LEWIS HAMILTON’S showdown with Max Verstappen will take place on a new circuit which could prove dangerous. But first, Hamilton has to conquer the terrifying high-speed street circuit here in Jeddah that has been constructed in just a few months. “But if I was Red Bull and  Mercedes I would be thinking, ‘I don’t need the extra jeopardy of this place right now’. At one point the Red Bull man had a 32-point lead in the championship. “One mishap around here from Lewis and Max is the world champion. “It’s had everything — the brilliant moments, the scary moments — but it has to end somewhere.”.

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