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  1.   Alex posted:
  09.14.2018 - 10:20 am
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Street circuit that is scheduled to open the 2018/19 Formula E season.


  2.   Anonymous posted:
  09.14.2018 - 12:09 pm
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This is the first Middle Eastern track to host a Formula E race.

This street course is the first Saudi Arabian track to be listed on
Racing-Reference with its Formula E race set to be the country's first
major auto race. The electric car race arrives as Saudi Arabia moves
forward with its Vision 2030 plan for an evolution of its country,
aiming to diversify its economy beyond oil revenues while increasing
recreation and tourism amid cultural reforms (weirdly this also included
contracting with the WWE for a pay-per-view wrestling event).

Formula E caught some global flack when the Saudi race was announced
with some commenters saying racing in the very traditional country is at
odds with the forward looking image the series tries to project. Saudi
Arabia only legalized driving for women earlier in 2018 and behind the
scenes Formula E refused to grant the race unless it was assured there
would be no issues if female drivers were entered in the event.


  3.   RaceFanX posted:
  09.15.2018 - 12:45 am
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It should be noted Riyadh has a permanent race track, the Reem
International Circuit, and it has hosted international events for Middle
Eastern series. Formula E will just be the first global series to race
there.


  4.   Anonymous posted:
  10.16.2018 - 2:41 pm
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Well this race is going to be even more controversial than anticipated...

In the October leading up to this race American-based Saudi national
journalist Jamal Khashoggi, an outspoken critic of the country's de
facto leader Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman who is pushing the Vision
2030 plan, disappeared after entering Saudi Arabian consulate in Turkey
with evidence piling up afterward it he was killed inside it in a
government-connected manner. While both Formula E and the WWE were
pressured to pull out of planned events in Saudi Arabia in protest
afterward the electric car series announced it still plans to go ahead
with its opener in Riyadh.


  5.   RaceFanX posted:
  02.25.2021 - 8:51 am
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Formula E was the first major international touring series to race in
Saudi Arabia, along with its short-livid undercard companion the Jaguar
I-Pace eTrophy series, but it wouldn't be the last. Formula 1 is set to
debut its first Saudi Arabian Grand Prix in Grand Prix as a night race
on another street circuit, this time in Jeddah.


  6.   RaceFanX posted:
  02.28.2021 - 2:28 pm
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Formula E's first night race was held here in February 2021. Both halves
of the doubleheader that year took place at night.


  7.   Pacer posted:
  02.28.2021 - 2:37 pm
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This track does not look good at night. I understand the benefits of
doing this event at night but a track where everything but the racing
surface is dark just looks dull. There was like no scenery to these
races at night.


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