F1 set to cancel Bahrain and Saudi Arabian Grands Prix due to war in Middle East as 2026 calendar to drop to 22 races

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F1 set to cancel Bahrain and Saudi Arabian Grands Prix due to war in Middle East as 2026 calendar to drop to 22 races - Divisions by zero

Lemmy

Why cancel the Saudi GP though? Saudi wasn’t attacked and even if it was Jeddah is on the opposite side of the country. When the initial strikes happened all the diverted flights were going into Jeddah because it was a safe option.
The Houthis could join the war any day, and they already tried to strike during an F1 weekend to humiliate Aramco already in the past