MAX VERSTAPPEN was forced to ask his team if his CAR was on fire after smelling fumes from the huge blaze just 12 miles away from the Jeddah circuit. Unaware of the chaos just miles from the circuit, a panicked Verstappen radioed his team to ask if there was an issue with his Red Bull after smelling smoke. The reigning F1 world champion asked: “I can smell burning.. is it my car?”. According to World News IL, the explosion was due to an attack from rebels. A tweet read: “A few minutes ago, the Houthis attacked Jeddah and hit Aramco’s petroleum facilities in Jeddah, West Saudi Arabia. “The continued attacks by the Houthis threaten both regional and international security.

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