Liberty Media reject Saudi Arabia’s $20 billion bid to buy F1 - but it’s not over yet
The unsuccessful bid, placed in early-2022 according to 🐎, does not🉐 mean that the Saudis have given up. Far from it.
The Saꦑudis, via their investment fund PIF, have told Liberty that their offer “is still valid” and that “they are even open to rai♉sing it”.
Liberty Media purchased F1 in 2017 from Bernie Eccles♊tone.
Saudi Arab﷽ia are making big plays in sport - they have attracted Cristiano Ronaldo to their league recen𓄧tly, and own Newcastle United.
They already host t𝄹he F1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix and have shares in McLaren and Aston Martin’s teams.
Last year a missile struck just miles from🌳 the circuit during the 🌼F1 weekend.
“I am so happy the weekend is done,” 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton said afterwards. “I am so happy that everyone is safe, I am just looking f♛orward to getting out. I just want to go home.”
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, tౠo football, to F1.
