Bahrain political instability

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Re: 2011 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix

Post by iceman1 » 08 Jun 2011, 10:52

mikhailv wrote:
Whats your opinion on the document phil?

Seems that theres quite alot of misonceptions from the media's point....
This document reveals the real situation really :roll::

Now Mr. E says Bahrain GP is difficult to happen :blink: he was the first one to defend the GP and now he's against it :blink:

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Re: 2011 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix

Post by mikhailv » 08 Jun 2011, 11:07

I hope the document is correct. its just, the constant dictation from various sources saying completely different things

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Re: 2011 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix

Post by phil1993 » 08 Jun 2011, 11:12

mikhailv wrote:
Whats your opinion on the document phil?

Seems that theres quite alot of misonceptions from the media's point.... but still take the report with a pinch of salt.
My opinion?

Gracia does not speak English or Arabic and he was taken around Bahrain by officials of the Crown. So its blatantly biased.

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Re: 2011 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix

Post by JoostLamers » 08 Jun 2011, 11:23

The risk is too high for trouble, this is a bad decision for obvious safety reasons.
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Re: 2011 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix

Post by Bobdredds » 08 Jun 2011, 13:15

For me the fatalities during the protests were the deciding factor. Clearly if the world hadnt been watching and if F1 hadnt been such a big event then the efforts being made towards reconcilliation wouldn't have been so intense IMHO. The early violence is an example of how far they were prepared to go and I am not convinced that any real lessons have been learned yet.

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Re: 2011 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix

Post by sleenster » 08 Jun 2011, 14:53

Wut? :blink:
But it seems the FIA had overlooked article 66 of its own sporting code, which says that no amendments can be made to the arrangements for a championship after entries open without the agreement of all competitors.

A senior insider described this oversight as "extraordinary".
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/formula ... 694628.stm

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Re: 2011 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix

Post by sdutt » 08 Jun 2011, 16:51

it will be good decision if they postpone bahrain to last.
the only thing a bit worrying is that indian gp was pushed to december indicating a possibility it might not be ready on time

anyway october is better time, cause higher chance of rain. december could be very foggy in north india
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Re: 2011 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix

Post by Bobdredds » 09 Jun 2011, 23:26

Bahrain gives up on 2011 race!

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/92109

A victory for common sense at last.:)

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Re: 2011 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix

Post by François » 10 Jun 2011, 05:51

My thoughts exactly. It's a bit worrying how long it took the parties involved to reach a decision which was a no-brainer for everybody else really, but at least they've backed down before too much damage to the sport's image had been done.

That's not the end of it, though: there's going to be a lot of talking about that race being on the 2012 calendar.
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