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The Bahrain Grand Prix, officially known as the Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix for sponsorship reasons or in 2026 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia, is a Formula One motor racing event held in Bahrain. The inaugural race took place at the Bahrain International Circuit on 4 April 2004. It was the first Formula One Grand Prix held in the Middle East and was awarded the FIA’s prize for “Best Organised Grand Prix”.
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The FIA says a 250-kilowatt wet-weather power reduction produced an unintended and unrecoverable loss on several cars before the Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia.
FIA explains how an ECU software glitch left eight F1 cars without power, delayed the Grand Prix start and required an emergency fix.
The FIA's single-seater technical director Nikolas Tombazis has explained how the software bug was not caught until it was too late.