News Details

Iran announces Formula 1 plans

The Iranian government has announced plans to build a Formula 1 circuit on Qeshm Island, off the southern coast of Iran. The island, which is in the Strait of Hormuz and is only a few kilometers from Dubai, is the second venue that Iran has mooted as a possible destination for F1, with plans to construct a circuit on the outskirts of Tehrain discussed in 2011. The Middle East is a growing hub for motorsport, with Abu Dhabi and Bahrain hosting Formula One already, while MotoGP makes a stop in Qatar as does the World Superbikes series. This expansion is part of a greater move towards the East, with Malaysia, Bahrain, Turkey, Singapore, Abu Dhabi, Korea, India, and Russia all having hosted F1...
Full Story »
10y ago from PlanetF1.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Iran announced a plan to build a F1 circuit in Qeshm...

Iran has announced plans to build a Formula 1 circuit in in Qeshm Island...
10y ago from ThisIsF1.com

Iran to construct Formula 1 circuit on Qeshm Island

The Formula 1 calendar is increasingly moving East with races in Abu...
10y ago from GrandPrixTimes.com

Iranian government outlines plans to build F1 circuit

The government of Iran has announced that it is planning to build a...
10y ago from RichlandF1.com

Iran to build F1 track?

According to the Islamic Republic News Agency, Masoud Soltanifar, Vice...
10y ago from Pitpass.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

IndyCar partners with iRacing for standalone video...

The NTT IndyCar Series will feature in a new branded video game title,...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Blockbuster Champions League draw is intriguing but...

s will continue to lap up massive games but perhaps the teams involved...
3h ago from TheGuardian.com

Havertz undergoes knee surgery - but Arsenal hopeful...

Arsenal forward Kai Havertz has undergone surgery for his knee injury.
3h ago from SkySports.com

2025/26 Champions League draw: Every team’s...

Champions League returns this season as the biggest clubs in European...
4h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Arsenal dealt blow as star man set to undergo surgery...

Arsenal star Kai Havertz is reportedly set to undergo surgery to fix his...
4h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.