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“It's called the Bahrain Grand Prix, even though it's in Malaysia. And this is funded by Bahrain. This is a legal contractual obligation.”

Jonathan Simon, at 2:40 of “2026 F1 Bahrain GP (in Malaysia) Preview” on Missed Apex’s channel.

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  1. 2:31 not exiting Formula One. We'll get to that in a little bit. I think it's important to explain,
  2. 2:36 Matt, first off, I think for the, for the, I was about to say Malaysian Grand Prix preview,
  3. 2:40 but this is what I'm talking about. It's called the Bahrain Grand Prix, even though it's in Malaysia.
  4. 2:45 And this is funded by Bahrain. This is a legal contractual obligation. I think is the best way
  5. 2:54 to explain this. We never assume knowledge on the, on this podcast. Somebody might be switching on for
  6. 2:59 the first time and listening to us and wondering why it's called this in the first place. I have to

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