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Malaysian GP set to drop from F1 calendar from 2018.
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<blockquote data-quote="Swami" data-source="post: 25842" data-attributes="member: 13"><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>Malaysian Grand Prix: Sepang to no longer host Formula 1 from 2018</strong></span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">22 minutes ago</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">From the section <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1" target="_blank"><u>Formula 1</u></a></li> </ul><p>Share this with</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://digg.com/submit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fsport%2Fformula1%2F38061412&title=BBC%20Sport%20-%20Malaysian%20Grand%20Prix%3A%20Sepang%20to%20no%20longer%20host%20Formula%201%20from%202018&bodytext=&" target="_blank"><u> Digg </u></a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/dialog/feed?app_id=58567469885&redirect_uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fmodules%2Fshare%2Fclose&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fsport%2Fformula1%2F38061412&picture=&name=BBC%20Sport%20-%20Malaysian%20Grand%20Prix%3A%20Sepang%20to%20no%20longer%20host%20Formula%201%20from%202018&description=&caption=&display=popup&" target="_blank"><u> Facebook </u></a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://plus.google.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fsport%2Fformula1%2F38061412&" target="_blank"><u> Google </u></a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fsport%2Fformula1%2F38061412&title=BBC%20Sport%20-%20Malaysian%20Grand%20Prix%3A%20Sepang%20to%20no%20longer%20host%20Formula%201%20from%202018&summary=&" target="_blank"><u> LinkedIn </u></a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.reddit.com/submit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fsport%2Fformula1%2F38061412&title=BBC%20Sport%20-%20Malaysian%20Grand%20Prix%3A%20Sepang%20to%20no%20longer%20host%20Formula%201%20from%202018&" target="_blank"><u> Reddit </u></a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fsport%2Fformula1%2F38061412&title=BBC%20Sport%20-%20Malaysian%20Grand%20Prix%3A%20Sepang%20to%20no%20longer%20host%20Formula%201%20from%202018&" target="_blank"><u> StumbleUpon </u></a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=BBC%20Sport%20-%20Malaysian%20Grand%20Prix%3A%20Sepang%20to%20no%20longer%20host%20Formula%201%20from%202018&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fsport%2Fformula1%2F38061412&=&" target="_blank"><u> Twitter </u></a></li> </ul><p>Copy this link</p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/38061412" target="_blank"><u>http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/38061412</u></a></p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/faqs/questions/bbc_online/sharing" target="_blank"><u>Read more about sharing.</u></a></p><p><img src="http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/onesport/cps/480/cpsprodpb/12818/production/_92600857_gettyimages-611942350.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>Daniel Ricciardo won the 2016 Malaysian Grand Prix with Max Verstappen (L) in second and Nico Rosberg (R) in third</p><p>Malaysia will stop hosting a Formula 1 grand prix after their current agreement expires in 2018.</p><p></p><p>The race at the Sepang International Circuit has been an annual fixture on the F1 calendar since 1999.</p><p></p><p>However, ticket sales and TV viewing figures have been in decline and Razlan Razali, chief executive of the circuit, questioned the race's <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/37759494" target="_blank"><u>"economic value".</u></a></p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/37533163" target="_blank"><u>Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo won at Sepang</u></a> in October but only 45,000 fans attended the 120,000-capacity circuit.</p><p></p><p>"From the longer term perspective, it's probably the correct decision because it's more expensive and no longer that attractive," said Nazri Abdul Aziz, the country's culture and tourism minister.</p><p></p><p>Swami</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Swami, post: 25842, member: 13"] [SIZE=6][B]Malaysian Grand Prix: Sepang to no longer host Formula 1 from 2018[/B][/SIZE] [LIST] [*]22 minutes ago [*]From the section [URL='http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1'][U]Formula 1[/U][/URL] [/LIST] Share this with [LIST] [*][URL='http://digg.com/submit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fsport%2Fformula1%2F38061412&title=BBC%20Sport%20-%20Malaysian%20Grand%20Prix%3A%20Sepang%20to%20no%20longer%20host%20Formula%201%20from%202018&bodytext=&'][U] Digg [/U][/URL] [*][URL='https://www.facebook.com/dialog/feed?app_id=58567469885&redirect_uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fmodules%2Fshare%2Fclose&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fsport%2Fformula1%2F38061412&picture=&name=BBC%20Sport%20-%20Malaysian%20Grand%20Prix%3A%20Sepang%20to%20no%20longer%20host%20Formula%201%20from%202018&description=&caption=&display=popup&'][U] Facebook [/U][/URL] [*][URL='https://plus.google.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fsport%2Fformula1%2F38061412&'][U] Google [/U][/URL] [*][URL='http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fsport%2Fformula1%2F38061412&title=BBC%20Sport%20-%20Malaysian%20Grand%20Prix%3A%20Sepang%20to%20no%20longer%20host%20Formula%201%20from%202018&summary=&'][U] LinkedIn [/U][/URL] [*][URL='http://www.reddit.com/submit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fsport%2Fformula1%2F38061412&title=BBC%20Sport%20-%20Malaysian%20Grand%20Prix%3A%20Sepang%20to%20no%20longer%20host%20Formula%201%20from%202018&'][U] Reddit [/U][/URL] [*][URL='http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fsport%2Fformula1%2F38061412&title=BBC%20Sport%20-%20Malaysian%20Grand%20Prix%3A%20Sepang%20to%20no%20longer%20host%20Formula%201%20from%202018&'][U] StumbleUpon [/U][/URL] [*][URL='http://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=BBC%20Sport%20-%20Malaysian%20Grand%20Prix%3A%20Sepang%20to%20no%20longer%20host%20Formula%201%20from%202018&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fsport%2Fformula1%2F38061412&=&'][U] Twitter [/U][/URL] [/LIST] Copy this link [URL='http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/38061412'][U]http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/38061412[/U][/URL] [URL='http://www.bbc.co.uk/faqs/questions/bbc_online/sharing'][U]Read more about sharing.[/U][/URL] [IMG]http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/onesport/cps/480/cpsprodpb/12818/production/_92600857_gettyimages-611942350.jpg[/IMG] Daniel Ricciardo won the 2016 Malaysian Grand Prix with Max Verstappen (L) in second and Nico Rosberg (R) in third Malaysia will stop hosting a Formula 1 grand prix after their current agreement expires in 2018. The race at the Sepang International Circuit has been an annual fixture on the F1 calendar since 1999. However, ticket sales and TV viewing figures have been in decline and Razlan Razali, chief executive of the circuit, questioned the race's [URL='http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/37759494'][U]"economic value".[/U][/URL] [URL='http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/37533163'][U]Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo won at Sepang[/U][/URL] in October but only 45,000 fans attended the 120,000-capacity circuit. "From the longer term perspective, it's probably the correct decision because it's more expensive and no longer that attractive," said Nazri Abdul Aziz, the country's culture and tourism minister. Swami [/QUOTE]
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