This weekend’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix will go ahead as planned, after extensive talks between organisers and drivers went on long through the night. There had been initial fears that the Grand Prix would be cancelled following a missile strike close to the Jeddah track.
It does appear though that the agreement did not come without strong warning to drivers and their teams, after BBC Sport reported that they were ‘handed a warning’ about the consequences of the race not going ahead.
As a result this allegedly included potential issues with leaving the country early, if the race did not go ahead. Drivers and organisers were locked into discussion late into the night, before an agreement was reached at 2:30am local time.
