I ka makahiki i hala aku nei, ua hoʻokomo ka waihona waiwai waiwai o Saudi Arabia ma mua o $20 biliona ma Formula 1.

Ua hana ʻo Saudi Arabia i kahi pākī i ka pāʻani haʻuki honua i kona ʻimi ʻana e hoʻonui i kāna ʻike ma ka pae honua.Kākoʻo ʻo Aramco hui ʻaila i ka Formula 1 a ʻo ia ke poʻo inoa o Aston Martin Racing, a e hoʻokipa ka ʻāina i kāna Formula 1 Grand Prix mua ma 2021, akā he mau manaʻo nui i ka haʻuki.Ua hōʻike ʻo Bloomberg ua hāʻawi ka Public Investment Fund (PIF) i kahi makana i ʻoi aku ma mua o $20 biliona i ka makahiki i hala e kūʻai aku iā F1 mai ka mea nona kēia manawa ʻo Liberty Media.Ua kūʻai aku ʻo American Liberty Media i ka F1 no $ 4.4 biliona ma 2017 akā hōʻole i ka hāʻawi.
Hōʻike ʻo Bloomberg e makemake nui ana ʻo PIF i ke kūʻai ʻana iā F1 a hāʻawi i kahi makana inā hoʻoholo ʻo Liberty e kūʻai aku.Eia nō naʻe, hāʻawi ʻia i ka kaulana honua o F1, ʻaʻole makemake paha ʻo Liberty e haʻalele i kēia waiwai.ʻO nā waihona hoʻopaʻa F1 o Liberty Media - nā waihona e hahai ana i ka hana o kahi hui ʻoihana, i kēia hihia F1 - i kēia manawa he $16.7 biliona ka nui o ka mākeke.
Inā kūʻai ʻo PIF iā F1, hiki ke hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻia ke ʻōlelo liʻiliʻi loa.Ua weliweli ke kūlana kanaka pono kanaka o Saudi Arabia, a me kona hoao ana e komo i na haʻuki honua, mai ka Formula 1 Grand Prix a i ka hoʻokûkû kolepa LIV, ua ike ia e like me ka haʻuki kala laundering, ka hana o ka hoʻohana 'ana i nā hanana haʻuki nui e hoʻonui i kona inoa.Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Lewis Hamilton, ʻaʻole ʻoluʻolu ʻo ia i ka hoʻokūkū ma ka ʻāina ma hope koke o ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi leka mai ka ʻohana o Abdullah al-Khowaiti, i hopu ʻia i ka makahiki 14. Hoʻopaʻa ʻia, hoʻomāinoino a hoʻopaʻi ʻia i ka make i ka makahiki 17. ʻO ka Saudi Arabian. Aneane ua powehiwehi ka Grand Prix i ka makahiki i hala.ʻO ka pahū ʻana ma kahi hale kūʻai ʻo Aramco ʻeono mau mile mai ke alahele, ʻo ia ka hopena o ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana e nā kipi Houthi e hakakā nei i ke aupuni Yemeni a me ke alakaʻi nui ʻana o Saudi i alakaʻi ʻia e ka mokuʻāina Arab.Ua hoʻouka ʻia ka missile i ka wā hoʻomaʻamaʻa manuahi akā ua hoʻomau ʻia a hiki i ke koena o ka hopena pule Grand Prix ma hope o ka hui ʻana o nā mea holo i ka pō a pau.
Ma F1, e like me nā haʻuki āpau, ʻo ke kālā ka mea āpau, a hiki i kekahi ke noʻonoʻo e paʻakikī ʻo Liberty Media i ka haʻalele ʻana i ka holomua o ka PIF.Ke hoʻomau nei ʻo F1 i kāna ulu pahū, makemake nui ʻo Saudi Arabia e kiʻi i kēia waiwai.