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Malaysia considers giving up on F1 race

The future of the Malaysian Grand Prix will be determined this week amid calls for the country to stop hosting the Formula 1 race. Sepang has been the home of the Malaysian event since it joined the calendar back in 1999, but ticket sales have been declining over the past years. According to Sepang CEO Datuk Ahmad Razlan Ahmad Razali, sales for the grand prix reached only 60 percent recently, in contrast to the MotoGP event, which is expecting a sell-out for this weekend's round of the championship. Local media reported Razlan as saying the TV viewership for this year's Malaysian Grand Prix was the "lowest in history". The circuit has a contract to host the grand prix until 2018,...
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