Bahrain backer extends grand prix naming deal

Mon, 20 October 2008, 11:58

Oct.20 (GMM) Bahrain airline Gulf Air has renewed its title sponsorship of the country’s formula one race for five more years

Gulf Air became the race’s naming sponsor in 2004, when Bahrain joined the F1 calendar with the race at Sakhir, a desert area on the small island, in 2004

The contract extension was signed on the scene of Sunday’s Chinese grand prix in Shanghai

“We are delighted and proud to extend our association with the sport of formula one,” said Gulf Air chief executive Bjorn Naf

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