r/wec • u/krzysiek_aleks NISSAN DeltaWing #0 • Dec 27 '23

24hr Series 24h Dubai postponed by two weeks

https://twitter.com/Century_Msport/status/1739978757837058118
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u/V8-Turbo-Hybrid Manufacturers Dec 27 '23

Basically, the reason is by the war. I really wonder they able to postpone again.

It seems like the war would take a long while, it wouldn’t end very soon.

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u/knifetrader Dec 27 '23

The war - or at least the Houthi missile attacks - are taking place in the Red Sea, which is on the westside of the fairly enormous Arabian peninsula, whereas Dubai is on its eastside, i.e. hundreds if not thousands of kilometres away and thus probably as safe as a place can be in that part of the world.

The problem is that the cars are shipped on container freighters that typically go through the Suez canal and the Red Sea and which now have to take the longer route around Africa, hence the delay. But once they get to their destination, the race should be able to go on pretty much as planned.