Formula 2 drivers have said they are satisfied with the security arrangements for this weekend’s round in Saudi Arabia, after a missile strike near the track yesterday.
Following yesterday’s qualifying session, it emerged drivers had been unaware of the attack on a oil plant by Houthi rebels around 10 kilometres from the track earlier in the day.
As with Formula 1, F2 is continuing with its programme of events this weekend. Liam Lawson won the opening sprint race at the track this afternoon ahead of Juri Vips and Jake Hughes.
Speaking after the race, Hughes admitted the attack was “obviously quite a shock” for the drivers. “It’s something that I don’t think any of us, if not the whole grid, have ever experienced before, obviously, and definitely not nice to see.”
Yesterday, the FIA and F1 said they had been given assurances from the authorities in Saudi Arabia that the venue was not a target for the attackers and that their security is a priority. The podium trio said…