F1 race in Sepang injected nearly $298 million into Malaysia’s economy, Parliament told
The Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix, which was relocated to Malaysia’s Sepang circuit as a one-off event, drew 827 million viewers worldwide, according to Malaysian Youth and Sports Minister Taufiq Johari.
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