Formula One's Saudi Arabian Grand Prix will go ahead after teams received safety assurances and drivers met for more than four hours following attacks on an oil facility near the Jeddah street circuit on Friday.
Lewis Hamilton during practice ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Saudi Arabia at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit on March 25, 2022 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.Formula One's Saudi Arabian Grand Prix will go ahead after teams received safety assurances and drivers met for more than four hours after attacks on an oil facility near the Jeddah street circuit on Friday.
The president of the sport's governing FIA, Mohammed Ben Sulayem, speaking alongside Domenicali, said the attacks had targeted economic infrastructure and not civilians. The drivers' meeting at the track ended at around 02:30 local time on Saturday with Mercedes' George Russell then heading to race control.The Iran-aligned Houthi movement has been battling a coalition led by Saudi Arabia for seven years.
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