A Race Without a Home: Why Bahrain is Headed East
The original Bahrain Grand Prix, planned for the Bahrain International Circuit in April, was cancelled due to escalating conflict in the Middle East. With months of effort poured into rescheduling, the solution is geographically staggering: a 3,750-mile relocation to Sepang, a circuit south of Kuala Lumpur that last hosted the Malaysian Grand Prix in 2017, famously won by Max Verstappen.
Despite the vast distance, the event retains the
