Feb.14 (GMM) The general manager of Bahrain's formula one circuit has added his denial to reports that the race might in the future be staged at night.

Organisers of the event at Sakhir have already played down chief operating officer Shaikh Salman bin Isa Al Khalifa's recent claim that the circuit is "not opposed to the idea" of lighting the track.

But as the Bahrain GP - unlike the events in Singapore and Malaysia - is already in a favourable European television timeslot, general manager Martin Whitaker told Gulf Daily News about the prospect of a night race: "I honestly believe there is no need for that here."