Kunyaka ophelileyo, ingxowa mali yobutyebi baseSaudi Arabia ityale imali engaphezulu kweebhiliyoni ezingama-20 zeedola kwiFomula yoku-1.

I-Saudi Arabia yenze i-splash kwibala lezemidlalo lehlabathi njengoko ifuna ukwandisa iprofayili yayo kwinqanaba lehlabathi.Inkampani yeoli eluhlu i-Aramco ixhasa iFomula 1 kwaye ingumxhasi we-Aston Martin Racing, kwaye ilizwe liza kubamba iFormula 1 Grand Prix yayo yokuqala ngo-2021, kodwa inamabhongo amakhulu kwezemidlalo.I-Bloomberg ibike ukuba iNgxowa-mali yoTyalo-mali loLuntu yelizwe (PIF) yenze umnikelo oxabisa ngaphezu kwe-20 yeebhiliyoni zeedola kunyaka ophelileyo ukuthenga i-F1 kumnini wangoku uLiberty Media.I-American Liberty Media ithenge i-F1 ye-4.4 yeebhiliyoni zeedola kwi-2017 kodwa yala ukunikezelwa.
I-Bloomberg ibika ukuba i-PIF ihlala inomdla kakhulu ekuthengeni i-F1 kwaye iya kwenza isipho ukuba i-Liberty inquma ukuthengisa.Nangona kunjalo, ngenxa yodumo lwehlabathi jikelele lwe-F1, i-Liberty isenokungafuni ukuyincama le ndawo.I-Liberty Media ye-F1 yokulandelela i-stocks - izitokhwe ezilandelela ukusebenza kweyunithi yoshishino, kule meko i-F1 - okwangoku inemali yemarike ye-16.7 yezigidigidi.
Ukuba i-PIF ithenga i-F1, kuya kuba nengxoxo yokuthetha okuncinci.Imeko yamalungelo oluntu eSaudi Arabia imbi kakhulu, kwaye iinzame zayo zokungena kwimidlalo yezizwe ngezizwe, ukusuka kwiFormula 1 Grand Prix ukuya kwi-LIV ubuntshatsheli begalufa, ibonwa njengokurhwaphiliza imali yezemidlalo, umkhuba wokusebenzisa iminyhadala yezemidlalo ukukhulisa igama layo.U-Lewis Hamilton uthe wayengonwabanga kukukhuphisana kweli lizwe emva nje kokuba efumene ileta evela kusapho luka-Abdullah al-Khowaiti, owabanjwa eneminyaka eyi-14. Wabanjwa, wangcungcuthekiswa wagwetyelwa ukufa eneminyaka eyi-17. IGrand Prix yaphantse yasibekela kulo nyaka uphelileyo.Ugqabhuko-dubulo kwindawo yokugcina i-Aramco iikhilomitha ezintandathu ukusuka kumkhondo kwaba sisiphumo sohlaselo lwe-rocket ngabavukeli baseHouthi abasilwa norhulumente wase-Yemeni kunye nomanyano olukhokelwa yiSaudi ubukhulu becala lwama-Arabhu.Uhlaselo lomjukujelwa lwenzekile ngexesha lokuziqhelanisa simahla kodwa lwaqhubeka kwintsalela yempelaveki yeGrand Prix emva kokuba abakhweli bedibene ubusuku bonke.
Kwi-F1, njengakuyo yonke imidlalo, imali yinto yonke, kwaye umntu unokucinga ukuba i-Liberty Media iya kufumana kunzima ukuyihoxisa inkqubela phambili ye-PIF.Njengoko i-F1 iqhubeka nokukhula kwayo, iSaudi Arabia iya ilangazelela ukufumana le asethi.