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Qatar race now unlikely – F1 supremo

Bernie Ecclestone has put plans for a grand prix in Qatar on the back burner. In February, the Arab country's highest ranking motor racing official said: 'We are about to sign contracts to organise a formula one race' in 2016 or 2017. That was despite F1 supremo Ecclestone earlier saying he could not organise a Qatari race unless organisers in nearby Bahrain agreed. 'It's not for us (to say),' Bahrain circuit boss Sheikh Salman bin Isa Al-Khalifa said last weekend. 'It's for the rights holder.' And according to Reuters news agency, Ecclestone told reporters in Bahrain when asked about Qatar: 'I think we've got enough (races) here, don't you?'
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