However, FIA Race Director Michael Massi expects that only "fine-tuning" will be required before the next race on the track in March.
Drivers mainly have reservations about the lack of visibility into potential problems ahead in many flat and big turns. Some people question why the circuit design does not simply have more straights.
George Russell, director of GPDA, believes that fast corners create "unnecessary risks" without providing challenges, and others agree with him.
"I don't know the restrictions on construction, because there must be a reason for the straights to turn like this," Esteban Ocon said.
“For us, it’s flat, so there is no difference. It’s just that it blinds it, and we can’t see if there is a problem with the car in front or anything. So, this may be a large-scale crash.”
O'Connell said he liked the first part of the track, but added: "All these straights after that are not straight, I think we should basically straighten them.
"This has no effect on overtaking, it has no effect on the track layout itself, because the main corners are still there, but it will definitely help their safety a lot.
"We won't worry about slow flag cars that much. I have a slow flag every lap in practice, so I don't know what I want to enter."
Lando Norris is another person who questioned why the track must be so fast, saying that it is "meaningless" to create risks when driving close to a wall at high speeds.
"For the street circuit, I just don't think it needs a speed street circuit like this," said the McLaren driver.
"I think the F1 car we have, our current speed, doesn't need to be exactly like this.
Lando Norris, McLaren MCL35M, Esteban Ocon, Alpine A521, and Pierre Gasly, AlphaTauri AT02, and Daniel Ricciardo, McLaren MCL35M
Photography: Sam Bloxham / Motorsport Images
"You can have the effect of street racing, etc., but they need to realize that if we drive at 250/300 km/h and there is a wall from here to there, it seems to me a bit pointless to risk this. Kind of risk.
"That's not necessary. Slow speed and turns 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, I don't think there is any problem. I think it's just some of these faster corners that can be changed slightly."
The FIA always reviews the track after race weekends, but Massi does not expect major changes.
"I think in Saudi Arabia, they have done an excellent job of integrating this amazing facility in such a short period of time, which is an honour to all those involved," he said.
"There are some fine-tunings and this will happen across the board. There are some initial issues, namely brand new activities, brand new facilities, in the whole thing.
"There will be some fine-tuning, but not the main way I envision it now."
The team owners acknowledged their drivers’ concerns but did not criticize the venue.
"The first time I walked to Baku, I was working for the FIA," said Alpine's Marcin Budkowski. "I walked through it on Wednesday, I went to Charlie [Whiting]'s office, and I said,'Are you sure about that Charlie? You presided over this'.
"I feel a little bit the same on Thursday night. I think it's good, a few corners are a bit tricky, but this can be seen in 2022/23.
"You can talk to the drivers after the weekend. You don't ask the drivers if they feel safe before the race weekend. This is not the best practice. It is certainly a challenging track."
Andreas Seidl of McLaren said: “When you hear the sound of the drivers driving fast laps here, it’s obvious that the walls are so close and the track layout also exists here. risks of."
"To be honest, I still think this is a manageable risk. Of course, as Lando said, when a major accident occurs, we all discuss it in a different way.
"But I think in the end everything we saw this weekend was well managed by the team, the drivers and the FIA."
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