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Sparks and sand set to fly in Bahrain

"Yellow. Yellow ground. Yellow buildings. Yellow sky. That's Bahrain. Everything coloured by sand blown by desert winds. "So they did the place a favour when they made it a night race. The monochrome outside the track turns black but floodlights and spotlit fountains give the Sakhir circuit a dimension it never had when the race was held in the bleaching mid-afternoon sun. "Outside the track, the political troubles that led to the cancellation of the 2011 event have been subdued, but the undercurrent of tension remains. "The circuit itself? Point-and-squirt, long straights, with few demanding corners, situated near an oil field and an airbase a half-hour drive or so...
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