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Vote now: Should Formula 1 cancel the 2022 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix?

The 2022 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix is set to go ahead as planned this weekend despite an attack on a nearby Aramco facility. On Friday afternoon, a fire broke out around 10 kilometres from the Jeddah Corniche Circuit, and it transpired that Houthis militants had carried out a missile attack on the oil facility. The drivers abandoned their media commitments after the second practice session, and spent over four hours deliberating as team principals and members of Formula 1 management met with them, presumably in an attempt to convince them to continue racing. F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali was in the meeting, and he affirmed that he had been given assurances that the paddock is safe. READ:...
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