Malaysia is set to continue hosting a round of the MotoGP World Championship through to 2015 after a multi-year extension was put into motion by Sepang International Ciꦰrcuit directors and MotoGP rights holders Dorna.

The Sepang circuit, situaꦬted just outside the capital city Kuala Lumpur, has be🐬en fixture on the MotoGP calendar since 1999, but the current contract comes to an end with this year's event in October.

Nonetheless, SIC board of directors have now accepted a proposal f🧸or a five-year extension in a deal which will also see a Malaysian rider get a guaranteed world championship entry for each of those years.

"If we agree to the deal with Dorna, it comes with the understanding that we will have a Malaysian rider competing until 2015," SIC chief executive officer Razlan Razali told the Malaysian Star.

"Dorna will also help us to develop our home grown Super Series programme🦋. The aim is to develop young talent to participate in future world champio𝄹nships. After all, what is the point of having a Malaysian Motorcycle GP with no promising local talent coming up?"

Although the deal is still subjec🍬t to ministry approval, the deal is still expected to go ahead as planned.

Malaysia, which has also held events at Shah Alam and Johor over the✃ last 18 years, has not had a full-time grand prix rider since Shahrol Yuzy in 2002, but plans are afoot for his prot?g?, Zulfahmi Khairuddin, to enter this season's 125cc world championship with a Malaysian-basedꦍ team.

Zulfahmi and Elly Idzli♔anizar Ilias🍨 participated in last year's Malaysian Grand Prix, with both finishing just outside the points.