As the Bahrain International Circuit celebrated 20 years of hosting Formula 1 and being the ‘home of motorsport in the Middle East’, former BIC chief executive Martin Whitaker, during an exclusive interview with the GDN’s deputy news editor Naman Arora, reflected on how his experiences in the land of two seas helped him bring professional racing to Saudi Arabia, where he is instrumental in running this weekend’s Jeddah Grand Prix.
When His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, inaugurated the Bahrain International Circuit (BIC) in Sakhir back in 2004, few could have predicted that 20 years later, the Middle East would be hosting the first two and final two races of the calendar .
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