Marko Hanželic
As we have already reported, there will be a race that we now know will be carried out in the evening, took place on the streets and promenade Jedi, the second largest city in the kingdom along the Persian Gulf. The first three races of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix are to be held in the mentioned city, and later everything will be moved to the outskirts. Riyadh in the entertainment field Kiddiya (Al Qiddiya), where a modern racetrack is already being built.
Executive Director of Formula 1 Chase carey: “We are very pleased to be able to announce Saudi Arabia as a spectacular addition to our Formula One World Championship program. This country has hosted a number of sporting and entertainment events in recent years. Seventy percent of the population is under the age of 1, so we see huge potential for growth. ”
It will be in the long run GP of Saudi Arabia then moved to a permanent racetrack in the neighborhood, which is actually a single entertainment complex and bears a name Al qiddiya (southwest of Riyadh). Al Qiddiya Racecourse, which grew out of the ideas of the former Formula 1 racer, Alex Wurz, and will meet the strictest FIA standards, should be ready by the 2023 season, as for BBC Sport also confirmed by the Executive Director Mike Reiniger.
Mega entertainment Al qiddiya is a project Abdulaziz bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Minister of Energy in the Government of Saudi Arabia. Construction work began in early 2019. It is one of the largest tourism projects in the country and part of a program Saudi Vision 2030, which wants to reduce the country's dependence on fossil fuel sales by 2030. In Saudi Arabia, they believe it will Al qiddiya completely overshadowed in a few years Las Vegas.
formula 1 has already strengthened relations with Saudi Arabia under an agreement with the world’s largest oil company. Saudi State Oil Company Aramco had $ 111 billion in net profit last year alone. Aramco has become one of the main sponsors of Formula 1, with advertising on all tracks and rights to nominal sponsorship of races on Hungary, V Spain and on Nürburgring.
