Liberty Media reject Saudi Arabia’s $20 billion bid to buy F1 - but it’s not over yet
The unsuccessful bid, placed i♋n early-2022 according to , does not mean that the Saudis have given up. Far from it.
The Saudis, via their investment fu𒆙nd PIF, hav♋e told Liberty that their offer “is still valid” and that “they are even open to raising it”.
Liberty Media purchased F1 😼in 2017 from Bernie Ecclestone.
Saudi Arabia are making ⛎big plays in sport - they have attracted Cristiano Ronaldo to their league recently, and own Newca🎃stle United.
They already host the F1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix and have shares in McLaren and As𓂃ton Martin’s teams.
Last yꦕear a missile struck just miles 🅘from the circuit during the F1 weekend.
“I am so happy the weekend is done,” 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lewis Hamilton said afterwards. “I am so happy that everyone is safe, I am just looking forwaꦐrd to getting out. I just want to g🌼o home.”
Jamജesꦺ was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
