Formula One F1 - Formula One Press Conference - Losail International Circuit, Doha, Qatar - September 30, 2021 President of Qatar Motor and Motorcycle Federation, Abdulrahman Al Mannai and CEO of the Formula One Group, Stefano Domenicali during a press conference to announce that Qatar will host a Formula One Grand Prix for the first time on November 21 REUTERS/Ibraheem Al Omari
LONDON (Reuters) - Qatar's 10-year deal with Formula One announced on Thursday will boost the balance sheet of a sport recovering from the hit of COVID-19 as well as further raising the profile of the Middle East in an increasingly global championship.
Formula One had not raced in the region until Bahrain's Sakhir circuit made its appearance on the calendar in 2004, with Abu Dhabi following in 2009.
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