Middle East, Qatar and F1
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The World Endurance Championship (WEC) called off its season-opening race in Qatar on Tuesday as a result of U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran and the closure of airports in the region including Doha.T
As the FIA WEC opener is postponed in Qatar, attention turns to Formula 1’s upcoming Bahrain and Saudi Arabian Grands
Several former F1 drivers are currently racing in the WEC in the hypercar and LMGT3 categories. The likes of Kamui Kobayashi, Nyck de Vries, Sebastian Buemi, Brendon Hartley and Will Stevens all compete in the hypercar class.
WEC may be the first to cancel races in the Middle East, but it won't be the last. F1 and MotoGP have events planned there in the upcoming weeks.
Sporting events across the Middle East are impacted after explosions have hit Dubai and other countries, with Formula 1 personnel in particular facing flight chaos
What do you get when Formula 1's most successful car designer takes full control of a team with cutting-edge technology? A dud, apparently. The big surprise of F1 preseason testing was seeing design great Adrian Newey's radical-looking Aston Martin at the bottom of the time charts,
With the conflict between the U.S., and Isreal with Iran sees military bases throughout the Middle East targeted, two upcoming races on the F1 calendar could be in jeopardy.
Formula 1 says it is watching the conflict in the Middle East after Iran launched a wave of retaliatory missile and drone strikes Saturday against United States military bases in countries that will host F1 races,