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Five drivers pushed for Saudi boycott – report

Mar.27 Qualifying day may have been explosion-free, but it is clear that the discussions about whether Saudi Arabia should even be on the F1 calendar will run and run. After Friday's attacks, in which the number of missiles and drones within a long camera lens of the Jeddah circuit ultimately counted 16, the whispered rumour in the paddock is that Saudi officials had warned that calling off the race would spell more trouble than driving on. 'Were there even threats that they would be forbidden to leave the country and that the cars would be confiscated?' veteran journalist for the Swiss newspaper Blick, Roger Benoit, wondered. 'The team bosses didn't want to comment on or confirm this...
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