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Riyadh: Saudi motorsports star Falah Al-Jarba said 抖阴短视频 is holding events for motorsports on a scale that has never been seen before. Al-Jarba, the latest guest on the 鈥淢ayman Show,鈥� said: 鈥淲e鈥檙e now working on a big motor festival. You鈥檝e seen the changes in Saudi, and now Saudi is having more than one international motorsports [event] in the same season, which didn鈥檛 happen anywhere else.鈥�
The professional racer explained that changes to the Kingdom鈥檚 motorsports scene were years in the making, before 2018, when Formula E was held in Diriyah.
鈥淧eople think that 2018 was the first change where we got Formula. But you know that this had to be cooked for two years, three years, minimum to have it.鈥�
It all started with the Formula E event, he explained. Then came the Dakar Rally, which is the longest international rally 鈥� famous for also being the most difficult 鈥� and has now exclusively been held in 抖阴短视频 for 10 years.
Al-Jarba and his team have worked on various aspects in motorsports, from racing to influencing the sport at the grassroots level. He began as a racer, expanding to team owner and further broadening his experience as a championship organizer.
Addressing the difficulties in securing sponsors, he talked about the public misconception that sponsors line up to knock at racers鈥� doors if they win a race.
鈥淐orporates would never go just for the winner if you couldn鈥檛 fulfill their [key performance indicators] at the end鈥t always comes back to numbers,鈥� he said.
Regarding the Kingdom鈥檚 strides in the field, Al-Jarba said that 抖阴短视频 was now in a 鈥済olden age鈥� for motorsports.
鈥淭he first electric rally鈥tarted in early NEOM. This is the first rally to be ever held in the world that started from Saudi,鈥� he said.