This Wednesday was marked by the emergence of a rumor about a potential comeback of the Malaysian Grand Prix at the Sepang circuit, as early as 2026. Petronas, the Malaysian oil company and title sponsor of the Grand Prix, reportedly unveiled a project at the beginning of the week to bring back its circuit to the Formula 1 calendar.<\/p>\n
Finally, the oil company, which is also the title sponsor of the Mercedes F1 team, quickly denied this rumor through a statement. Petronas refers to the news articles published on January 31, 2024, regarding the potential return of the Formula 1 Grand Prix to Sepang, Malaysia, in 2026.<\/p>\n
We would like to confirm that no discussion has taken place regarding the return of sports at the Petronas Sepang International Circuit.<\/p>\n
Max Verstappen won the last F1 Grand Prix in Malaysia in 2017, the same year when Lewis Hamilton, driver of the Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 team, won the Drivers’ Championship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
While rumors had surfaced earlier in the day regarding a potential return of the Malaysian Grand Prix as early as 2026, Petronas has officially denied the information. The Malaysian company was cited in the rumors as a key player in Malaysia’s comeback to the calendar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":130,"featured_media":38230,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,1749],"tags":[121,494,1384],"class_list":["post-28187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-f1","category-news","tag-calendrier","tag-grand-prix-de-malaisie","tag-rumeur"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n