Saudi Arabia

2022 - 3 - 26

Saudi Arabia GP

Saudi Arabia's sports minister - We would cancel the race if there ... (ESPN)

Saudi Arabia's minister of sport, Prince Abdulaziz Bin Turki Al-Faisal, said his country would not have hesitated in cancelling this weekend's Saudi Arabian ...

"So this is given to Formula One or any other events that we are hosting within the kingdom -- even our local competitions and so on. "Whatever they want, we are here to host Formula One as best as it can anywhere in the world. "We haven't got into the details but we are open to discussions," he said.

Saudi Arabia would have cancelled F1 race for credible threat (autosport.com)

The Saudi Arabian government says it would have had no hesitation in cancelling this weekend's Formula 1 Grand Prix if it felt there was a credible threat ...

"So I know there are a lot of pictures, and a lot of fabrications of these pictures, that came out and so on, it’s not a good thing. “We just want to move on with our lives. “So it’s not a breach of the security. “And if you see the hit that happened, it’s on the outskirts of the city. “That place wasn’t covered because it’s not a threat to anyone. But there is no threat and that’s what we discussed with everyone.”

Formula One: Perez takes first career pole in Saudi Arabia (The Straits Times)

The Mexican denied Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz a Ferrari front-row lockout. . Read more at straitstimes.com.

Mick Schumacher crashed heavily during the second phase of qualifying, bringing the session to a halt for nearly an hour as track workers repaired barriers and cleaned the track of debris and oil. The Red Bull driver left his best for last as he lapped the 6.1-km long Jeddah Corniche circuit on the banks of the Red Sea in one minute 28.200 seconds to deny Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz a Ferrari front-row lockout. JEDDAH (REUTERS) - Mexican Sergio Perez stormed to a stunning maiden pole position under the floodlights in a crash-interrupted qualifying session on Saturday (March 26) for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.

Masagos visits Saudi Arabia to discuss matters relating to Haj ... (The Straits Times)

SINGAPORE - Minister for Social and Family Development Masagos Zulkifli is on a week's visit to Saudi Arabia from Saturday (March 26) to Friday to discuss ...

He will also meet various Saudi officials and engage in dialogues with Singaporean students in Riyadh and Madinah. He is accompanied by chief executive of Muis Kadir Maideen and other senior officials. Mr Masagos, who is also Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs and Second Minister for Health, will meet Saudi Minister of Haj and Umrah, Dr Tawfiq Fawzan Al Rabiah, during his visit. It noted that more than 38,000 people are in the queue to go for the Haj, a backlog that may take at least 39 years to clear given the current quota allocated to Singapore.

Patient Verstappen kick-starts his season in Saudi Arabia (CNA)

JEDDAH: Formula One world champion Max Verstappen scored his first points of the season in Saudi Arabia on Sunday, bouncing back as a winner after Red ...

There seems to be so little to choose between the two of us," said Red Bull technical head Adrian Newey. Advertisement Advertisement

F1 should leave Saudi Arabia and not come back, the attack on ... (iNews)

It is clear the drivers do not like being here and a Houthi missile strike on Friday further exposed the perils for sports engaging with questionable ...

And all in the name of sport. But out of it he was clearly agitated and uncomfortable at being asked to race here. Good luck getting him and others to commit again to this degree of stress and peril. Hamilton said the events leading up to qualifying had no bearing on the outcome. The decision to come here was always controversial given the kingdom’s human rights record and antediluvian mores. JEDDAH — My bulletins from the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix were the first I have sent from a temporary ceasefire zone.

WATCH: Check out the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix race start as Perez ... (Formula 1 RSS UK)

As the five lights went out in Jeddah, the 2022 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix got under way – with Sergio Perez nailing the start from his first ever pole ...