[1] It would have been the first official F1 theme park and was to be built by Union Properties close to the Dubai Autodrome as part of the MotorCity section of Dubailand.
Both of these factors were helped by the fact that several leading F1 teams were involved with the design and development of the park.
[1] In March 2009, it was reported that the site's originally planned opening in the third quarter of that year would be delayed as banks and other investors had pulled funding for the Dubailand project, of which it was to be a part.
[5][6] As of April 2014, the official MotorCity website still bears a message claiming that the park was scheduled to open in 2010.
[8] A similar project, Ferrari World, opened in neighbouring emirate Abu Dhabi in November 2010.