Formula One F1 - Saudi Arabia Grand Prix - Jeddah Corniche Circuit, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia - March 26, 2022 General view of the circuit during practice REUTERS/Ahmed Yosri TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
JEDDAH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabian authorities would have called off the Gulf kingdom's Formula One race if there had been any security threat to the event after an attack by Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis on an oil storage facility near the track in Jeddah, the country's sports minister said.
The Houthi group on Friday said it had launched attacks on Saudi energy facilities.
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