An F1 racing car model is displayed during a press conference at Putrajaya , Malaysia, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009. Malaysia will form its own F1 team with the Formula One Federation (FIA) having accepted Malaysia's bid to enter the 2010 and future FIA F1 championships, Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak said. AP Photo logo AP Photo 2 months ago

An F1 racing car model is displayed during a press conference at Putrajaya , Malaysia, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009. Malaysia will form its own F1 team with the Formula One Federation (FIA) having accepted Malaysia's bid to enter the 2010 and future FIA F1 championships, Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak said.

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  1. Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, right, holds a F1 car model during a press conference in Putrajaya, Malaysia, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009. Malaysia will form its own Malaysia F1 team with the Formula One Federation (FIA) having accepted Malaysia's bid to enter the 2010 and future FIA F1 championships, Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak said.
  2. Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak (R) along with the country's national car maker Proton Chairman Nadzmi Salleh hold a model of a Formula One car following a press conference in Putrajaya on September 15, 2009. Malaysia will form its own Malaysia F1 team with the Formula One Federation (FIA) having accepted Malaysia's bid to enter the 2010 and future FIA F1 championships, Najib Tun Razak said.
  3. Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak (R) along with the country's national car maker Proton Chairman Nadzmi Salleh (C) and an unidentified businessman hold a model of a Formula One car following a press conference in Putrajaya on September 15, 2009. Malaysia will form its own Malaysia F1 team with the Formula One Federation (FIA) having accepted Malaysia's bid to enter the 2010 and future FIA F1 championships, Najib Tun Razak said.
  4. Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak (L) congratulates Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (C) and his wife Kristiani Yudhoyono at the presidential palace in Jakarta October 20, 2009. Yudhoyono was sworn in on Tuesday for a second term with an agenda headed by the need to enact bureaucratic reforms, fix infrastructure, amend labour laws, and attract investment. REUETRS/Supri.
  5. Malaysia's Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak (L), his Australian counterpart Kevin Rudd (2nd L), Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (2nd R) and his wife Ho Ching and East Timor's President Jose Ramos Horta (R) attend the swearing-in ceremony of Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Vice President Boediono in the parliament building in Jakarta October 20, 2009.
  6. An F1 racing car model is displayed during a press conference at Putrajaya , Malaysia, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009. Malaysia will form its own F1 team with the Formula One Federation (FIA) having accepted Malaysia's bid to enter the 2010 and future FIA F1 championships, Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak said.
  7. Malaysian car manufacture Proton Chairman Nadzmi Salleh shows an F1 racing car model during a press conference at Putrajaya , Malaysia, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009. Malaysia will form its own F1 team with the Formula One Federation (FIA) having accepted Malaysia's bid to enter the 2010 and future FIA F1 championships, Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak said.

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