Future of Bahrain Grand Prix still hangs in balance – Formula 1 news
The International Automobile Federation (FIA) has recently decided to hold the Bahrain Grand Prix on October 30, 2011 in place of the Indian Grand Prix which will now become the season finale in December.
However, the uncertainty around the Bahrain Grand Prix still looms large. Since the announcement of the reinstatement decision by the FIA, a lot of criticism has poured in from all corners. Human Rights activists have criticised the decision and impressed
upon the Formula 1 teams to boycott the race this year as a protest against the inhumane policies of the Government of Bahrain.
Formula One Teams Association will have a meeting about the matter as soon as they reach Montreal, Canada for the next grand prix of the season.
The Sports Minister of United Kingdom Hugh Robertson recently released a statement about this decision and became the first politician to comment about this matter.
“You cannot have a situation where politics overtakes sport. If that happens, you have a disaster on your hands. You can understand why opposition groups might want the race to go ahead if they are planning protests around it and this is a danger,” he said
Other than that, Nabeel Rajab, the president of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights stated that the people in the country were very upset about the decision as they are not willing to hold such events in the country in such conditions.
“The people are very upset and already they have called the day of that racing as a Day of Rage where you come out everywhere and in every city of Bahrain to show anger towards the Bahrain government,” said Rajab.
Reports have revealed that most of the teams are not happy about the decision as a result of which, it is believed that they might boycott the race.
The sponsors are also quite unhappy about this decision and they might not allow the teams to use their logos on their respective cars liveries in order to avoid any sort of negative perception about their company.
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