Jeddah
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Sep 11, 2026
Sami HamdiGUEST
They are both pro ...
Sami HamdiGUEST
There was, there's this, uh, TikTok trend going around where Westerners are landing in Jeddah and complaining that there's nothing Saudi about it.
Sami HamdiGUEST
They're coming and saying, "It all just looks like America." And Saudis are responding and saying, "Well, what do you mean? Like, of course we have things like America.
Sami HamdiGUEST
What did you wanna see, camels and whatever?" But, but it's a genuine, you know ...
Sami HamdiGUEST
At this moment in time, you see for example, like, Erdogan in Türkiye, who's, uh, integrating the Turkish economy and Syrian economies in such a way that the Israelis are deeply upset, who's integrating the northern Iraqi economies and the Turkish economies in such a way that everybody's getting upset.
Muhammad JalalHOST
Hmm.
Sami HamdiGUEST
When you look at, for example, that Bangladesh has a new government following the overthrow of Hasina, there's an exploration as to where does Bangladesh lie in this big power politics that's taking place between China and this, which is why now they're moving more towards Pakistan and the first visit of the foreign minister is to Saudi, to Jeddah, to go meet Faisal bin Farhan.
Sami HamdiGUEST
I think it's less about a visionary leader, and let me rephrase it.
Matt GallagherHOST
There's parts that remind me of Sochi and, uh-
Tom BellinghamHOST
It's Jeddah-Sochi, is what it reminds me of.
Matt GallagherHOST
Yeah, Jeddah-Sochi.
Matt GallagherHOST
Uh, so as I said, when we review this in driver ratings, there will be a two-point, um-
Tom BellinghamHOST
[laughs]
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Tom BellinghamHOST
Yeah, completely agree on the sense that qualifying it looks, it looks really fun to watch the cars on board, uh, which is not something we've said a lot this season, of course.
Tom BellinghamHOST
Um, and it's cool to be able to watch the rollercoaster.
Tom BellinghamHOST
It feels like Jeddah again, when you first went to Jeddah and it was like, "Oh wow, this, this track is crazy." Um, you know, high speed corners flowing up and down.
Edd StrawHOST
So, but that's going to keep building and building and building.
Edd StrawHOST
And yeah, I mean, Charles Leclerc talked about it being a, a commitment track and Gasly was saying it's a mix of Jeddah and Monaco.
Edd StrawHOST
Berman went with Baku and Jeddah.
Edd StrawHOST
So we've got a few different tracks.
Edd StrawHOST
I, I said that watching on the inside of the entry of La Monumentale had just a, just a hint of Indianapolis, not as fast, the wrong way, but just when you're standing kind of low, just looking into it, it just reminded me a bit of being at Indy and watching the cars up close.
AdamHOST
Toto Wolff said the Mad Ring is a lot like Budapest and Zandvoort, and those are the two circuits that Lando Norris recorded his wins at this season.
AdamHOST
Max Verstappen compared it to a different circuit in Jeddah, and then on the broadcast, they called it Jeddah with steroids because of how difficult some of the corners are.
AdamHOST
But guess who won the last race in Saudi Arabia? It was Oscar Piastri in a McLaren too.
AdamHOST
And now after two practice sessions with Ferrari right after Mercedes, betting lines still have Lando finishing in the top five on Sunday.
Peyton McCannHOST
Where's he trying to move them to?
Mark WalenskyHOST
Jeddah?
Peyton McCannHOST
Probably.
Peyton McCannHOST
Dubai? Yeah.
Christian HugillHOST
It's like Vegas in that sense.
Christian HugillHOST
It's also like Jeddah in Saudi Arabia in another sense.
Christian HugillHOST
Because this is...
Christian HugillHOST
A fast street circuit.
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Christian HugillHOST
But any new circuit, Turn 1, there is just none of that sort of points to refer to from previous years.
Christian HugillHOST
So I genuinely think it could be one of those races where there's loads of safety cars, loads of carnage because new tracks, particularly new street tracks... have a tendency to do that.
Christian HugillHOST
It really reminds me of Jeddah a lot.
Christian HugillHOST
It's the fast street circuit.
John HallerGUEST
You have the Houthis in Yemen to shut down the strait going into the Red Sea, which is an alternative route for Saudi oil.
John HallerGUEST
Ship the oil by pipeline across Saudi Arabia, put it on ships in the Red Sea near the ports of Jeddah and not too far from Mecca, the Islamic holy city of Mecca, and then ship it out through the Bandau map strait.
John HallerGUEST
They're between Yemen and Somalia.
John HallerGUEST
But again, it's a narrow street.
Ryan DawsonHOST
Was the brass at the CIA just motivated by enormous wealth the war on terror would create for the MIC? Or had they also been persuaded by a foreign power? Sadly, that seems to be the case.
Ryan DawsonHOST
The future 9-11 hijackers Nawif al-Hazmi and Khalid al-Midhar, whose hub in Yemen had been bugged, both got visas from the CIA's fast-track program in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, as did a majority of the hijackers.
Ryan DawsonHOST
But the CIA was preventing this information from reaching the FBI.
Ryan DawsonHOST
Why? The Jeddah fast-track visa program made zero sense.
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Springman issued visas in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
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According to Springman, he soon found out that most Americans at the consulate were actually with the CIA, not the State Department.
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Springman says his boss, the American Consul General, Jay Freres, demanded that he grant visas for people who wouldn't normally qualify.
Ryan DawsonHOST
Jay Freres was supposedly hit by lightning and died in Florida.
MattHOST
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MattHOST
I, I've heard people saying that apparently the circuit designers for Madrid wanted a combination of Macau, Jeddah, and Monaco.
JamieHOST
Right.
MattHOST
Those are not three tracks I think need combining.
JamieHOST
One of his co-drivers asked him about it, and he was actually quite positive for a change.
JamieHOST
So maybe it will be good.
JamieHOST
Uh, it does give, like, very Jeddah vibes, I think, especially the first year of Jeddah when no one really had a clue what was going on and Mick Schumacher tore his car in half twice.
JamieHOST
Um-
Giles BrownHOST
And finally, and finally, Formula One has a brand-new track to look forward to this weekend, and the expectation is there will be carnage, and the drivers will be seriously tested at the Mad Ring.
Giles BrownHOST
The Spanish Grand Prix has been moved from its traditional circuit in Barcelona to a high-speed track in Madrid and described as Jeddah on steroids by Formula Three tri-drivers who tested there last month.
Giles BrownHOST
And the Jeddah track itself is one of the most challenging circuits in F1.
Giles BrownHOST
There are twenty-two official corners in the three point three six five mile Madrid, uh, Madrid Circle Circuit, although unusually, uh, there are...
Giles BrownHOST
it has turns five A and twenty A, so maybe there are twenty-four.
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