Bojan Vrbnjak
Currently plan or Formula 1 race calendar assumes that 5. December perform a race in Saudi Arabia, more precisely in Jeddah, a week later he would v Abu Dhabi followed by the season finale.
However, that could change. The reason is that they are United Arab Emirates landed on the UK Red List. Collaborators must then 10 days in quarantine, before they can enter the country, which is at the finals 12. December unimaginable. Theoretically you could date of both Arab races replaced and thus gain time.
To date, no one has approached Saudi Arabia for this purpose, he points out Al-Faisal, which, however, leaves this possibility open. “We'd rather not be the last race, but if that would help Formula 1, then we can talk about it,”Said the president of the motorsport association Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia wants its third sprint race this year
"I was at Silverstone and I really enjoyed being a spectator and promoter. It’s good, you have more races, there’s more action on Saturday and you still have qualifiers. We would very much like to be one of the countries that would have a sprint race. The decision is now on the side of Formula 1, who will win the sprint race. I would love to see her in Saudi Arabia,He said Prince Khalid Bin Sultan Al Faisal, promoter of this year 's new Formula 1 venue v Saudi Arabia.
So we'll see this year’s last sprint race in Saudi Arabia on the track in Jeddah? Even if the organizers would get it, this v current status it would not be so safe yet. Calendar of races in the second half of the year is due to the ongoing Covida-19 pandemic and the growing number of infections with its delta version all before concreted.
Saudi Arabia wants an appointment at the beginning of the season in the future
And another conscience from Saudi Arabia, where promoters wish they had race at the beginning of the season, before everything can be decided towards the end and the interest will decline. For this season from time reasons this was not possible, but they want more at the start of the season next year. “We wanted to have a race at the beginning of the season,He said Al-Faisal. "We wanted to have a race in 2021 towards the end of the season or in 2022 at the beginning of the season. Then we decided we wanted to have a race in 2021. ”
"That is why we are now debating with those in charge of Formula 1 what is best for our race, and I hope that we can reach a common agreement,”Says the race promoter v Jedi. It could very well happen that it will royal class of motorsport in the year 2022 the championship started with a twin in The Middle East namely with the inaugural race in Bahrainwhich would follow Saudi Arabia, which we have already reported.
