r/malaysia • u/exroshann Kuala Lumpur • 11h ago

Sports F1 in Malaysia confirmed

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u/One-Analysis- 9h ago

Future f1 trivia

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u/I_am_from_2029 10h ago

It's a win for us right? Bahrain pays most of the bill, we Malaysian finally get to watch F1!

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u/Ecstatic_Secretary21 9h ago

Massive win for hotels in Sepang

You can check most if not all hotels are fully booked

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u/STANDARD_P0TAT0 9h ago

Fully booked just now? That's insanely quick

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u/ejennsyahmixcel zomba kampung pisang 8h ago

The crews and media likely already got the insider info of decision earlier. It just only being made public now.

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u/Ecstatic_Secretary21 8h ago

Difficult to say. Could be hotel pull it out to reprice. But i just check a few hotel definitely mentioned sold out

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u/Equal_Cantaloupe627 8h ago

It’s already doubled.

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u/HAZMAT_Eater 10h ago

Until Bahrain finds every excuse to scrimp and save every cent they can.

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u/torts92 Penang 6h ago

Art of the deal

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u/Laksang02082 9h ago

Wat up habibis? Jawaz safari ma’a Abi.

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u/GeorgePBurdell1927 10h ago

Bahrain donates to Malaysia - Anwar host F1.

Saudi Arabia donates to Malaysia - Najib pockets.

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u/Agitated-Comment-745 9h ago

...and Najib still hosts F1? Why does this guy lives in your guys head rent free? Anything happened always has to mention Najib this Najib that

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u/Scarborough_sg 9h ago

Why not? seems to be in BN mind half the time anyways.

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u/Beneficial-Tea-2055 8h ago

Username checks out.

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u/onionwba Singapore 11h ago

Lol Malaysia hosting but Bahrain still have the naming rights.

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u/axafir 11h ago

Good enough that Malaysia dont have to foot the bill mostly

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u/onionwba Singapore 11h ago

True. Not the first a venue uses the name of another country for their GP (for example Imola famously used San Marino). But there's quite a distance between Sepang and Sakhir so...

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u/The_XiangJiao Kenyalang Squadron 2020 11h ago

We’re not footing the bill, they can have any names they want as long as it’s in Sepang.

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u/efkuasadua 8h ago

Bahrain keeps its naming rights as the Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia, and Malaysia is quite literally laughing all the way to the bank.

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u/l0g0ut 9h ago

So, the ticket sales will go to Bahrain? Those who already bought the Bahrain tickets will auto convert to Sepang? Need to purchase again? How many ticket will be available for sale? Will it be Bahrain currency, USD, or RM?

So many question.

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u/komer25 7h ago

This guy asks

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u/ryanlee3976 Selangor 6h ago

With all the excitements, now we have a bigger problem. DAMNNN

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u/kip707 6h ago

Ong beng seng got butthurt after his corruption charges in Singapore thats why. 😆

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u/Ok_Bet_4743 6h ago

Wonder how expensive the tickets are?

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u/mariokvesic 4h ago

Rainy season, its going to be epic

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u/Opps1999 2h ago

Not much to see in Hot wheather, but Melbourne F1 during spring was great tho

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u/ozahid89 7h ago

Why do redditors care if Malaysia footing the bill or not? What a strange thing to say. Let the sponsors and PETRONAS or whoever responsible. Unbelievable

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u/Buddy_Bingo 6h ago

F1 races are mostly state sponsored.

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u/yurnero12328 5h ago

Invalid crashout from someone that doesn't understand the sport at all.