining Jeddah pole from the inaugural 2021 race.

Ferrari has not yet taken pole position at the circuit.

Oscar Piastri won the 2025 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix

Oscar Piastri became the fourth different Jeddah winner when he took victory for McLaren in 2025.

The Australian completed the 50 laps in 1:21:06.758 and finished 2.843 seconds ahead of Max Verstappen.

Charles Leclerc completed the podium for Ferrari, with Lando Norris fourth.

Charles Leclerc gave Ferrari its first Grand Prix podium of 2025

Leclerc started fourth and used a long opening stint on the medium tyres to create a significant tyre advantage later in the race.

After switching to the hard compound, he moved ahead of George Russell and then resisted pressure from Lando Norris to secure third place.

It was Ferrari’s first Grand Prix podium of the 2025 season and Leclerc’s second consecutive third-place finish at Jeddah.

Lewis Hamilton finished seventh for Ferrari in 2025

The second Ferrari finished outside the leading battle.

Lewis Hamilton crossed the line seventh, 39.073 seconds behind Oscar Piastri, in his first Saudi Arabian Grand Prix as a Ferrari driver.

The contrasting results left Leclerc as the Scuderia’s clear benchmark during the Jeddah weekend.

Lando Norris set the fastest lap in the 2025 race

Lando Norris recorded a 1:31.778 on lap 41 for McLaren.

Charles Leclerc was the second-fastest driver at 1:32.192.

Neither came close enough to displace Lewis Hamilton’s official 1:30.734 race-lap record from the inaugural 2021 Grand Prix.

Lewis Hamilton’s 2021 race record remains unbeaten

Hamilton’s 1:30.734 remains a particularly durable Jeddah benchmark.

Charles Leclerc’s Ferrari fastest laps in 2022 and 2024 were both in the 1:31.6 range, while the quickest lap of the 2025 race was Lando Norris’s 1:31.778.

The inaugural Jeddah race therefore still holds the fastest official Grand Prix lap despite several seasons of car development since then.

Jeddah qualifying record versus race lap record

The circuit’s two main Formula 1 lap benchmarks belong to different eras of technical regulations.

Max Verstappen holds the qualifying record with his 1:27.294 from 2025.

Lewis Hamilton holds the official race-lap record with his 1:30.734 from 2021.

Both records apply to the same fundamental 6.174 km, 27-turn circuit configuration.

Max Verstappen holds the Jeddah wins record

Verstappen is the only driver to have won the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix more than once through 2025.

His victories came in 2022 and 2024.

Lewis Hamilton won in 2021, Sergio Perez in 2023 and Oscar Piastri in 2025, giving each of them one victory.

Red Bull holds the Jeddah constructor wins record

Red Bull has won three of the five Saudi Arabian Grands Prix held through 2025.

Max Verstappen delivered victories in 2022 and 2024, while Sergio Perez won in 2023.

Mercedes won the inaugural race through Lewis Hamilton and McLaren added victory through Oscar Piastri in 2025.

Ferrari remains without a Jeddah victory.

Ferrari has four Formula 1 podium finishes at Jeddah

Ferrari’s four individual podium finishes have come across three Saudi Arabian Grands Prix.

• 2022: Charles Leclerc – second.
• 2022: Carlos Sainz – third.
• 2024: Charles Leclerc – third.
• 2025: Charles Leclerc – third.

Leclerc therefore accounts for three of Ferrari’s four Jeddah podium finishes and is the only Scuderia driver to have reached the podium there more than once.

Ferrari has never won or taken pole at Jeddah

The Scuderia has repeatedly qualified near the front but remains without either a victory or pole position at Jeddah through 2025.

Charles Leclerc qualified second in 2022, 2023 and 2024, although his 2023 grid penalty prevented him from starting on the front row.

Ferrari’s best race result remains Leclerc’s second place in 2022, when he finished only 0.549 seconds behind Max Verstappen.

Ferrari has two fastest laps at Jeddah

Charles Leclerc is responsible for both Ferrari fastest laps at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.

He recorded a 1:31.634 in 2022 and a marginally quicker 1:31.632 in 2024.

Neither was fast enough to beat Lewis Hamilton’s overall race-lap record of 1:30.734.

Charles Leclerc has become Ferrari’s Jeddah specialist

Leclerc has produced most of Ferrari’s strongest results at the circuit.

He has finished second once and third twice, taken two fastest laps and qualified second on three occasions.

His 2022 battle with Max Verstappen remains Ferrari’s closest attempt at a Saudi Arabian Grand Prix victory.

Ferrari’s Formula 1 record at Jeddah

Ferrari has competed in all five Saudi Arabian Grands Prix held at Jeddah through 2025.

The Scuderia has not yet won or taken pole position, but it has accumulated four individual podium finishes and two fastest laps.

Charles Leclerc finished second in 2022 and third in both 2024 and 2025. Carlos Sainz added third place in 2022, creating Ferrari’s only Jeddah double podium.

Leclerc also set the fastest lap in 2022 and 2024 and has repeatedly demonstrated strong qualifying pace, including three second-place qualifying results.

The circuit also occupies a special place in Ferrari driver history because Oliver Bearman made his Formula 1 debut there in 2024, becoming the youngest driver ever to start a World Championship Grand Prix for the Scuderia and finishing seventh.

One fundamental Formula 1 layout has been used at Jeddah

All five completed Saudi Arabian Grands Prix have used the same fundamental 6.174 km, 27-turn configuration.

The barriers, kerbs and sightlines have been modified progressively for safety, particularly between 2021 and 2023, but the overall route and basic circuit dimensions have remained consistent.

This allows Jeddah’s qualifying and race records to be compared more directly than at venues that have undergone major layout changes.

Jeddah rewards confidence and aerodynamic efficiency

The circuit places unusual demands on a Formula 1 car because so many corners are taken at high speed.

Drivers need confidence in the aerodynamic platform to attack the rapid direction changes while running close to concrete barriers.

At the same time, teams cannot simply maximise downforce because Jeddah’s long flat-out sections make straight-line efficiency extremely valuable.

Small mistakes carry a major penalty at Jeddah

The circuit’s speed becomes especially challenging because the walls leave almost no conventional run-off through many sections.

A minor error that would simply cost lap time at a permanent circuit can become a heavy accident in Jeddah.

Max Verstappen’s final-corner crash while fighting for pole in 2021 and several incidents in subsequent seasons demonstrated the narrow margin for error.

Jeddah is one of Formula 1’s most demanding qualifying circuits

A qualifying lap requires drivers to commit through a long sequence of corners without breaking rhythm.

The speed means small lifts or corrections can cost substantial time, while the walls make pushing beyond the limit particularly costly.

The circuit’s qualifying record has progressively fallen from Lewis Hamilton’s 1:27.511 in 2021 to Max Verstappen’s 1:27.294 in 2025.

The Saudi Arabian Grand Prix is a night race

Formula 1 races at Jeddah under floodlights, creating one of the championship’s most visually distinctive events.

The night schedule also avoids the most intense daytime heat and gives the circuit a very different atmosphere from conventional afternoon street races.

The illuminated barriers and Red Sea setting have become central to the visual identity of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.

Jeddah records are current through the 2025 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix

The most recent Formula 1 race at Jeddah was held in April 2025 and won by Oscar Piastri.

No Saudi Arabian Grand Prix was included on the 2026 World Championship calendar, so the circuit’s historical totals remain unchanged through the 2026 season to date.

Max Verstappen therefore remains the only two-time Jeddah winner, Verstappen and Sergio Perez share the pole record, Lewis Hamilton holds the official race-lap benchmark and Ferrari remains without a victory despite four podium finishes.

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