Toyota and Hyundai pulled out before the British Foreign Office changed its Jeddah advice on 16 September
Toyota and Hyundai informed the FIA days before the announcement that their team members cannot travel to the Middle East under company-wide travel policies, before any official decision existed. M-Sport Ford was prepared to travel as late as last week, on the basis that the British Foreign Office rated Jeddah and its surroundings safe. On Wednesday 16 September that advice changed to warn against travel to parts of Saudi Arabia, days…
