How Qatar is heralding a new age for motorsport in the Middle East

Marking the series’ first venture into the Middle East – doing so on the same year Formula 1 landed in Bahrain – the Qatar Grand Prix has become a mainstay on the calendar.

In 2008, it made history by becoming the first ever night time grand prix to be held, as that year’s MotoGP campaign opened up under the floodlights. F1 would follow suit months later…