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The Saudis wish to purchase Formula 1 for 20 billion {dollars}.
(*20*)Roger BenoitFormula 1 skilled
A 12 months in the past, Blick completely reported that the Saudis had been planning to purchase the Liberty Media (USA) racing collection, which was strongly denied. The almost $20 billion offer is now official.
Is Qatar like Saudi Arabia?
For Liberty Media (accessed 2017), this is able to be a bombshell deal. At one time, the circus was purchased for 4.4 billion (and 4.1 billion in debt). But now the present is heating up. All three races in America will make a splash. And the Jeddah race brings in nearly as a lot cash because the European races mixed.
But an unethical proposal by the sheikhs of a rustic combating a nasty picture on the earth (like Qatar within the World Cup) has divided Formula 1.
GP homeowners are livid with the FIA
Managing director Stefano Domenicali is indignant that the rights holders, with Arab president Mohammed Ben Sulayem (answerable for the game solely), are interfering within the monetary affairs of the world governing physique, the FIA.
It seems like a months-long dispute involving Andretti’s workforce (with General Motors) on the again. Only McLaren and Alpine (who provide Renault engines) are fielding an eleventh workforce. The relaxation are in opposition to.
Domenicali: “The FIA is doing its job. We are ours.” It stays to be seen whether or not the indecent offer might be investigated additional. There is a number of warning that there might be a sponsored flight due to Saudi Arabia. But one factor is for certain: there’ll by no means be a greater deal!
An in-house lawyer ought to repair it
Last 12 months in Hineville, Alfa-Sauber’s election of a brand new “workforce chief” stirred up the general public. Why did it take so lengthy to convey in-house lawyer and managing director Alessandro Alunni Bravi (employed from Wasser in 2017) to the entrance? Officially a workforce consultant.
So the alibi workforce bosses do not communicate within the pits, however the technical director, the tire strategist, the race engineers and, above all, the sports activities director Beat Zehder!
Trust Seidl
The new CEO Andreas Seidl (47) has full confidence within the homeowners of the Swedish workforce. The German ought to do that earlier than Audi launches in 2026. For that he wants an excellent automobile once more this 12 months.
It’s like 2022, when the light-weight made a sensational debut. In the top, you managed to pull your self to sixth place within the World Championship due to some luck. Now that may be an enormous achievement.
Orlen is gone – Kasi is coming
As predicted by Blick, the mineral oil large Orlen (with greater than 100 million prospects at petrol stations in six international locations) left the Hinwil workforce with alternative driver Robert Kubica (38 years outdated, Sauber’s solely winner in 2008). Now about ten million Alfa Tauri-Honda are flocking.
And the C43 from Zurich Oberland competes below Alfa Romeo Racing F1 stake. Stake.com, the Australian on-line on line casino and bookmaker, has launched a billion-dollar enlargement within the US. And as a result of one of many three founders didn’t transfer to Melbourne, he demanded to get better 588 million Australian {dollars} (about 390 million francs) from his former colleagues. This is now reported by the Australian newspaper Daily Mail. Is there a sequel?
For the Asian Winter Games: This is how a ski resort is being constructed within the desert state of Saudi Arabia(01:27)
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