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Saudi Grand Prix in Jeddah until 2025 then Qiddiya move

The Saudi Grand Prix at the Jeddah street track is set to host the country's Formula 1 race for at least another four years, the chief executive of the event's promoter Martin Whitaker has said. The Gulf kingdom made its F1 debut last year as part of a 15-year-deal with a night race in Jeddah in December. It is expected to move eventually to Qiddiya, a planned entertainment resort about an hour´s drive from the capital Riyadh, once a permanent circuit has been built. Qiddiya is at the heart of an ambitious strategy to open the economy and ease social restrictions in Saudi Arabia. 'I suspect that we will run the race there for another four years,' Whitaker, who heads up the Saudi...
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