Two weeks between the first and second races feel so unbearable. I'm eager to see what the drivers think of the track changes.

But will they implement an anti missile system?

Honestly I like the track because the barriers are so close that it can give the fear factor, it's basically whoever has the biggest balls goes the fastest 😂

The only change I regret is the GP position in the calendar. Feels like having Saudi host a championship battle makes its "danger" feature even more exciting.

This circuit is 20 minute drive from my parent's house in Jeddah. I live in India and I'm devasted I can't make it to race weekend in time due to the embassy having misplaced my visa paperwork. I went to the first Saudi GP and it was an absolute thriller.

The chemistry between these 2 is undeniable.

About the DRS: Richard Verschoor confirmed in a Dutch talkshow that the DRS detection zone has been moved to after the last corner. So the situation like last year is not gonna happen anymore

Being a fan of p1 is like being a fan of Leclerc before Matt started the hype train

Sources from the saudi motorsport company said that the changes were planned since 2021, however the 2022 race was so close in time that changes couldn't be done in time for the 2022 race. Drivers will give their opinion in 2023 in order to be updated for 2024

I like how Lando said last year when they are going through the close areas the air gets moving all in the same direction and they lose almost all downforce. Has to be like driving on ice.

So glad you're able to do your F1 channel in your way. So many of these (across all sports) just get snarky and very negative, so I'm so happy to see something that's positive. Any sort of a 'tip jar'? Would be great to cover a coffee (or other beverage) for you both.

Thx you guys make my day better 💜💜

Max's quali in 2021 was almost the greatest quali lap of all time. The relief in the Mercedes race engineer's voice was palpable.

theres about five teams with massive stuff to prove this race - massively looking forward to it

It's a great track and hopefully these changes do fix some issues. I'm no racing driver, but I have tried it out on the official F1 games, and the amount of high speed blind corners is super dangerous. It's hard to appeciate just watching it on TV just how fast and close everything is.

Subscribers up over 300k now! Love to see the growth for you guys 👍👍

great content as always boys

Another banger thanks lads ❤❤

Love the content. I feel with your scale of views/subscribers production quality can improve! Background and lighting especially.

seriously looking forward to this. races here have been among the best of both years they went. awesome venue. changes look good.

Thanks for showing the visual changes on the track, couldnt find it anywhere

Genuinely hope you guys get to a million subscribers in under a year.

I think a change that needs to happen is to put SAFER barriers on every wall on the track. They are used minimally on other circuits but I think they could be a huge safety benefit at this track.

Watching Max and Lewis flying nose to tail leaving the rest of the field in the dust was an absolute spectical! That gets overshadowed by the controversial final laps

I honestly love Jeddah. I love the danger and the high risk high reward. Obviously safety is privileged but I still love this circuit

How can someone not like it? Just watch Verstappen final q3 lap in ‘21 is mesmerizing. It’s dangerous of course but the 2 races we got there were amazing.

I'm also looking forward to see these cars will go through a chicane-less Barcelona circuit. Im hoping for your preview as well, thanks

love this track, monaco but much faster and more extreme in every way. I am so hyped for this race on Sunday

feel like there are lots of ways to improve safety with Helmet Mounted Displays for the drivers (improve situational awareness) but probably too expensive a system to implement

Truly an amazing circuit!

At 14 & 20 with the shoulder being increased it will help with safety. At least there is room for a slower car. Hopefully it makes the track safer. With the old layout I was always waiting for a fast car to come around a corner and slam right into the back of a slower car. Something we do not need to see at any track, especially here.

I think most people agree the track itself is great, but the issues surrounding Saudi itself is what turns a lot of people off from it. Just look at last year.

I love that yous already have 300k subs so quick because yous are just that good at this! Keep it up!

Those before and after photographs of the turns are from different perspectives. Just look at the buildings in the background.

The thing is, everyone talked about safety at Miami last year for the closeness of the barriers in much lower speed corners. So I understand why they made the changes.

Are all your videos gonna be in a podcasty format?

From the tele, every turn looks mostly the same to me. I think I need color sectors like a parking garage. Maybe year 3 will help

I absolutley love the channel but the swoop audio bite trigger for when you were listing youtube response percentages at the beginning were so offputting I had to replay it a few times because they threw me so hard

Daytime pic kinda brings the Surfers Paradise street track in Queensland to mind.

Reminds me of the Surfers Paradise Indycar track (my local race for 18 years). The first year or so, the track limits, close walls and visibility at corners was very much like Jeddah, and just as dangerous. They opened out the corners by bringing back the barriers, and increased sight lines, added a bit of run-off and it became a very good track for the next, almost, two decades. Hopefully this does the same for Jeddah.

Saudi was a bit boring for me in 2021 for it's premier mostly because of all the stoppage. The 2022 race was a total thrill. They got the balance right last year. Lets see how it goes. Safety is important.

I love you guys

Loving these shorter discussion segments. I don’t think you need the background music like at 2:25

Jeddah definitely is one of the best tracks, it's like F-Zero

Hi Matt and Tommy! Will your live show be available for children to attend

Best track after spa, in my book

Biggest safety changes is no more latifi and mick

I like the layout but I honestly can't get on board with the place as a whole purely because of the safety concerns of barriers so close on such a high-speed track. Having a bigger spectacle shouldn't impact driver safety in what is already a dangerous sport. Were the track a more traditional circuit with sufficient run-off or gravel traps and the barriers far enough away I would have little issue with it. The changes for this year are a good start but I suspect there needs to be more done for me to feel comfortable with it. And then there's hoping another rocket isn't fired near it this year...

Can you guys start adding some of the longer streams to UKposts please

Safety changes: Anti rocket shield

Problem with the walls pushed out so much, the drivers will put two wheel on the other side of the kerb to go as straight as possible…

They should also add C-Ram or some other type of anti-rocket weapon

What I cant seem to fathom is why the entire track or --at least the high speed corners-- are not completely covered in SAFER Barrier??? It makes the crashes that do happen less severe and there is no loss to the danger factor as the walls are still right on the edge. Its a win win. F1 should really be using it on high speed sections of street circuits

If drivers' safety is paramount, like they claimed when adding the halo, then adding more high speed street tracks to the calendar is counter-productive to that venture. But I guess oil money talks.

I liked that the track was close to the wall, cuz it makes the adrenaline rush much much higher

1) I’m worried about track limits. If you add 2 more metres on the inside of a corner drivers will drive 2 metres closer to it 2) the main straight drs zone needs to be shortened, because both years we had issues of people letting others by because they know they can overtake on main straight with ease

I think this year will be a clearer picture of this circuit End of '21 we had that wild title fight and start of last year Ferrari and Red Bull were on equal terms. But I will still look forward to the race

Some real Tommo and Minton vibes there at the end.

One of the best tracks of the last 2 years

7:24 Random footage of a Williams at Silverstone 😅

5:38 What does that mean? 7:54 It can happen at other circuits (e.g. Bahrain like what Leclerc did but Max didn't catch on, and Canada when Alonso and Hamilton did the same thing)

I get the point about the blind corners, but isn't that also the case with Eau Rouge?

I love that track

The classic youtube thumbnail strategy! “Shocking look cut out in the left” 📸

They have a very reliable flag system to inform drivers of any hazards. There's other blind corners on the calendar. The widening is just an optimisation. Ya gotta put more faith in tried and true systems like cameras and flags and driver radio

great vid guys

I adore this track. Dangerous, yes. Awesome, yes.

I like this circuit. It's sort of channelling Monaco, but sized up for these massive cars.

We love the corniche pasty track

Wasn’t this the track that the drivers were using the tv screens to see if there was anything round the blind corners ?

One thing I haven't heard about is an improved missile defense system!!!

The widened corners are just out of scope. All they improved was visibility at the cost of the drivers are able now to drive off the track. I'm not even sure that the amount they moved the barriers is more than the width of an F1 car.

I like tight tracks with close walls.

DRS Chicken is gone, guys. I'm sure it will be moved to the exit of T27 or somewhere well before the braking zone going into T27. I do have to say, it was fun watching Max and Charles outwit each other last year, but its also dangerous, as we know, for the prior year when Max brake checked Lewis.

Steady 250k views and Wtf1 has like 50k. You won guys🎉😂

Im gonna be honest its one of my favorite tracks in the f1 game, so fun and addicting

Imagine 30-40 years later some of the middle east circuits being called classics, the same way Spa Interlagos Monza etc are considered

Hey weren't there supposed to be Drs changes to Bahrain too?

But as we've seen so often... if there's run off it just results in everyone using it and track limits flags become frequent.

When you open corners by pushing physical objects back, your curbs are secondary devices to deter drivers. So, a lot hinges on the curb design, it can not allow driver to put one tire over it. If they are not punishing enough.. they have one tire on the racing track. They need to put something else, we don't want floor breaking deterrence but there are different types of sausage curves and curbs, and they do NOT have to be parallel or perpendicular, they could be angled which makes them really annoying to drive over. They can be slightly more aggressive in height as the tire will not face it head-on but at an angle. The tire deformation starts to push/pull the tire also vertically, away or towards the track. Which is annoying, it also punishes the steering column and thus the driver.

Whyyyy 6 April 😢 Im leaving London that week

Leaving a like before watching.

For me it’s a top 2 track just because Imola and Jeddah are my favorite tracks on the F1 game

I love this circuit, the high stakes and all the drama it has brought us in the last couple years has been great

Loved the DRS chicken!

Circuit itself is great imo. Not my favourite but a good interesting track and hopefully with the new tweaks the right level of intensity but also safety. I want to be able to wince at a driver skimming the walls while trusting if they clipped or spun and hit they'd walk out comfortably. It feels more like a test of the driver and car, over other circuits where the cars dominates. My biggest gripe is the location. I would rather more tracks world wide than 15 tracks in europe and the middle east. Especially not in a country where I along with millions of other fans are not necessarily welcome.

How about Imola, that is a very dangerous track!

I honestly think the fact that there were two entertaining races at this track is not due to the track itself. One came from the fact that it was the penultimate round of one of the tightest championship battles in recent memory. The other one also had two different drivers in similarly competitive machinery fighting for the win. Most of the exciting stuff happened around the back to back DRS zones, and I don't think that part alone makes it "one of the best tracks for racing". There isn't a section of the track where you could, for example, take a clever line to sneak past your opponent or get better traction to out drag them. It's all medium to high speed sweepers with walls all around, so often there's just one viable line. I don't think it's terrible, there are plenty of tracks that produce worse racing, but I don't think it's one of the best tracks for racing either. Oh, and it would obviously be nice if the track wouldn't be so crash prone. I don't like drivers crashing out.

Matt actually said Plane crash and Saudi in the same paragraph, that’s bold!!!😂

Does the Ferrari piece in Matt's background change position every video?

Frank needs to be in every single P1 video

this track is basically Monaco's bigger brother

1:40 seems like sochi. Change my mind

Danger = Excitement imo which is good for F1 for the audience

We love it

Matt the boom mic on your headset is a bit distracting

Fun fact: did you know that corniche-on (spelled korniszon) in polish is gherkin in english? Basically a pickle. And that's precisely what that track is, a pickle.

Missiles Exploding !!

Imola was only changed after disaster.... Always glad to see safety changes, besides the jewelry.

So do they have anything to defend against missles???