Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone confident of holding the 2012 Bahrain GP – Formula 1 news
Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone says there no doubts in his mind over holding Bahrain Grand Prix in the 2012 season.
The Bahrain GP amid civil unrest and rioting against the government in the country was initially postponed and later cancelled. The cancellation however was not a choice Ecclestone was willing to make easily. He first sent an independent committee to Bahrain
which analysed the situation in the country.
The committee deemed it okay for F1 to go ahead but constant pressure from media and warning from local authorities made the F1 Supremo decide against it.
The local government has announced that the situation has been dealt with and the conditions are not dangerous. Even the F1 organisers have made a strong stand over making sure that the Bahrain GP should go according to plan this time.
Recently though a human rights group in Bahrain has requested teams and drivers to boycott the event. The Human Rights Center suggested the boycott in order to help the world take notice of the situation in the country and not help the government portray
an image of calm in front of the world which it suggests is not the truth.
Ecclestone has remained adamant that the event will go ahead as planned unless something significant enough happens which can change his decision. He also said that if these type of issues were to be taken into consideration before holding a Grand Prix,
there will not be a country in the world other Switzerland to hold the event.
“Everyone talks a lot about this part of the world, but Bahrain is the country in the region where there are the fewest problems,” said Ecclestone in an interview with the Salzburger Nachrichten newspaper.
The Bahrain GP is scheduled to be held on April 20, 2012. The situation is fast shaping up to be similar to the events of last year, but it seems as if Ecclestone and the Bahrain organisers are adamant on holding the event.
It might come down to if the players and the teams decide to go or not. Red Bull principal Christian Horner said that the teams and drivers should respect the decision of FIA whatever that may be.
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