Saudi Arabian professional racing car driver who competes in the Formula 4 category, Reema Juffali, has been appointed an ambassador for the country’s inaugural Formula 1 Grand Prix, which is scheduled to take place at the Jeddah circuit this week weekend, organisers confirmed earlier today.
She is the first-ever Saudi Arabian woman racing driver and also the first Saudi woman to hold a racing license. In November 2019, she became the country’s first woman racing car driver to take part in an international racing competition in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia The 29-year-old, who competed in the British Formula Three championship during the current season, will be one of the first to drive a lap of the street circuit along the shores of the Red Sea.
She will also take part in a track shakedown of a 1979 Williams Formula One car, which carried sponsorship for national airline Saudia.
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“I’m really looking forward to taking part in the activities over the race weekend and I hope that my story and journey can provide some inspiration to anyone thinking of following their dream,” she said in a statement.
Saudi Arabia lifted a ban on women driving in 2018 and Juffali became the first Saudi female licence holder to compete in a series that same year. Sunday’s Formula One race will be the third of four in the Middle East which take place in the 2021 Formula 1 season and could also be a title decider, as Red Bull’s Max Verstappen leads Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton by eight points ahead of the last two races of the championship, as the last round will take place in Abu Dhabi. For Scuderia Ferrari, the Saudi Arabian GP should secure the third place in the 2021 Formula 1 Constructor Standings behind Mercedes and Red Bul.
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