Motorcycling-Saudi Arabia keen to host future MotoGP race


  • Cycling
  • Tuesday, 22 Mar 2022

FILE PHOTO: Saudi Prince Abdulaziz Bin Turki Al-Faisal of Aston Martin Racing walks towards his Vantage GTE race car prior to the free practice session at the World Endurance Championship (WEC) at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, south of Manama, November 14, 2014. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

(Reuters) - Saudi Arabia wants to add MotoGP to the list of world championship motorsport events it already hosts, the country's sports minister Prince Abdulaziz Bin Turki al Faisal said on Tuesday.

Speaking in a Q&A ahead of this weekend's Saudi Formula One Grand Prix in Jeddah, he said the kingdom was already the home of motorsport in the region with all-electric Formula E championship and Dakar Rally as well as Extreme E.

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