The drivers were involved in meetings for over four hours on Friday night in Jeddah as they debated if the race should go ahead following a missile strike by Houthi rebels on the nearby Aramco oil station.
Despite team principals initially agreeing a “unanimous” decision in under an hour that the second round of the F1 season should go ahead, they and championship chiefs plus Saudi authorities were drawn back into talks with drivers before the final resolution.
This, according to a Grand Prix Drivers’ Association statement, was after “natural human concerns” triggered the debate to boycott the race.
Facing the media for the first time in Jeddah since news of the attacks broke into the mainstream, team bosses have revealed the ongoing concern among their drivers, with Ferrari’s Mattia Binotto saying: “I don’t think we said that they are 100% happy and fully relaxed.”
He continued: “I think they are still concerned but they are listening to the assurance that we…
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