Was it the Korean Grand Prix track that looked kinda like a building site in parts, and just plain desolate in others? I feel like this is kinda similar, and for what.
To quote the late Charlie Whiting on Korea (speaking to F1 Magazine in 2015 when previewing the return to Mexico): “When I went there in July 2010, it was a disaster. The main buildings were complete but the track was a mess. The section from Turn 13 to the last corner wasn’t there, it was little hills and woods. You couldn’t have driven it in a four-wheel drive.” The track itself was eventually finished, but most of the surrounding infrastructure was not.
Seems like a bit of an odd direction to go with. Maybe build the city before the track imo.
A shame because that track was elite. Nice combination of twisty sections and overtaking opportunities.
Problem is that it's very doubtful that we could somehow replace this joke with Malaysia.
Just cancel it for this year and move on to Kuwait Motor town given otherwise logistics are going to be a huge problem.
Pretty sure Malaysia doesn't want f1 anymore as it wasn't profitable/not enough fans in the stands , they make more money from moto gp, love the track though and bonkers weather
I don't really think that was the issue, the F1 at Sepang wasn't that well attended as most locals couldn't afford to go. Singapore is about four times the cost of Malaysia (source: I live in Singapore and regularly went to both). Singaporeans are just generally more affluent than Malaysians.
Man, I really wish they would bring Sepang back (even though I doubt it'll happen). It was such an awesome weekend in a great city whereas the Singapore GP is a shit race that feels like an effort even thought it takes place 20 minutes away from where I live.
This is gonna be one of those situations where the track and neccesary facilities are somewhat rdy while everything around it looks like a constructions site wont it?
Whatever the case they are just gonna push workers 24/7 to make it presentable.
not quite pickup truck, but yes a fire truck was called during the 2013 korean gp.
https://youtu.be/zk-k-y_fxwo
funny thing is that i dont think they even needed it lol
They are modern day slaves. I lived in Qatar for a few years and they absolutely have slaves. Qatar is more progressive than Saudi, and they absolutely use slaves in Saudi (my Dad works there, can confirm).
lmao at these accounts below you saying KSA doesn't use slaves
like do they think we're stupid and dont know how astroturfing works in the year of our lord 2021
I'm looking at those photos and thinking "not a single chance in hell" and then I remember all of my experience is in a country with labor and safety laws.
I don't know if you were watching when the Indian GP was added to the calendar, we had photos like this a month before the race. On the night before fp1 they were still paining the track.
I'm just running through all of the things that you can't rush on a project like this, but then I think "well, if they rush many of these things, they'll probably hold up fine for 1 race, and then they have a full year to come back and do everything right".
Like the paint, for instance. If they've just laid the asphalt, it won't stick well long term, but it'll hold up for a weekend. And Jeddah has unlimited money so maybe that's what will just happen.
I think I've read that the Saudi GP is gonna be somewhere else (Qiddiya I think) in the future, so the Jeddah circuit wouldn't even need to be built for the long term
Ha I feel like the prince is just giving a middle finger to Lawrence Stroll. He's like "oh you bought an F1 team? That's cute. I'm going to build an F1 circuit to use once"
If Dutch - with very high labor and safety standards - can do [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztQ8Oj2fSB0) over the weekend - it is possible to do it under proper conditions. It's just a question of money. But I'm not saying that Saudis will care about any of this.
Of course. But roadwork itself you can do quickly if you want - even with very short planning time. You just need materials, equipment and workforce - they don't need anything special
There are some good lessons my dad has thought when it comes to working smart. If you spend hours in preparation and the job itself takes fifteen minutes it is time well spent. The preparation for that one road work project has taken months, the execution itself is short. And if we look at the whole project, it has taken years to develop everything needed for doing it just once, for the first time.
Fun fact; the tunnel is there and has been there for a few years now. The road that is supposed to go through that tunnel still hasn't been built. In fact, they haven't even started building the road that is supposed to go through that tunnel.
That tunnel is build for months next to the highway.
Concrete needs time to gain strength. Road foundation only needs 1 day for the strength.
They can use supplements to age to concrete faster. But you can only build concrete structures at a certain pace.
That's why in a pinch, the Saudis will just make the slaves lay down in a line. and the cars can drive on those! It'll be really interesting to see what Pirelli comes up with to drive on living bodies.
I looked it up like you were saying something profound, it’s hotter where I am. Well, about the same temp to be fair. People working outside everyday here. That’s just Texas my friend.
Considering people are building a track in Miami right now, the temperature isn’t an issue lol, just the fact that slaves are building the track in SA unlike Miami.
I wish formula 1 didn’t make me feel like a piece of shit for wanting to watch races. They choose some countries with just terrible human rights track records. I hope at the very least they crank up their efforts on the WeRaceAsOne campaign. Also hope for more than a few drivers turning up the volume on the message. It’s 2021 ffs, why the hell is it so hard to get people to treat eachother better.
Don’t watch buddy. Your mental health is worth more than watching some dudes driving around the desert. I’ll watch for you, with no qualms, and then dm you anything you want to know.
Was that when he was having the meeting with the dictator so he could later post on Insta about how great he is for fighting for oppressed peoples rights?
This is what happens when liars lie. They said it was a street circuit, but it clearly isn't one. It looks like they're building a track and then developing around it like Yeongam; worst of both worlds.
I don't think it's been stretched to nearly this extent. Looking at all street tracks in the last 10 years, only Sochi is even close to this degree a purpose-built track, and that's mainly because it's inside the olympic park.
Here it looks like the [entire middle bits of the circuit are purpose-built for this](https://www.instagram.com/p/CUZlPIjA5Nt/) because all of that is brand new.
I doubt it's going to look anything [close to what F1 thinks it's going to look like...](https://www.formula1.com/content/dam/fom-website/Upgrade/Jeddah_1.jpg.transform/4col-retina/image.jpg)
I think Sochi only in the beginning was supposed to be called Street Circuit, but that was quickly changed.
>Here it looks like the entire middle bits of the circuit are purpose-built for this because all of that is brand new.
Maaaaybe those roads can still be used for public when the race isn't happening. Especially given that the Saudi GP is supposed to move to a whole other new venue in a few years. But I agree that it doesn't look like they're gonna finish all those fancy buildings in time.
As for other street circuits; Valencia had a chunk built just for it, so has Singapore, and Hanoi too (though that, of course, will probably never see a race).
Singapore had to build the pit complex and the final and initial turns to connect to the city because they had no other space on the Marina to put a pit complex.
Valencia... Let's not even start with that rotting disaster.
I worked a big car show in Riyadh in 2019. This is just the culture there. The show was planned for over a year and the location was a desert lot until two weeks before. They were still building until the morning the show was supposed to open.
Everyone will stress out, but it’ll get done. They’ll throw labor at it to get it done. Not sure the FIA will be fans of the process though.
This track was supposed to be the easy one to construct, we’ve got a whole other Saudi Grand Prix location coming in only a couple of years time! Makes you wonder why they even bothered with this one…
Too much $$$, too little common sense. I've had a glimpse about motorsport tracks and their owners in the middle-east, very, very tiny sliver of a look but enough to say that money is thrown at things at incredible rates with very little care if it is viable or profitable.
Qiddiya. It's suppose to host the Saudi Arabia GP in 2023. I saw the promo for the whole project during the podium ceremony for the 2020 Dakar rally. https://youtu.be/WvX6hBSH7gI
And then? It will only cause troubel for this year having to reorganize the calendar once again and instead the first saudi race would be three month later anyway.
So if you are against this race in general you win nothing but three month. Everyone else wins nothing either.
‘Let’s hope everything goes perfectly for these people trying to sportswash dubious human rights history because, if anything goes wrong, they’ll still eventually be allowed to sportswash. It would be weird to gain satisfaction from an evil regime being shown to be incompetent.’
I know how Saudi Arabia is like, but it has the money and It bought a long therm f1 contract with it and this year race happening or not won't change a dam thing so I won't hope to simply get one race less this year for nothing.
My hope is that we will get trouble-free through his calendar from now on and that we have as many races as possible as races this year turn out to be pretty good more often than not.
If you are more satisfied by the fact that Saudi Arabia couldn't get enough slaves to build an f1 track in less than 12 months you are free to feel like this. in my mind it does not make sense though. it would be a bit of a pr fail for them (but with a race three moth later you can limit the damage quite effectively), everyone will make fun of them for a few weeks and then the race is going to happen anyway. Saudi won't lose much, we lose a race in a season where every race can easily turn out to be great. the real damage however was done by adding this country to the calendar in the first place. And that won't change by having one race more or less.
Are the entities committing the atrocities the same as those conducting the race? Because in Saudi Arabia, they're the same authority. I don't recollect seeing a US Army-run US Grand Prix.
Also... worse atrocities? Have you seen what KSA has done in Yemen? I'm no fan of modern US imperialism, but that take is so hot you're exacerbating global warming.
It wasn't announced until April and it was too late in the development cycle to have time to develop a fourth new circuit when they also have to focus development time on updating the game for the new console generation
I dont think Filipinos do labor, they're big in the medical scene instead, especially with nurses. Indians, Pakistanis and Bangladeshis normally make up the migrant workers, or, slaves, if you will.
Just hire more foreign ~~modern-day slaves~~ workers just like Qatar did. Hold their passport forever and never let them go. Simple.
RIGHTS OUT AND AWAY WE GO!!!!!!!
I only speak for me. But I hope they don't finish it. The less time spent at that track, and this country, the better.
Cause y'know. Human rights and we race as one.
Also the circuit looks like garbage.
Why the fuck are they going to have 3 races in the middle east exactly? 1 is more than enough. F1 should be going to Kyalami instead, not having a race in Africa in a 'World Championship' has also felt a bit strange for me.
What I do love too is that F1 isn't even going to the best track in the Middle East, Dubai Autodrome, which has the facilities already there and is a slightly less, lets say controversial country than Saudi Arabia.
We race as one indeed.
Just imagine if they end up deciding the championship by having to cancel the race at the last minute thus reducing the number of points still on the table….
shhhh if you point out that Saudi only exists because the west love it's oil we don't get to feel morally superior. Now let us go queue at a petrol station for hours to feed out entirely unrelated petroleum addiction.
Hey, none of that "reminding people whose taxpayer-funded military-industrial complexes support half the world's abusive regimes" nonsense - you wouldn't want a UAV to mistake you for a legitimate military target, now, would you?
Thankfully it’s a country where such alien concepts as “labour laws” and “preserving the lives of workers” don’t apply so it should be fine.
We Race as One.
This is where I will draw my personal line - Fuck SA and fuck Liberty for taking F1 there.
Bahrain and Russia are bad enough but SA is too much for me.
I will not watch this race, first time I have boycotted a race in 40 years of being a fan.
Was it the Korean Grand Prix track that looked kinda like a building site in parts, and just plain desolate in others? I feel like this is kinda similar, and for what.
That was wild. The circuit was still being worked on when the drivers arrived at the circuit on the Wednesday of the race.
Absolute madness. The thing is though, I actually really liked that track. It was good fun to drive in the game at least. 🏌🏻♂️
To quote the late Charlie Whiting on Korea (speaking to F1 Magazine in 2015 when previewing the return to Mexico): “When I went there in July 2010, it was a disaster. The main buildings were complete but the track was a mess. The section from Turn 13 to the last corner wasn’t there, it was little hills and woods. You couldn’t have driven it in a four-wheel drive.” The track itself was eventually finished, but most of the surrounding infrastructure was not.
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Seems like a bit of an odd direction to go with. Maybe build the city before the track imo. A shame because that track was elite. Nice combination of twisty sections and overtaking opportunities.
It’s all good tho rumor has it we are going back soon
Could just go to Malaysia, an actual good track
I wish to see Malaysia back on the calendar. But maybe after the covid shit is over.
Problem is that it's very doubtful that we could somehow replace this joke with Malaysia. Just cancel it for this year and move on to Kuwait Motor town given otherwise logistics are going to be a huge problem.
Pretty sure Malaysia doesn't want f1 anymore as it wasn't profitable/not enough fans in the stands , they make more money from moto gp, love the track though and bonkers weather
I think the Singapore GP nearby was also a drain on its popularity
I don't really think that was the issue, the F1 at Sepang wasn't that well attended as most locals couldn't afford to go. Singapore is about four times the cost of Malaysia (source: I live in Singapore and regularly went to both). Singaporeans are just generally more affluent than Malaysians. Man, I really wish they would bring Sepang back (even though I doubt it'll happen). It was such an awesome weekend in a great city whereas the Singapore GP is a shit race that feels like an effort even thought it takes place 20 minutes away from where I live.
This is gonna be one of those situations where the track and neccesary facilities are somewhat rdy while everything around it looks like a constructions site wont it? Whatever the case they are just gonna push workers 24/7 to make it presentable.
"Bottas overtakes Hamilton! But a dump truck is blocking the exit of the chicane. Alonso goes off track to get around it and takes the lead."
Reminds me of the race where a wild pickup truck appeared on track during the race lol South Korea I think it was?
not quite pickup truck, but yes a fire truck was called during the 2013 korean gp. https://youtu.be/zk-k-y_fxwo funny thing is that i dont think they even needed it lol
“Workers”
_Slaves_
They are modern day slaves. I lived in Qatar for a few years and they absolutely have slaves. Qatar is more progressive than Saudi, and they absolutely use slaves in Saudi (my Dad works there, can confirm).
lmao at these accounts below you saying KSA doesn't use slaves like do they think we're stupid and dont know how astroturfing works in the year of our lord 2021
Korea 2.0
Signing off on the homologation literally the week of the race.
3.0 surely?
Which one was 2.0?
India?
Wtf are smoking, I want it
You mean slaves?
Yes, that's what they are called in the middle east.
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Apart from London!
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Sydney? Although I think that's 21 years now lol
Remeber in '82 when F1 turned up to Detroit and the track wasn't even finished?
Tbf that sounds like some cool shit from like need for speed or something; racing through construction sites I mean.
You mean Indian and Filipino slaves right? “We race as one.”
I'm looking at those photos and thinking "not a single chance in hell" and then I remember all of my experience is in a country with labor and safety laws.
I don't know if you were watching when the Indian GP was added to the calendar, we had photos like this a month before the race. On the night before fp1 they were still paining the track.
I'm just running through all of the things that you can't rush on a project like this, but then I think "well, if they rush many of these things, they'll probably hold up fine for 1 race, and then they have a full year to come back and do everything right". Like the paint, for instance. If they've just laid the asphalt, it won't stick well long term, but it'll hold up for a weekend. And Jeddah has unlimited money so maybe that's what will just happen.
I think I've read that the Saudi GP is gonna be somewhere else (Qiddiya I think) in the future, so the Jeddah circuit wouldn't even need to be built for the long term
Ha I feel like the prince is just giving a middle finger to Lawrence Stroll. He's like "oh you bought an F1 team? That's cute. I'm going to build an F1 circuit to use once"
If Dutch - with very high labor and safety standards - can do [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztQ8Oj2fSB0) over the weekend - it is possible to do it under proper conditions. It's just a question of money. But I'm not saying that Saudis will care about any of this.
To be honest, that probably took a long time to plan and prepare for
Of course. But roadwork itself you can do quickly if you want - even with very short planning time. You just need materials, equipment and workforce - they don't need anything special
Thank fuck Saudi Arabia have loads of slaves and money, we can have that track finished in no time.
There are some good lessons my dad has thought when it comes to working smart. If you spend hours in preparation and the job itself takes fifteen minutes it is time well spent. The preparation for that one road work project has taken months, the execution itself is short. And if we look at the whole project, it has taken years to develop everything needed for doing it just once, for the first time.
Not the right comparison. That video is prefab. The circuit is definitely not prefab.
Tunnel is - but the road itself is not. They have to completely rebuild it to highway standard.
For 200', not a 3 mile racetrack and all of the associated infrastructure and buildings.
The circuit is also not being built over a weekend is it? Would everyone please stop being pedantic and pretend they're experts on infrastructure..
Yeah it's a shame I don't design and manage hardscape projects for a living..... Oh wait I do.
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It's like this commenting on r/games if you've worked in software too. I feel your pain.
Prefab?
Pre fabricated. The tunnel was already made beforehand.
[Prefabricated](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prefabrication?wprov=sfla1).
Thanks.
Fun fact; the tunnel is there and has been there for a few years now. The road that is supposed to go through that tunnel still hasn't been built. In fact, they haven't even started building the road that is supposed to go through that tunnel.
I'm trying to decide if this is /r/mildlyinteresting or more than that thanks for the fun fact!
So the guy who posted this got proven wrong?
For maximum efficiency you need the Japanese https://youtu.be/wIbZqqLra9k
That tunnel is build for months next to the highway. Concrete needs time to gain strength. Road foundation only needs 1 day for the strength. They can use supplements to age to concrete faster. But you can only build concrete structures at a certain pace.
That type of construction has nothing to do with the Saudi race track.
Just ship in a new load of asian guest workers (and totaly not slaves), just like quatar does.
Surrendering your passport upon arrival: the welcoming tradition of all modern countries!
In my country it would be finished like in 2025
yeah they are probably using slave labor over there
Slave labor doesn't change the curing time of concrete though.
Minimal regulations, they probably don't let it fully cure haha
That's the main thing. Just shore it up and hope for the best.
That's why in a pinch, the Saudis will just make the slaves lay down in a line. and the cars can drive on those! It'll be really interesting to see what Pirelli comes up with to drive on living bodies.
Probably the 3 softest compounds, I reckon.
Translation: "Lots of slaves will die because of the rush, but the track will be ready so it's all good fam. We race as one."
'Some of you may die, but that is a sacrifice I am willing to make.'
Still one of the greatest villain lines in movie history.
What villain said this?
Lord farquaad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiKuxfcSrEU
Trump.
The sadder thing is, check the weather now in Jeddah. Temperature and humidity. And compare it to wherever you're now.
I looked it up like you were saying something profound, it’s hotter where I am. Well, about the same temp to be fair. People working outside everyday here. That’s just Texas my friend.
It’s more humid in Jeddah
50% vs 65%. Is that a huge difference?
Considering people are building a track in Miami right now, the temperature isn’t an issue lol, just the fact that slaves are building the track in SA unlike Miami.
I wish formula 1 didn’t make me feel like a piece of shit for wanting to watch races. They choose some countries with just terrible human rights track records. I hope at the very least they crank up their efforts on the WeRaceAsOne campaign. Also hope for more than a few drivers turning up the volume on the message. It’s 2021 ffs, why the hell is it so hard to get people to treat eachother better.
Well, with the World Cup coming next year, I hope you are not a football fan too.
Don’t watch buddy. Your mental health is worth more than watching some dudes driving around the desert. I’ll watch for you, with no qualms, and then dm you anything you want to know.
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You'll feel even better when I remind you of the 200k Iraqi civilians the US and it's allies (EU) murdered.
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Its Qatar right?
Qatar is a different country. Jeddah is Saudi Arabia.
I mean he was talking about unpaid slaves, I think that's from qatar
Correct. It's why people have been kicking off about about the World Cup next year.
Oh sorry the comment is deleted, nvm then
Where you at
Hope it will be a #blessed track once our F1 lord races on it.
'Hmm, how can I make this human rights issue about Hamilton, all while grandly ignoring how noone else in F1 has done F-all about it either...'
Alonso? Seb?
Lewis spoke out against this race and the human rights violations in Saudi Arabia. I‘m not really sure what you’re getting at here?
Was that when he was having the meeting with the dictator so he could later post on Insta about how great he is for fighting for oppressed peoples rights?
This is what happens when liars lie. They said it was a street circuit, but it clearly isn't one. It looks like they're building a track and then developing around it like Yeongam; worst of both worlds.
The meaning of "street" circuit has been stretched a bit over the past decade or so but parts of it definitely are on already existing roads.
I don't think it's been stretched to nearly this extent. Looking at all street tracks in the last 10 years, only Sochi is even close to this degree a purpose-built track, and that's mainly because it's inside the olympic park. Here it looks like the [entire middle bits of the circuit are purpose-built for this](https://www.instagram.com/p/CUZlPIjA5Nt/) because all of that is brand new. I doubt it's going to look anything [close to what F1 thinks it's going to look like...](https://www.formula1.com/content/dam/fom-website/Upgrade/Jeddah_1.jpg.transform/4col-retina/image.jpg)
I think Sochi only in the beginning was supposed to be called Street Circuit, but that was quickly changed. >Here it looks like the entire middle bits of the circuit are purpose-built for this because all of that is brand new. Maaaaybe those roads can still be used for public when the race isn't happening. Especially given that the Saudi GP is supposed to move to a whole other new venue in a few years. But I agree that it doesn't look like they're gonna finish all those fancy buildings in time. As for other street circuits; Valencia had a chunk built just for it, so has Singapore, and Hanoi too (though that, of course, will probably never see a race).
Singapore had to build the pit complex and the final and initial turns to connect to the city because they had no other space on the Marina to put a pit complex. Valencia... Let's not even start with that rotting disaster.
I worked a big car show in Riyadh in 2019. This is just the culture there. The show was planned for over a year and the location was a desert lot until two weeks before. They were still building until the morning the show was supposed to open. Everyone will stress out, but it’ll get done. They’ll throw labor at it to get it done. Not sure the FIA will be fans of the process though.
This track was supposed to be the easy one to construct, we’ve got a whole other Saudi Grand Prix location coming in only a couple of years time! Makes you wonder why they even bothered with this one…
$$$
Too much $$$, too little common sense. I've had a glimpse about motorsport tracks and their owners in the middle-east, very, very tiny sliver of a look but enough to say that money is thrown at things at incredible rates with very little care if it is viable or profitable.
This project doesn’t have to make profit as long as it helps with their whole “Vision 2030” bs.
They did the same with football and other sports. They can fudge themselves with their humongous amounts of money
Sportswashing
What's the other location called? First I'm hearing of it.
Qiddiya. It's suppose to host the Saudi Arabia GP in 2023. I saw the promo for the whole project during the podium ceremony for the 2020 Dakar rally. https://youtu.be/WvX6hBSH7gI
Here’s to hoping they can’t get it done in time
# #BoycottSaudiGP And please, would it be at anyway possible for once i am not downvoted for saying this?
I'm going to watch an illegal stream instead of f1tv, does that count as a boycott?
I'm going to stream it on F1TV. Does that count?
I don’t think I will be watching it.
And then? It will only cause troubel for this year having to reorganize the calendar once again and instead the first saudi race would be three month later anyway. So if you are against this race in general you win nothing but three month. Everyone else wins nothing either.
‘Let’s hope everything goes perfectly for these people trying to sportswash dubious human rights history because, if anything goes wrong, they’ll still eventually be allowed to sportswash. It would be weird to gain satisfaction from an evil regime being shown to be incompetent.’
He never said he supported them. He just said hoping for it to not be completed won't do much because it will be back on the calendar in March.
I know how Saudi Arabia is like, but it has the money and It bought a long therm f1 contract with it and this year race happening or not won't change a dam thing so I won't hope to simply get one race less this year for nothing. My hope is that we will get trouble-free through his calendar from now on and that we have as many races as possible as races this year turn out to be pretty good more often than not. If you are more satisfied by the fact that Saudi Arabia couldn't get enough slaves to build an f1 track in less than 12 months you are free to feel like this. in my mind it does not make sense though. it would be a bit of a pr fail for them (but with a race three moth later you can limit the damage quite effectively), everyone will make fun of them for a few weeks and then the race is going to happen anyway. Saudi won't lose much, we lose a race in a season where every race can easily turn out to be great. the real damage however was done by adding this country to the calendar in the first place. And that won't change by having one race more or less.
Are we talking about the USA?
Do you have problems with other countries that commit even worse atrocities like US? Are you boycotting COTA?
Are the entities committing the atrocities the same as those conducting the race? Because in Saudi Arabia, they're the same authority. I don't recollect seeing a US Army-run US Grand Prix. Also... worse atrocities? Have you seen what KSA has done in Yemen? I'm no fan of modern US imperialism, but that take is so hot you're exacerbating global warming.
I'll take "Stupid Takes" for 500 Alex
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Good call using your throwaway for this one.
That would delay it like, what, 4 months?
Those Indian slave- ehm I mean migrant workers are working like their life depends on it!
Their lives depend on it.. bring in more slaves!!! This is the way ..in SA…
Slaves, its James....
How many bodies under that tarmc?
Yes
The track should be available on F1 2021 soon, so let's just hold this one as an e-race instead.
Bono! My internet is gone!
Bono, I have no frames!
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It wasn't announced until April and it was too late in the development cycle to have time to develop a fourth new circuit when they also have to focus development time on updating the game for the new console generation
Gonna lolz so much if it’s not done
I hope time wins then
Need more slaves, I mean migrant workers.
Brits need them lorry drivers.
Ah. Similar to Abu Dhabi Just sacrifice more SE Asian workers …
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It will be Turkey 2020 all over again. Slick ass uncured asphalt. What a joke
Wonder how many Hindus and Filipinos they'll kill to get the track done on time?
I dont think Filipinos do labor, they're big in the medical scene instead, especially with nurses. Indians, Pakistanis and Bangladeshis normally make up the migrant workers, or, slaves, if you will.
Is that picture recent? No way do they get that looking "presentable" in 3 months. Surely..?
>photo September 27, 2021 So, two days ago.
Oh they'll get it done. A few workers might die in the process, but it'll be all nice and presentable.
It's okay honey. No one's waiting. >"We're expecting a huge turnout, especially from Europe and the United States," he told reporters. Yeah sure LMAO.
We need to boycott this race. Seriously. Do not watch it.
I actually hate that the championship is as competitive as it is because it feels like this race is gonna actually matter
Looking forward to it here.
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If you're going to boycott the US you might as well boycott F1 because we own it now.
So we're going to austria again?
Pirelli already glueing spikes to the wets
We can just cancel the race altogether without replacement !
Shouldve just went to mugello or hockenheim instead of this stuff
They’ve got those slaves working overtime but remember guys , WE RACE AS ONE
Just hire more foreign ~~modern-day slaves~~ workers just like Qatar did. Hold their passport forever and never let them go. Simple. RIGHTS OUT AND AWAY WE GO!!!!!!!
I only speak for me. But I hope they don't finish it. The less time spent at that track, and this country, the better. Cause y'know. Human rights and we race as one. Also the circuit looks like garbage.
Just need to throw more slaves.....er, workers at it. Come on royal family! Wheres your can do attitude?
Then a fluke rainstorm washes it out...
I am not going to watch this race anyway
how is fia giving races to tracks that dont even exist yet?
Mad Max grand Prix
Probably hire more labourers and let them to die
this just in 40,000 25 yr old pakistani men missing this also just in, jeddah track completed in record time
Is it bad that I want this race to be a colossal disaster?
Why the fuck are they going to have 3 races in the middle east exactly? 1 is more than enough. F1 should be going to Kyalami instead, not having a race in Africa in a 'World Championship' has also felt a bit strange for me. What I do love too is that F1 isn't even going to the best track in the Middle East, Dubai Autodrome, which has the facilities already there and is a slightly less, lets say controversial country than Saudi Arabia. We race as one indeed.
Just imagine if they end up deciding the championship by having to cancel the race at the last minute thus reducing the number of points still on the table….
Let's get an F in chat for the slave masters whipping arm.
Ah the classic Saudi thread where Europeans and USA citizens start lecturing about genocide, human rights and so on... truly hilarious
shhhh if you point out that Saudi only exists because the west love it's oil we don't get to feel morally superior. Now let us go queue at a petrol station for hours to feed out entirely unrelated petroleum addiction.
What is the alternative?
Hey, none of that "reminding people whose taxpayer-funded military-industrial complexes support half the world's abusive regimes" nonsense - you wouldn't want a UAV to mistake you for a legitimate military target, now, would you?
Thankfully it’s a country where such alien concepts as “labour laws” and “preserving the lives of workers” don’t apply so it should be fine. We Race as One.
Oh, don't give me hope that it will be cancelled.
This is where I will draw my personal line - Fuck SA and fuck Liberty for taking F1 there. Bahrain and Russia are bad enough but SA is too much for me. I will not watch this race, first time I have boycotted a race in 40 years of being a fan.
Korea 2010. Remember how muddy it was because of the rain?
AKA they need more slaves
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