Thanks to the huge success of the Netflix series Drive to Survive the watching public has never been more clued-in to the goings on—both on the track and off it—of the world’s fastest sport.

During another high-octane Grand Prix weekend in Jeddah, Esquire Saudi, was granted some exclusive pit-lane access—courtesy of sports brand PUMA—to which we enlisted the help of the rather excellent local photographer Ibraheem Taleb (one half of the creative collective 24Fever) to capture the raw, candid feel of motorsport’s greatest spectacle.


Free to roam among the racing pit-lane , our photographer captures a different side of high-octain operation it takes to host a Formula One Grand Prix

The winning drivers take the plaudits at the end of the FIA Formula 2 race
Ferrari’s pit crew getting set for pit stop practice
Former F1 World Champion Mika Hakkinen being interviewed trackside
A group of school children getting to experience exclusive pit lane access
A Ferrari and Haas car do battle along the finishing straight
Pit crew getting ready
The Aston Martin team performing a pit stop
Behind the scenes with the Ferrari team
Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen wins the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix 2024