Until June 24 last year, driving would have been considered a crime in Saudi Arabia
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Video: The social and economic impact of Saudi lifting the driving ban
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Saudi Arabia’s Aseel Al-Hamad drives in parade at 2018 French Grand Prix
On the day Saudi Arabia allowed women to obtain a driving licence, Renault and Aseel Al-Hamad found a unique way to celebrate ahead of the French Grand Prix.
She was part of a Renault ‘passion parade’ hours ahead of the first French Grand Prix in a decade and the first to be held at the Le Castellet circuit for 28 years.
Aseel, who is a member of the FIA Women in Motorsport Commission, is a keen driver and motor sport enthusiast who took part in a training day on June 5 at the circuit.
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Renault hands keys of F1 car Saudi woman at Le Castellet circuit
Aseel Al-Hamad, the first female member of her national motorsport federation, took the wheel of the same car in which Kimi Raikkonen won the 2012 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
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Video: Saudi Arabia’s ban on women driving officially ends
Saudi women are officially allowed to get behind the wheel, after a decades-old driving ban was lifted.
The change was announced last September and Saudi Arabia issued the first licences to women earlier this month.
It was the only country left in the world where women could not drive and families had to hire private chauffeurs for female relatives.