Chase Carey blij met Saudi-Arabië: "Een groot publiek wat we daar willen bereiken"

  • Gepubliceerd op 05 nov 2020 15:59
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  • Door: Bo Brautigam

Onlangs heeft de Formule 1 bevestigd dat het 2021-seizoen een gloednieuwe race bevat: de Grand Prix van Saudi-Arabië. Waar er in eerste instantie veel kritiek op was - het land zou worden beschuldigd van 'Sportwashing' - geeft F1-topman Chase Carey toe dat de organisatie ontzettend blij is dat ze de race hebben kunnen strikken. 

"We zijn ontzettend blij dat we Saudi-Arabië erbij hebben kunnen krijgen voor de 2021-kalender. Het is een land dat snel een belangrijke plek wordt voor sportevenementen, aangezien veel grote evenementen er inmiddels georganiseerd zijn, daarom zijn we blij dat we Formule 1 daaraan hebben kunnen toevoegen", aldus Carey.

"De regio is ontzettend belangrijk voor ons, aangezien 70% van hun bevolking onder de 30 is, en dat is precies de doelgroep die we willen bereiken", zo vertelt Carey verder.

Ook Khalid Bin Sultan Al Faisal - President van de Saudi Automobile and Motorcycle Federation is zeer te spreken over de aankondiging: "Ik ben van mening dat de Grand Prix van Saudi-Arabië één van de meest succesvolle sportevenementen aller tijden kan worden voor Saudi-Arabië", zo vertelt hij. "Het land heeft geen rijke motorsport-historie, maar in korte tijd hebben we onszelf flink geprofileerd door onder andere Formule E en Dakar. Mede hierdoor hebben we miljoenen motorsportfanaten in het land, die allemaal al uitkijken naar november 2021", zo sluit Al Faisal af. 

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  • "We race as one"

    Maar we gaan wel in Saudi Arabie racen

    • + 0
    • 5 nov 2020 - 16:25
  • Geld blijft nog steeds belangrijk. Wellicht over een aantal jaar niet meer, maar nu nog wel.

    • + 0
    • 5 nov 2020 - 16:26
    • Over een aantal jaren ook hoor.

      • + 0
      • 5 nov 2020 - 16:28
  • John6

    Posts: 8.170

    Als je maar weg blijft uit Saoedische consulaat , voor je het weet wordt je in de pan gehakt

    • + 0
    • 5 nov 2020 - 16:43
    • BMW E30

      Posts: 767

      van maandag tot en met zondag; HAKdag

      • + 0
      • 5 nov 2020 - 17:02
  • Zou leuk zijn als Hamilton een T-shirt met een spotprentje aantrekt....

    • + 2
    • 5 nov 2020 - 16:56
  • Afgelopen editie Dakar was toch ook daar, meen ik?
    Heb me zitten vergapen op de omgeving aldaar tijdens afgelopen editie, werkelijk adembenemend.

    • + 0
    • 5 nov 2020 - 17:23
    • Snork

      Posts: 18.653

      Oman is zelfs nog mooier.

      • + 0
      • 5 nov 2020 - 17:59
  • Snork

    Posts: 18.653

    Nog zo’n circuit met kunstverlichting. Naast Abu Dhabi en Bahrein....ik heb er niks mee. Ook Singapore ben ik niet weg van.

    • + 0
    • 5 nov 2020 - 18:00
  • 100% mannelijk publiek

    • + 0
    • 5 nov 2020 - 19:06
  • Daar had je ook geen gridgirl willen zijn

    • + 0
    • 5 nov 2020 - 23:35
  • Scheelt iig dat ze daar geen rekening met Corona maatregelen hoeven te houden, er zal toch geen hond op de tribune zitten als t wel zou mogen.

    • + 0
    • 6 nov 2020 - 08:55

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