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Filip Cleeren

Malaysia weighs up F1 2026 round as rescheduled Bahrain GP plan fades

The Malaysian government is conducting a feasibility study into organising a last-minute Formula 1 grand prix as the Middle Eastern conflict continues to throw plans into disarray.

The US-Israeli war on Iran prevented F1 from running its early-season rounds in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, though there were hopes that last month's ceasefire would pave the way for normality to return - and with it a possible recovery of the Bahrain Grand Prix over the one-week gap between the Baku and Singapore rounds, the first weekend of October.

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