FIA预计卡塔尔与阿布扎比大奖赛按计划举行
国际汽联主席穆罕默德·本·苏拉耶姆表示，尽管中东局势紧张，他预计F1卡塔尔大奖赛和阿布扎比大奖赛将按计划举行，并称不会把F1带到他认为“有风险”的地方。
国际汽联预计F1卡塔尔大奖赛和阿布扎比大奖赛将按计划举行
国际汽联主席穆罕默德·本·苏拉耶姆表示，他不会把F1带到他认为“有风险”的地方，并预计中东的两场比赛都将如期举行
国际汽联主席穆罕默德·本·苏拉耶姆相信，在当前中东局势紧张的情况下，F1卡塔尔大奖赛和阿布扎比大奖赛将按计划举行。
由于美国、以色列与伊朗之间的冲突，巴林和沙特阿拉伯的比赛今年早些时候被取消，不过巴林主办方实际上将其推迟的大奖赛移至马来西亚。霍尔木兹海峡的船只袭击仍在继续，双方目前围绕该海峡存在争夺，石油出口已大幅放缓。
沙特阿拉伯与也门境内伊朗支持的胡塞武装之间再次爆发冲突；对利雅得哈立德国王国际机场的导弹袭击造成13人死亡。袭击发生后，该机场最近以有限服务重新开放，英国最近承诺用战斗机支持沙特阿拉伯，以防御胡塞武装的进一步袭击。
卡塔尔和阿联酋靠近当前冲突地区，这意味着中东的两场赛季收官战存疑，尽管F1首席执行官斯特凡诺·多梅尼卡利几周前表示，保留这些比赛仍是锦标赛的A计划——如果紧张局势继续升级，备用计划是在伊莫拉举办赛季收官战。
最近几周，关于可能取消这两场比赛的谈判已经减少，锦标赛看起来将保留卡塔尔和阿布扎比两站。在MotoGP中，车队已被告知重新安排的卡塔尔站将于11月举行。
本·苏拉耶姆在接受包括Motorsport.com在内的部分媒体采访时表示，他目前对比赛感到“安全”，并解释说，如果他认为不安全，就不会让家人留在阿联酋居住。
“他们没事。有一点我想说，我的孩子们就在那里——你觉得我会把他们留在那儿，而我现在却在这里和你在一起吗？
“在这件事上你必须保持理智，并且问一句：‘我们会遇到问题吗？’你在媒体上读到的，其实和我们在那里的情况不一样。你知道，我们看报纸、看电视，但我们那里并没有那些情况，真的。否则，我为什么还要待在那里，你知道吗？我为什么要离开我的家人？
“但这是否说明什么都不会发生？这个我无法预测。我今天只能告诉你，现在什么都没有，两场比赛都会照常举行。
F1赛车在比赛开始时列队待发
“我很乐意（让国际汽联工作人员去那里）。听着，我不认为国际汽联工作人员对我来说会比我自己和我的家人更重要，你知道，但如果我在那里，那就意味着我对这件事感到安全。”
“但就目前而言，我们还不知道。正如我所说，达喀尔（沙特阿拉伯拉力赛），如果我们从他们那里听到任何消息，我们会做出调整。我说的‘他们’是指沙特阿拉伯汽车运动联合会，我们会据此调整，并且我们会提供帮助。”
“就像我们帮助巴林时那样，我的意思是，当有人请求不要在沙特阿拉伯举办赛事时，随后巴林王储又打来电话，要求将其移到马来西亚。关系是存在的，这传递出一个信息：你知道，就像所有这些事情一样，我们仍然会有汽车运动。”
本·苏拉耶姆补充说，国际汽联已制定应急措施，以防出现任何旅行中断，例如依靠当地汽车运动协会（ASN）提供志愿者和官员，以帮助促进赛事的运行。
他举了国际汽联中东拉力锦标赛黎巴嫩站的例子，该站最终让今年的系列赛得以重启。该站由来自塞浦路斯、希腊和约旦的官员担任工作人员——随后塞浦路斯站结束了今年的锦标赛，因为沙特阿拉伯站被取消了。
“当然，国际汽联随时准备着。我告诉他们，如果没有什么安排，就从国际汽联再准备一支团队。但也许有些政府会说，你不能出行——那我们该怎么办？”
“如果所有人都在那里，然后车队也在那里，FOM在运营，突然我们说，哦，我们不能有我们的赛事总监，我们不能有我们的干事。你必须做好准备，你必须再准备一支团队以防万一。”
“我们这里也有常识，那就是我们绝不会把我们的员工、车手或任何官员带到我们认为有风险的地方，”他总结道。
本·苏拉耶姆补充说，2027年达喀尔拉力赛的前景尚不确定，但他暗示，如果无法在沙特阿拉伯举办比赛，赛事可能会移至摩洛哥。
英文原文
FIA expects F1 races in Qatar and Abu Dhabi to continue as planned
FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem says he wouldn't take F1 to a place he felt was "risky" - and anticipates both races in the Middle East will go ahead
FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem is confident that the Formula 1 races in Qatar and Abu Dhabi will go ahead, amid the current tensions in the Middle East.
Due to the conflict between the United States-Israel and Iran, the races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia were cancelled earlier this year, although the Bahraini organisers effectively moved its postponed grand prix to Malaysia. Ship attacks in the Strait of Hormuz, currently contested by both sides as oil exports have slowed dramatically, have continued.
Further conflict has arisen between Saudi Arabia and the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen; a missile attack on Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport claimed the lives of 13 people. The airport has recently reopened with a limited service following the attacks, and the UK has recently pledged to support Saudi Arabia with fighter jets to defend from further Houthi assaults.
The proximity of Qatar and the United Arab Emirates to the current areas of conflict has meant that the two season-ending races in the Middle East were in doubt, although F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali stated some weeks ago that retaining the races remained the championship's Plan A - with a back-up plan to host the season finale at Imola should tensions continue to escalate.
Talks over the potential cancellation of both races have dwindled in recent weeks, and the championship looks set to retain both Qatar and Abu Dhabi races. In MotoGP, teams have been told that the rescheduled Qatar round will be going ahead in November.
Speaking to selected media, including Motorsport.com, Ben Sulayem stated that he feels "secure" about the races for the time being, explaining that he would not leave his family residing in the Emirates if he felt it was unsafe to do so.
"They're fine. One thing I would say, I have my children there - you think I would leave them there, and I'm here now with you?
"You have to be sensible in this and saying, 'are we going to have an issue?' What you read in the media is actually different than we have there. You know, we read and we see the TV, we don't have that, really. Otherwise, why will I stay there, you know? Why would I leave my family?
"But does this say that there is nothing going to happen? I cannot predict with this. I can only tell you today that there is nothing and the two races are going to happen.
F1 cars lined up at the start of the race
"I am happy [for FIA staff to go there]. Listen, I don't think the FIA staff would be more important to me than myself and my family, you know, but if I am there, it means I feel secure about it.
"But we don't know for the time being. As I said, the Dakar [Rally in Saudi Arabia], if we hear anything from them, we will adjust. When I say them is the Federation of Motorsport in Saudi Arabia, we will adjust to that and we will help.
"Like when we helped with Bahrain, I mean, when the request was there to not organise the event in Saudi Arabia, then there was another call from the Crown Prince of Bahrain to move it to Malaysia. The relationship was there and it's sending a message that, you know, like with all of this, we still will have motorsport."
Ben Sulayem added that the FIA had contingency measures in place in case of any travel disruption, such as leaning on local ASNs for any volunteers and officials to help facilitate the running of the events.
He used the example of the Lebanese round of the FIA Middle East Rally Championship, which ultimately rebooted this year's series. This was staffed by officials from Cyprus, Greece, and Jordan - before the Cypriot round concluded this year's championship when the Saudi Arabian round was cancelled.
"Of course, the FIA is always ready. I told them to have another team ready from the FIA if there was nothing going on. But maybe some of the governments say, you cannot travel - so what do we do?
"If everybody is there and then the teams are there and the FOM is running it and suddenly we say, oh, we cannot have our race director, we cannot have our stewards. You have to be ready, and you have to have another team ready in case.
"We have also the common sense here that we will never take our staff or drivers or any officials to a place where we feel it is risky," he concluded.
Ben Sulayem added that the prospect of the 2027 Dakar Rally was uncertain, but suggested that it could be moved to Morocco if it is unable to host the race in Saudi Arabia.
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