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Saudi Arabian Grand Prix: the story of the night in Jeddah
Lewis Hamilton and the two drivers Alpine Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon ended up going out around 2:30 a.m. © Antonin Vincent / DPPI
22 p.m., Jeddah. Basically, it was just an information meeting between the president of the Group F1 Stefano Domenicali, the main team and the drivers, regarding the explosion which occurred twelve kilometers away at around 17:30 p.m., in the Aramco oil infrastructure, to the south-east of the circuit, and which caused a major fire, visible from the Corniche. An attack also quickly claimed by the Yemeni Houthi rebels. As a reminder, the latter have been at war since 2015 against the Yemeni government, which is held by the coalition of Gulf countries, led precisely by the Saudi kingdom.
Lors de cette réunion, qui s’est tenue sur les coups de 22h, les pilotes, les écuries, la FIA et Stefano Domenicali se sont entretenus à huis clos dans l’hospitalité
Jeremy Satis
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26/03/2022 at 11:07 a.m.
This must have seriously discussed dollars because MBS and ARAMCO are big donors of dollars to the Formula 1 circus! I think the drivers were forced to crash and race at the behest of their employers, the FIA and Liberty Media...
DANIEL MEYERS
26/03/2022 at 10:30 a.m.
Why, among other things, not inform us that a press release came out, saying that if the drivers did not race in any case they would NOT be able to return to Europe immediately? Why are pilots banned from conf. Press ?