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WATCH: Ride onboard with Verstappen as F1 debuts at the spectacular Jeddah Corniche Circuit
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Second only to Monza in average speed, second only to Spa-Francorchamps in length – the Jeddah Corniche Circuit is a proper show-stopper.
Ahead of the maiden Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, the drivers took to the track in Free Practice 1, to get their first taste at speed of this spectacular circuit.
Ride onboard in the video above as championship leader Max Verstappen shows us what it's like to drive a modern F1 car around the newly-built Saudi Arabian circuit, as he tackles the 27 corners of the 6.174km track.
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