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F1 increasingly braced for Middle East cancellations

Mar.11 Formula 1 is increasingly braced for the likely cancellation of its April races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia amid the escalating conflict involving Iran and several Gulf states. The Bahrain GP at Sakhir is scheduled for April 12, followed by Saudi Arabia in Jeddah a week later, but growing indications within the paddock suggest neither event will take place. The situation was inadvertently captured when Isack Hadjar and Kimi Antonelli were overheard discussing the issue while flying from Melbourne to Shanghai after the Australian GP. According to a passenger who recounted the exchange on social media, Hadjar joked to the Mercedes driver: 'Now you have two less races to win.' Sources...
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