ISaudi Arabia yenze ezibukwayo enkundleni yezemidlalo emhlabeni wonke njengoba ifuna ukukhulisa igama layo esiteji somhlaba.Inkampani kawoyela esohlwini i-Aramco ixhasa iFormula 1 futhi ingumxhasi we-Aston Martin Racing, kanti izwe lizosingatha iFormula 1 Grand Prix yalo yokuqala ngo-2021, kodwa linezifiso ezinkulu kulo mdlalo.I-Bloomberg ibike ukuthi i-Public Investment Fund yezwe (PIF) yenza isithembiso esibiza ngaphezu kwezigidigidi ezingu-20 zamaRandi ngonyaka odlule ukuthenga i-F1 kumnikazi wamanje i-Liberty Media.I-American Liberty Media ithenge i-F1 ngo-$4.4 billion ngo-2017 kodwa yasichitha lesi sicelo.
I-Bloomberg ibika ukuthi i-PIF isalokhu inesithakazelo esikhulu ekuthengeni i-F1 futhi izokwenza isipho uma i-Liberty inquma ukuyithengisa.Kodwa-ke, uma kubhekwa ukuthandwa emhlabeni wonke kwe-F1, i-Liberty ingase ingafuni ukuyeka lesi sakhiwo.Izitokwe zokulandela umkhondo ze-Liberty Media ze-F1 - amasheya alandelela ukusebenza kweyunithi yebhizinisi, kulokhu i-F1 - okwamanje inemali yemakethe engu-$16.7 billion.
Uma i-PIF ithenga i-F1, kuzophikiswana ngayo ukusho okuncane.Isimo samalungelo abantu saseSaudi Arabia sibi, futhi imizamo yayo yokungenela imidlalo yamazwe ngamazwe, kusukela kuFormula 1 Grand Prix kuya emqhudelwaneni wegalofu we-LIV, ibonakala njengokukhwabanisa imali yezemidlalo, umkhuba wokusebenzisa imicimbi emikhulu yezemidlalo ukuthuthukisa isithunzi sayo.U-Lewis Hamilton uthe ubengakhululekile ukungenela imiqhudelwano kuleli ngemuva nje kokuthola incwadi evela emndenini ka-Abdullah al-Khowaiti, owaboshwa eneminyaka engu-14. Waboshwa, wahlukunyezwa futhi wagwetshwa intambo eneminyaka engu-17 ubudala. IGrand Prix icishe yasibekela ngonyaka odlule.Ukuqhuma kwesitolo sase-Aramco esingamakhilomitha ayisithupha ukusuka emzileni kube umphumela wokuhlasela kwamavukelambuso amaHouthi alwa nohulumeni waseYemeni kanye nemifelandawonye eholwa kakhulu yiSaudi Arabia.Ukuhlasela kwemicibisholo kwenzeke ngesikhathi sokuzilolonga mahhala kodwa kwaqhubeka kuyo yonke impelasonto ye-Grand Prix ngemva kokuba abagibeli behlangane ubusuku bonke.
Ku-F1, njengakuyo yonke imidlalo, imali iyikho konke, futhi umuntu angacabanga ukuthi i-Liberty Media izokuthola kunzima ukungayinaki intuthuko ye-PIF.Njengoba i-F1 iqhubeka nokukhula kwayo, iSaudi Arabia iya ngokuya ilangazelela ukuthola le mpahla.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Jan-28-2023