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 Saudis, via their investment fund PIF, have told Liberty that their offer “is still valid” and that “they are even open to raising♔ it”.
Liberty Media🐬 purchased 𓆉F1 in 2017 from Bernie Ecclestone.
Saudi Arabia ar𓄧e making big plays in🧸 sport - they have attracted Cristiano Ronaldo to their league recently, and own Newcastle United.
They already host the F1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix and have sharesꦍ in McLaren and Aston Martin’s teams.
Last year a missile s♏truck just miles from the circuit 𓄧during 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 t⛎haꦡt everyone is safe, I am just looking forward to getting out. I just want to go home.”
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything fr💙om American sports, to football, to F1.
