Here's What You Need To Know About The Saudi Arabian F1 Grand Prix

Max Verstappen (Twitter @Max33Verstappen)

JAKARTA - Saudi Arabia will be the 37th country to hold a Formula 1 race and the Corniche Circuit in Jeddah will be the 75th circuit in the history of F1 racing.

Jeddah itself will host the fifth night of the race after Singapore, Abu Dhabi, Bahrain and Qatar.

The Corniche Circuit, which has 27 corners, is the second longest track on the calendar, about 800m shorter than Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium.

Located on the shores of the Red Sea, the Corniche Circuit will be the fastest highway track in F1 where the race car can go up to 322kph and with an average speed of 252.8kph.

Number of wins

Hamilton holds a career record of 102 wins, 81 of which he won with Mercedes, from 286 race starts. The Briton has been on the podium 180 times.

Leaders Max Verstappen of the Red Bull team have won nine times this season to Hamilton's seven. Other Red Bull drivers Sergio Perez, Alpine's Esteban Ocon, McLaren's Daniel Ricciardo and Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas have each won once this season.

Ferrari is the team with the most wins in 238 races since 1950, McLaren 183, Mercedes 123, Williams 114 and Red Bull 74.

Pole position

Hamilton has also secured pole position 102 times and won 60 races from pole position. His team-mate Bottas bagged four poles this season.

Verstappen has had nine leading starts this year, while Charles Leclerc led the fastest Ferrari in qualifying for Azerbaijan and Monaco. Lando Norris meanwhile took pole for McLaren in Russia.

standings competition

Verstappen has an eight-point lead over Hamilton and Jeddah offered the Dutchman his first chance to seal his first title. He should at least finish in the top two.

Meanwhile, Mercedes leads the constructors' standings with a five-point margin of Red Bull. The Silver Arrow team can lock up the title if they are able to get 40 more points than their closest rival.

Meanwhile, Ferrari will lock in third place if they score five more points than McLaren.

The following are statistics for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix which will be the final race of the Formula 1 season on Sunday, as reported by Antara.

- One lap distance: 6,174km- Total race distance:308,450km (50 laps)- Start: 20:30 local time or 00:30 Monday (6/12) early morning WIB