Qiddiya showcases the way forward for motorsports at Goodwood Pageant of Pace

Qiddiya Metropolis partnered with the legendary Goodwood Pageant of Pace this weekend to showcase its plans to put automotive and motorsport tradition on the centre of a model new Saudi Arabian leisure, sports activities and tradition hub.

The bold Qiddiya Metropolis mission, which is at the moment underneath development, goals to construct on the eagerness for all-things automotive within the Center East. It is going to supply a variety of motorsport choices together with the Pace Park Monitor and the Mercedes-AMG World of Efficiency.

As a part of its partnership with Goodwood, Qiddiya Metropolis has been welcoming motorsport legends to the Drivers’ Membership Lounge, placing it on the coronary heart of an occasion that features the newest highway automobiles and greater than 500 autos from the previous, current and way forward for motorsport.

There are few higher locations on this planet to discover automobile tradition than Goodwood, with F1 equipment within the Ballroom Paddock, millionaire machines within the Supercar Paddock, the newest prototypes within the First Look Paddock and timeless classics within the Cartier model et Luxe.

The driving force entry checklist features a ‘Who’s Who’ of motorsport together with seven F1 World Champions – Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell, Mario Andretti, Emerson Fittipaldi, Mika Hakkinen, Damon Hill and Jacques Villeneuve – set to get behind the wheel.

The well-known Hillclimb additionally welcomes F1 drivers Esteban Ocon, Ollie Bearman and Gabriel Bortoletto in addition to former racers from the eras, together with Jacky Ickx, Ricardo Patrese, David Coulthard, Karun Chandhok, Felipe Massa and Valtteri Bottas, amongst many others.

In the meantime, in entrance of the legendary Goodwood Home, the favored Central Characteristic this 12 months showcases one of many best ever automobile tradition icons, Gordon Murray, with essentially the most wonderful F1 and highway automobile creations from his unbelievable profession on show.

The most effective of motorsport

This 12 months is arguably one of many largest ever at Goodwood and as an occasion companion, Qiddiya Metropolis is a part of the F1 75 celebrations. These characteristic 28 title-winning F1 automobiles in motion or on static show – together with a few of F1’s most profitable, memorable and fascinating machines.

Beginning with an Alfa Romeo 158 of the kind Giuseppe Farina used to win the primary F1 title, it should embody automobiles from famed designers together with Colin Chapman’s Lotuses, Gordon Murray’s Brabhams and McLarens and Adrian Newey’s Williams, Leyton Home and McLarens.

Past the F1 equipment, the vary of autos on present at Goodwood couldn’t be richer and extra eclectic – from a few of the legendary pre-war Grand Prix automobiles proper as much as Land Rover’s new Rally Raid Defender, which can be within the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia subsequent 12 months.

There may even be a celebration of the late 1995 World Rally Champion Colin McRae, together with a run for his title-winning Subaru Impreza 555 amongst a area of WRC automobiles that covers each period of the game, all the best way as much as the Championship’s newest machines.

Touring Vehicles are represented throughout the eras too, from John Cleland’s 1995 BTCC-winning Vauxhall Cavalier to a contemporary Aussie V8 Supercar, whereas even a few of the world’s largest drifting stars and automobiles can be hitting the Hill, together with ‘Mad Mike’ Whiddett’s Mazda RX-7.

Qiddiya Metropolis at Goodwood Pageant of Pace

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With regards to highway automobiles, the main marques within the automotive world are all on present, together with Ferrari, Lamborghini, Porsche, Aston Martin, Bentley, Rolls-Royce, Bugatti, Lotus and McLaren. Loads of meals for thought, then, should you’re planning a brand new motorsport metropolis.

Trendy marvel within the desert

The precious automobile tradition perception Qiddiya Metropolis has gained by means of its involvement with Goodwood will feed into the brand new metropolis mission in a contemporary, high-tech approach, creating a novel new motorsport vacation spot with a variety of thrilling sights.

F1 is a giant a part of Qiddiya Metropolis’s future plans, however the improvement is just not solely targeted on the head of observe racing. Removed from it. It goals to embody all issues automotive, together with rallying, karting, highway automobiles and all issues in between.

Saudi Arabia is already recognised as the fashionable dwelling of the legendary Dakar Rally and Qiddiya Metropolis’s presence at Goodwood goals to realize a deeper understanding of how totally different types of motorsport and automotive design drive the eagerness of the general public.

The brand new metropolis’s sights will embody Mercedes-AMG World of Efficiency, introduced in February, which guarantees an unbelievable 9 flooring of immersive experiences, reveals and simulators protecting the previous, current and way forward for Mercedes-AMG and its F1 crew.

Talking on the launch of the mission, Mercedes-AMG F1 Group CEO Toto Wolff stated: “Qiddiya Metropolis is a cornerstone of the bold Imaginative and prescient 2030 plans, and it’s set to develop into a novel motorsport vacation spot like no different.”

Qiddiya Metropolis at Goodwood Pageant of Pace

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The state-of-the-art Mercedes-AMG venue will sit alongside the Qiddiya Pace Park Monitor, a 21-turn circuit that can mix a few of the most iconic corners from tracks around the globe and is being developed by ex-F1 driver Alex Wurz and circuit designer Hermann Tilke.

From the bottom up

Essentially the most unbelievable factor about Qiddiya Metropolis is that it began from a clean sheet of paper and a desert escarpment. At its coronary heart is a want to take motorsport and automotive tradition from around the globe and step it as much as one other stage.

Guests to Goodwood can be launched to the pioneering mission by means of data and shows and Managing Director Abdullah Aldawood described its attendance as “a novel alternative to interact with main international automotive manufacturers and motorsport communities.”

Your complete philosophy of Qiddiya Metropolis mission relies on the ‘Energy of Play’ which guarantees to make use of leisure, sports activities and tradition to reinforce the standard of life for guests and residents within the area.

The sport-changing vacation spot, which additionally sponsors the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix and the Autosport Awards, is at the moment underneath development within the coronary heart of the Tuwaiq Mountains, simply 40 minutes from the capital of Saudi Arabia, Riyadh.

As soon as full, it goals to accommodate over half one million individuals, with an city plan that features distinct, totally serviced districts, spanning the spectrum from healthcare to schooling choices alongside the leisure, sports activities and tradition areas.

In all, the primary metropolis constructed for play will embody 27 sights and 12 theme parks, with 275 rides and 43 worldwide sports activities and Esports services and venues. If the motorsport world thought F1 in Las Vegas was one other stage, simply wait till it arrives in Qiddiya Metropolis.

Qiddiya Metropolis at Goodwood Pageant of Pace

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