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F1 drivers are comfortable racing in Jeddah - Hamilton 'the opposite'

Formula 1's drivers say they feel safe racing in Jeddah twelve months after a nearby missile attack put the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix in jeopardy, but Lewis Hamilton felt "the opposite" to his peers. Last year, a missile launched by Yemen's Houthi rebels hit a Saudi Aramco oil storage facility located just 10 km away from the Jeddah Corniche Circuit as FP1 was in full swing. After a series of crisis meetings between the FIA, Formula 1 and Saudi authorities, the teams unanimously agreed to continue their race weekend in Jeddah, reassured by the Saudi officials' actions to boost the paddock's safety. On Thursday, with additional security measures in place once again for this year's...
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