Black smoke fi൲lled the air last season during ♐practice after a fuel depot near the circuit in Jeddah was intentionally struck.

F1 drivers were in a four-hour meeting where race organisers assured the♏m of their safety and convinced them to race - and discussions took place in the follow♒ing months about this weekend’s return to Jeddah, reports.

The issue of safety in Saudi A💖rabia 🐬was discussed last year in Austria and Singapore.

These talks were “well received” by the drivers, the r🧸eport states.

This time, tensio🃏ns are calmer between Saudi Arabia and Yemen, whose Houthis group took responsibility for last year’s missile st♐rike.

Security i🐟n Jeddah is “upscaled” this week, the report claims.

Guar✱ds, security sweeps and CCTV🎀 have all been increased for F1’s return.

Social issues will also be addressed this week. Boys and girls will both be on the grid, the report says, while 💫the grandstands will not be segregated bꦗy gender.