Motorsports Monday: Iran wants build a Formula One track on an island in the Persian Gulf

Here's everything you need to know about the wonderful world of motorsports this week.

The Iranian Government is planning to enter the world of Formula One.

The head honcho of Iran's Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization — Masoud Soltanifar — announced last week that the Middle Eastern nation intends to build a Formula One specification race track.

According to NBC Sports, Iran plans to build the facility on Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz.

Soltanifar believes the Qeshm Island facility, just across the Persian Gulf from the UAE, has the potential to be one of Formula One's more beautiful destinations, INRA reported.

This proposal is Iran's latest attempt at an F1 race track. A previous plan to build a facility near Tehran failed. There's no word whether F1 has any plans to organize a race in Iran.

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