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Bahrain is putting together an impressive entry list for a celebrity race at the opening Grand Prix of 2006.

Tennis legend Boris Becker, cycling’s Lance Armstrong and top US sprinter Michael Johnson, are among those signed up to drive the ten-lap events during the official Formula One meeting.

Rowing icon Sir Steve Redgrave will also race, according to the Gulf Daily News, with the winner to wave the chequered flag at the end of the actual Grand Prix.

The season gets underway with Friday practice on 9th March.