JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia -- Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto said it would have been wrong for Formula One's drivers to boycott Sunday's Saudi Arabian Grand Prix and leave the country in response to a missile attack 10 km from the circuit on Friday.
On Friday evening, F1's 20 drivers held a four-hour meeting in which they discussed the possibility of boycotting the race after a Houthi missile strike on a nearby Aramco oil depot during the opening practice session.
In the early hours of Saturday morning, F1 executives and team bosses managed to convince the drivers that sufficient security measures were in place for the race to go ahead safely.