F1 boss Domenicali hopes to restore cancelled Gulf grand prix
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Formula 1 seems to be planning to secure in the event that the last two season races in Qatar and Abu Dhabi fail. At the same time, there is movement in the cancelled Middle East races.
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F1 boss Domenicali hopes to restore cancelled Gulf grand prix
The two rounds scheduled for Bahrain and Jeddah in April were scrapped following the attack by the USA and Israel on Iran which spilled over to all the Arab Gulf states. "If there is something that we can announce also related to the possibility of seeing if there is any space for what has not been done so far, we're going to do it, in the right moment and the right conditions," the Italian told UK broadcaster Sky Sport on Saturday evening. "Tha…
Stefano Domenicali, President of Formula 1 expressed this Sunday the "hope" to reintroduce to this season's calendar one of the two Gulf Grand Prix cancelled.
While tensions in the Middle East had forced the F1 to give up the stages planned in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia in the spring, Stefano Domenicali confided on the margins of the Great Britain Grand Prix that he envisaged the return of one of the two races to the calendar.
SILVERSTONE (ANP/DPA) - Formula 1 has the Portimão circuit in reserve as a replacement for the final Grand Prix of the season in Abu Dhabi. According to the website the-race.com, the Portuguese circuit is a candidate in case the races in Qatar or Abu Dhabi on November 29 and December 6, respectively, cannot take place due to the geopolitical situation in the Middle East.
The Iran war has already led to two race cancellations in Formula One this year. Now, the top class of motorsport seems to be preparing to also move the season finals in Qatar and Abu Dhabi.
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