The organisers of the Bahrain and Saudi Arabian Grands Prix have voiced their respect for F1’s decision to take action over their 2026 events.<\/p>\n
The countries were due to host the fourth and fifth rounds of the season, respectively, standing as the only grands prix in April.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But due to widespread conflict in the Middle East, F1 has been forced to take action in the interest of safety.<\/p>\n
On Saturday night, it was confirmed that both rounds would not take place next month, and no alternative venues have been lined up.<\/p>\n
Sheikh Salman bin Isa Al Khalifa, Chief Executive of the Bahrain International Circuit, said: \u201cWe fully support the decision by Formula 1, and we are grateful to them and to the FIA for their support and enduring partnership.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe look forward to welcoming fans from all around the world back to Bahrain when F1 returns.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOn behalf of all of us at BIC, I take this opportunity to offer our sincere thanks to all those in the F1 community who have taken the time to send us messages of support.\u201d<\/p>\n
Prince Khalid bin Sultan Al-Abdullah Al-Faisal, Chairman of the Saudi Automobile and Motorcycle Federation added: \u201cThe Saudi Automobile and Motorcycle Federation respect the decision taken by Formula 1 regarding the 2026 race calendar.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cFans across the Kingdom were once again looking forward to the Formula 1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix in Jeddah this April, but we understand the considerations behind this decision and remain in close partnership with Formula 1.\u201d<\/p>\n
Following the Japanese Grand Prix next month, F1 will embark on a five-week gap before the season resumes in Miami.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The organisers of the Bahrain and Saudi Arabian Grands Prix have voiced their respect for F1’s decision to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":330621,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[3518,3521,3519,3522,3520,3517,3515,42,3513,3516,3514,43,3512,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-330620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-daniel-ricciardo","tag-f1-calendar","tag-f1-live","tag-f1-results","tag-f1-standings","tag-ferrari","tag-formula-1","tag-headlines","tag-lewis-hamilton","tag-max-verstappen","tag-motorsport","tag-news","tag-racing","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=330620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330620\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/330621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=330620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=330620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=330620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}