Based along the stunning yacht-lined seafront of the Red Sea coast, this 6.174km high-speed street circuit is a little like Monaco on fast-forward, with 79% of the lap spent at full throttle.

Racing under the Arabian night sky at the recently created Jeddah Corniche Circuit, cars travel at speeds of more than 320km/h on the world’s fastest street circuit, which features not one, not two, but three DRS zones. The track is the second-longest on the calendar and has the second-highest average speed of the season: at more than 250km/h, it tops Silverstone and is only bettered by Monza.

The Jeddah Corniche Circuit has no equal when it comes to the number of corners, however. A total of 27 make it the most of any circuit to feature in this year’s campaign, although only seven of those corners are braking points – the rest are taken flat out.

The slowest of those seven comers, Turn 1, comes right at the start of the lap on the back of a DRS zone on the start-finish straight, making it the best passing opportunity on the circuit. The sequence of corners from Turn 4 to Turn 10 creates a fast, flowing ‘S’ section, which pushes driver and machine to the limit, while the banked Turn 13 hairpin will provide a thrilling sight for fans watching the action from the imposing grandstand that surrounds the corner.