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‘You blink at the wrong time, you're going to be in the wall'

Lando Norris acknowledged the drivers are going to be tested to their limits on 'such a difficult track' in Saudi Arabia this weekend. The McLaren driver said he enjoyed the challenge of taking to the Jeddah Corniche Circuit for the first time, which had arrived on the calendar as the second-fastest circuit in Formula 1, only behind Monza in terms of average speed. But the narrow track is surrounded by walls, and the fast corners provide a difficult task for the drivers to negotiate quickly. Charles Leclerc got stung by suffering a snap of oversteer at the high-speed Turn 22, and he careered into the barriers and heavily damaged his Ferrari – but he was able to walk away from the...
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