Bernie Ecclestone, boss of Formula 1, must love coming to the Middle East. With Bahrain hosting race 3 of this year’s season and Abu Dhabi lined up for next year, everywhere he goes he must be met with smiles and positive energy. As he’s pressuring Australia and the UK to improve the staging of their F1 races, it must be nice for him to play off the enthusiastic management of new circuits against old customers.
The problem for the Gulf is that it will soon past its freshest. Dubai’s track is already up to F1 standards and Qatar
That will make four F1 tracks within half an hour’s flying time, all of which are 30 minutes drive from an international airport serviced by a buoyant international airline. You would expect canny Ecclestone to then play one off against the other.
If you’ve yet to visit the impressive facility in Bahrain, best to get there before F1 leaves town. has revealed it is upgrading its Losail International Circuit. “Yes, we are planning a massive upgrade of the Losail circuit to make it possible to host Formula One races when the time comes,” Qatar Motor and Motorcycling Federation president Nasser Khaifa al-Attiyah tells Gulf Times.
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