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Saudi Arabia keen to host W Series

Saudi Arabia is keen to hold a round of the women-only W Series as part of the support race package for its inaugural Formula One race next year. A new night-race on the streets of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia's second largest city, will take place on November 28 next year as part of F1's 23-race 2021 calendar. Formula 2 is also set to race in Jeddah as a support event and could be joined by W Series, which announced this week that its eight-race calendar would support F1 at a series of yet-to-be-confirmed rounds next year. Women have only been allowed to drive in Saudi Arabia since 2018 and, after news of the upcoming grand prix broke last month, women's rights in the kingdom were highlighted as...
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