Formula One confirmed before the Hungarian Grand Prix that Malaysia will host the Bahrain Grand Prix, which was cancelled earlier this year due to the Iran war
Race cancelled just 24 hours after F1 confirm addition to calendar as statement released
Formula One confirmed before the Hungarian Grand Prix that Malaysia will host the Bahrain Grand Prix, which was cancelled earlier this year due to the Iran war
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Daniel Moxon Senior F1 Correspondent and Matthew Abbott Sports Writer
15:18, 27 Jul 2026
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The Bahrain Grand Prix, canceled in April due to the Middle East war, will be held in Malaysia in early October, Formula 1…
The Bahrain Grand Prix, which was cancelled in April due to the Middle East war, will be held in Malaysia in early October,…
The race in Bahrain was rescheduled in April amid the US-Israel war on Iran and will now be held in Malaysia.
Malaysia’s Sepang circuit, which hosted F1 from 1999 to 2017, could replace a Middle Eastern race, possibly between Baku and…
A likely race slot would be between Baku on Sep 26 and Singapore on Oct 11, sources say.
Formula 1 has confirmed that Malaysia's Sepang circuit will return to the calendar for the first time in almost a decade to host…
