Overview
- Motorcyclists will not be allowed into Sepang International Circuit during the Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix weekend, with the restriction in force for the Oct 2–4 event.
- Only vehicles with valid parking stickers or passes may pass through five screening points where tickets and access stickers are checked, and drivers without passes are urged to use public transport or shuttle services.
- Police have deployed hundreds of officers for traffic control, set up tidal‑flow (contra‑flow) lane operations and multiple traffic diversions to manage heavy flows focused on race day.
- Organisers and transport agencies expanded transit options, including 115 Rapid KL shuttle buses, about 30 SIC shuttles and special e‑hailing pick‑up passes, because on‑site parking is limited to roughly 9,000 cars and KLIA parking is expected to fill early each day.
- Strict enforcement is in place with fines and towing for illegal parking or breaches, a policy driven by decades of previous unrestricted access that organisers say repeatedly caused severe congestion and will shape future traffic planning.