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Officially, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will be part of the F1 World Championship calendar, starting in 2021.
The Saudi Arabian Sports Ministry, in cooperation with the Saudi Automobile and Motorcycle Federation, announced Thursday that the city of Jeddah will host Formula 1 car racing.
The Middle East has become a base station for the queen’s motorsport category world, with three tours in different locations, in the Kingdom of Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and now, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Formula 1 has a large following and is the most followed motorsport in the Gulf countries in particular.
The “Formula 1” race in its only season consists of a series of races on special tracks that compile the results of each race in the season.
Two awards are given, one to drivers and the other to automakers. The championship is organized by the International Automobile Federation, in coordination with the Formula 1 Foundation.
19 different countries will adopt Formula 1 in 2021, with Australia starting in March.
Michael Schumacher, the German driving legend, is the most crowned champion in the Formula 1 race with 7 times, followed by the British Lewis Hamilton 6 and the Argentine Juan Manuel Fangio 5 times. In terms of engines, it leads Italian Ferrari 16 times, British Williams 9 times, McLaren 8 and Lotus 7, also with German Mercedes.
Saudi Arabia’s obtaining to organize a Formula 1 tour is the culmination of Saudi political leadership under the leadership of King Salman bin Abdullah and his Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, in which the country obtained the right to organize a series of important events sports.
Saudi Arabia previously hosted Spain’s Super Soccer and Italy’s Super Soccer, the FIFA Club World Handball Championship, as well as three Formula E races, which Saudi Arabia will continue to host for the next nine years.
