i like Hiedfeld...
Posted on 08/05/2009 7:57:45 PM PDT by Chode
i like Hiedfeld...
thx ellebee... Bahrain GP could be cancelled - Bernie Ecclestone
Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone has warned the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix in March will be cancelled if unrest in the country continues.
F1 teams are concerned about the event after three people were killed overnight in clashes with police.
Ecclestone said he will make a decision on whether to cancel early next week.
He said: "If things stay as they are today, the answer is no. If it's not quietened down by Wednesday, I think we will have to cancel probably."
This weekend's GP2 Asia event at the Sakhir circuit has been cancelled after the unrest overnight, when police moved in to clear a protest camp in a square in the middle of the Bahrain capital Manama.
Virgin Racing team boss John Booth told BBC Sport: "It's obviously very disturbing and there is concern - that ramped up with the latest disturbance."
Now the fight for the cancelled race points start.
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“Now the fight for the cancelled race points start.”
Isn’t it simmply one less race for the season, and no points to anybody?
(Maybe they can substitute the Tour de Tehran at the end of the season.)
That's too easy, remember this is F1 and there are possible points to gain. The politics of F1 will start.
Heidfeld has since been confirmed to replace Kubica this season.
Well, that’s what happens when you let some third world (despite all its wealth) regime host an F1 race. Chickens are coming home to roost, Bernie!
Bahrain organizers officially cancel F1 race, as reported on Fox news. Found a Reuters UK story on it:
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/02/21/uk-motor-racing-bahrain-race-idUKTRE71K3IO20110221
Bahrain Grand Prix cancelled by crown prince
http://en.espnf1.com/bahrain/motorsport/story/41504.html
wonderful...
probably not enough people interested in attending under the threat of rubber bullets
or even the ever popular lead bullets...
“The way it’s going, Dubai and Singapore could go as well. “
You mean Abu Dhabi? (there is no race in Dubai)
And don’t forget muslims in Maylasia (Apr. 10th), Turkey (May 8th)
My bad.
Thanks for the correction.
I wonder if the FIA understood the innate volatility of Muslims when they scheduled so many races in their backyards.
“I wonder if the FIA understood the innate volatility of Muslims when they scheduled so many races in their backyards.”
No doubt much the moreso, due to events of the last few weeks.
Moscow needs a grand prix, however.
Ah, the religion of peace. The Crown Prince just did what Bernie was going to do anyway. Now the season will start where it should anyway; Albert Park.
Hey Chode; with 600+ comments, isn’t it time for a new season and a new thread?
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