It was definitely one to remember, the Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix at Sepang International Circuit, for how it came to be to the drama of the race itself, peppered with logistics issues in the evenings during the race weekend. Fans, both old and new, lapped it all up, and they weren’t the only ones to be happy that F1 racing had come back to Sepang.
With almost half of the 261,000 spectators being foreign tourists, local micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) were also happy bunnies, reaping over RM345 million in economic spillover effects brought about by the race, Bernama reports.
According to entrepreneur development and cooperatives minister Steven Sim Chee Keong, the Bahrain F1 GP in Malaysia had a very positive impact on the SMEs, especially those in the hospitality, food and beverage, retail, transport, entertainment, tourism-related services and support industries.
