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Malaysia considers dropping Formula 1 race after 2018
The future of the Malaysian Grand Prix is under threat once its current contract expires in 2018, with circuit CEO Datuk Ahmad Razlan Ahmad Razali suggesting the country should 'take a break' from the sport as it's 'no longer exciting'. Malaysia's Speang International Circuit has hosted F1 since 1999 and was the first Asian race on the calendar, aside from Japan. However with race attendance at its lowest according to Razlan, at just 60 per cent capacity, he believes it's time the country reconsidered hosting the sport once the current deal expires. 'Maybe it will do Malaysia good to take a break,' he is quoted as saying by Malaysia's New Straits Times. ...
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