Red Bull boss Christian Horner thinks that squeezing Bahrain GP later in the Formula 1 calendar will be difficult
Red Bull team boss Christian Horner has said in his recent interview that re-scheduling the Bahrain GP later in the Formula 1 calendar will make this season very busy. However, it seems the Red Bull team boss isn't too unhappy with the cancellation of the
Grand Prix as he criticized the Bahrain track of being too uninteresting with it's dull long straight runs.
He said, “It will certainly be a challenge to accommodate [BahrainGP]. But nothing is ever impossible; it’s a very busy calendar this year. Already now, at the end of November, we'll have finished 19 races.”
Talking about the Prince of Bahrain's decision to call of the race, he said, “Obviously the country's got bigger issues than a Formula 1 race at the moment. It was only right and appropriate to postpone.”
While William’s technical director Sam Michael thinks that ‘delay is eternity’, Horner thinks that ten more days don't make a difference to the teams.
Horner further notified that, it was FIA’s decision to make this sport a global event thereby going worldwide. This year, one more GP - Indian GP - was added to the Formula 1 calendar which made it 20 GP’s altogether, making this season the longest ever
in terms of races.
Whether or not Bahrain GP is re-scheduled, Red Bull’s driver Mark Webber was very pleased with the decision as this throws his home circuit, Australian GP, up in front. He was also concerned of the Bahrain situation but it’s the best feeling to get to race
first on your home ground.
He said, “This [being the season opener] is a real great positive boost. As usual with someone's little bit of misfortune or bad luck, which is certainly the case with this one, someone receives a bit of a boost.”
As Bernie Ecclestone seems committed to re-scheduling the Bahrain GP, Vice President of Motor Sport Council, Mohammed ben Sulayem, came up with a solution. He said that Abu Dhabi is willing to change places with Bahrain as initially both kingdoms agreed
to be at the opposite end of the season, to maximize the exposure of the Gulf States. But in desperate times, Abu Dhabi can work with Bahrain to settle the issue.
However, when the Barcelona test was re-scheduled from the 9th to the 12th of March, the Bahrain-Abu Dhabi Swapping suggestion was jeopardized, since the Bahrain GP was supposed to kick off from March 13, 2011.
Most experts think that one solution is to place the Bahrain GP between the last two Grand Prix’s; Abu Dhabi and Brazil, which will throw the Brazilian GP in early December making 2011 season one of the longest.
No views from Brazilian circuit officials have hit the news regarding the re-shuffle talks, but it will be interesting to see how things blend up in the coming few days.
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