a consistent number of Middle Eastern circuits, the options would seem to be Losail in Qatar or Dubai Autodrome in the United Arab Emirates, both of which are of a high standard. There probably wouldn't be the demand for a second race in the UAE, given that Yas Marina is already on the calendar. Also, Williams has recently been putting a deal of effort into building links in Qatar - the Williams Technology Centre has been open in Doha since 2009, and the team has links with Qatar National Bank. Qatar is also politically stable, and ranked as slightly more democratic and free than Bahrain by the Economist Intelligence Unit and Freedom House. I don't particularly rate Losail, more of a motorcycle circuit for a start, but I think it's a definite possibility that F1 will be going there. Backmarker wrote: Given that Bahrain seems likely to be dropped when its contract comes up (too much possibility for disruption, bit of an embarrassment for F1 to be going there) could F1 be going to Qatar instead? Assuming that F1 wanted to keep a consistent number of Middle Eastern circuits, the options would seem to be Losail in Qatar or Dubai Autodrome in the United Arab Emirates, both of which are of a high standard. There probably wouldn't be the demand for a second race in the UAE, given that Yas Marina is already on the calendar. Also, Williams has recently been putting a deal of effort into building links in