He added that 99 per cent of tickets had been sold in Abu Dhabi and that the season-ending race was generating “great excitement”.
However, not all drivers want to compete in the Gulf.
Dutch four-time world champion Max Verstappen, who will start from pole position in Malaysia on Sunday, said during the week he would prefer if the season did not finish in Qatar and Abu Dhabi.
“Normally I am happy to go to Qatar and Abu Dhabi, but you know, when there is a war nearby, and if some of the countries are in conflict with each other, then I think we shouldn’t go,” he told ViaPlay.
“Then, it doesn’t matter if you have a contract or not, I think. But it’s not up to me.”
One of the Plan B options discussed was moving the Emirati race to Imola in Italy.
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