The latest plans for the new Speed Park Track in Qiddiya City were revealed earlier this week, as the venue offered a closer glimpse of some of its ground-breaking concepts.
This includes a 20-storey high first corner, known as “The Blade”, that will rise and fall by a massive 108 metres as it soars over a music venue.
With Qiddiya set to host the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix once the circuit has been completed, current F1 drivers have been kept up to date with the latest developments - especially with design input having come from GPDA president Alex Wurz.
Speaking about what he made of the plans that he saw this week, Norris said it was great that a track was making such an effort to push things to the extreme.
“I've seen the video and the preview, and it looks pretty crazy,” explained Norris. “It's what Saudi do, so full respect to them for coming up with some crazy things and trying to make it as cool as what it looks.
“You have a lot of places which are nowhere near as lively and as fun. So, if you want people to be attracted to the sport in general, you don't want it just to be a track in the middle of nowhere that no one goes to.”
Source: Autosport