Motor racing-F1 to end season in Europe if no Middle East races, decision in September

LONDON, July 29 (Reuters) - Formula One will end the season in Europe if races in Qatar and Abu Dhabi cannot be held and has set a mid-September deadline, the Liberty Media-owned sport's Chief Executive Stefano Domenicali said on Wednesday.

Races scheduled for Saudi Arabia and Bahrain in April were called off due to the Iran war, with Malaysia's Sepang circuit now due to host the latter on October 4, with the Gulf kingdom paying most of the costs.

The FIA-sanctioned World Endurance Championship (WEC) has already moved its last two rounds in Qatar and Bahrain to Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya and Italy's Monza in October and November.

"We will take the maximum time for us to see how the situation will develop and we will take the decision at the right time," Domenicali told reporters.

"The deadline for the decision of any possible change of the actual calendar is the middle of September.