There will be a ‘first’ at Brands Hatch this weekend as Reema Juffali will be making her British Formula Four debut – being the first Saudi Arabian female racing driver to do so. The 27-year-old will be racing for reigning F4 champions Double R Racing in the FIA-sanctioned series. She only started racing just under a year ago –after her country lifted the ban on women driving; becoming the first Saudi female license holder to compete in a series at the TRD86 Cup in Abu Dhabi last October.
An excited Reema says: “It’s a good time in Saudi to be doing such a thing and all the support I’ve gotten from friends, family, people I don’t even know, has been fantastic and it’s only been pushing me to do better.”
On the F4 season, she said: "Brands Hatch is the heart of motorsport and this will be such a great thing for me to do and represent my country.
“To be here is quite unbelievable and to have done it in such a short space of time, I’m very grateful and happy about that.”
Talking further – about the coming season – she added: "It's going to be a tough year in such a competitive championship, but I'm ready for the challenge."
Saudi Arabia issued driving licences to women for the first time in decades in June 2018. It hosted a round of the all-electric Formula E series last December, with a number of women drivers testing there afterwards.
