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Saudi Arabia would welcome hosting W Series

Saudi Arabia would welcome hosting the women-only W Series as a support race for the country's first Formula 1 grand prix next year, the head of the Saudi Arabian Motor Federation (SAMF) said on Friday. W Series announced on Thursday a deal for it to support Formula One at eight, as yet undecided, rounds on the 23-race 2021 F1 calendar. Formula Two, the feeder series one rung below Formula One, has races scheduled already for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix weekend in Jeddah on Nov 26-28. 'Hopefully we will be one of the lucky countries to host them,' Prince Khalid Bin Sultan Al Faisal, president of the SAMF, told reporters in a video briefing when asked about W Series. 'We would like to...
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