A missile falls on Jeddah during F1: What next?

Yesterday, Friday March 25, during FP1 of the Formula 1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, a missile hit one of Aramco's oil installations in Jeddah, a few kilometers from the F1 circuit.

 

Saudi Arabia is paying the price for its conflict with Yemen, as shown in the statement of demands published by the Houthis supported by Iran, who are fighting in Yemen against the government in place aided by the military coalition led by Saudi Arabia.

Geopolitics is not our subject, we will simply note that after a first missile destroyed during Formula E 2021, then the terrorist attack suffered by a French crew during the Dakar 2022 on Saudi soil, then the first missile attacks last week already on Aramco installations in Jeddah, yesterday's missile fell on an installation of a very important partner of F1, precisely during the Grand Prix, and even precisely during FP1!

Just coincidence? It's possible, although it worried the drivers enough that they met until 2:30 a.m. local before giving their approval to the continuation of the Grand Prix under joint pressure from Stefano Domenicali, CEO of Formula 1 , and the Saudi Mohammed Ben Sulayem, President of the FIA…

So, despite what was described as an “incident” yesterday in Jeddah, everything is fine, and security is officially not in question…

For the moment, MotoGP is not affected by these actions undoubtedly aimed at taking advantage of the media aura of a motorsport event, and it is clear that these are in fact limited to a single country. Until when ?
When the motorsport media have to report on the effectiveness of anti-missile defense systems, perhaps it is time to ask questions about how the world is doing...