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The whole Gulf state F 1 show is a disgrace, and has been for years. The only reason F 1is there is the hideous amounts of cash one state will pay to show off to its local rivals . There is no local motorsport scene of any note, the tracks are uniformly dire (with Qatar reaching a new nadir ) and hardly any locals actually turn out to watch. Even that pales into insignificance besides these joke countries appalling , medieval regimes , dismal human rights record , suppression of press freedom and barbaric criminal punishments.
As for Saudi - the country in whose embassy was killed the dissenter Jamal Khashoggi , and with the finger of suspicion pointing at very high places...
Matthew Hedges, banged up for life in Dubai just before the GP in 2018 , with no lawyer , no fair trial - and all F1 could worry about was tyre deg. with not a word said. Easy enough to virtue signal elsewhere, with black armbands where it suits but the cat got their tongues in the Gulf . Can't think why ...
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