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Bahrain CEO: ‘Oval' proposal surprising, but doable

The Bahrain International Circuit is open to the idea of holding a second race on its ‘almost-oval' configuration in 2020, the track's CEO has said. Speaking about a potential double-header in Bahrain last week, Formula 1 managing director Ross Brawn floated the idea of using the circuit's 11-turn outer configuration to hold one of the races. “One of the nice attractions of Bahrain is it has many configurations, so we could go to Bahrain and race on two different tracks there,” he said at the time. “There’s a nice sort of almost oval track that would be quite exciting, and all the layouts have a Grade 1 licence with the FIA, so that is an option in the pocket.' According to...
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