Najib: Malaysia will no longer host F1 race from 2018


PETALING JAYA: Malaysia's biggest motorsports event Formula 1 (F1) will come to an end next year after the Government decided to terminate the hosting contract.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said Friday the decision was made due to a significant decline of returns since Malaysia first hosted it in 1999.

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