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Saudi open to idea of hosting two F1 races

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia -- Saudi Arabia is open to the possibility of hosting two Formula One races per season in the future, according to chairman of the Saudi Automobile & Motorcycle Federation Prince Khalid bin Sultan Al-Abdullah Al Faisal. The third running of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix will take place this weekend in Jeddah, but work is already underway on the country's second F1 circuit in Qiddiya. The Qiddiya circuit, which is part of a wider construction project 40 kilometres from Riyadh, is not expected to be ready for racing until 2027 and was originally earmarked as a replacement for Jeddah. But with two F1 circuits in Saudi Arabia in the future, Prince Khalid said there was the...
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