News Details

Bahrain is safe declare officials including FIA and FOM

19 April, 2013 Bahrain paddock Bahrain is a safe place to race and this weekend's grand prix will go ahead as planned, Formula One's governing body and commercial rights holder Bernie Ecclestone said in a joint statement on Friday. The short press release, surprising only in being issued so late in the day, came after calls from some British politicians and others for the race to be cancelled due to human rights concerns. The race was called off in 2011 after the crushing of an anti-government uprising in the Gulf island kingdom left at least 35 dead. There have been regular clashes between police and protesters since then. Drivers were already out on track for first practice at the...
Full Story »
12y ago from YallaF1.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Alonso tells F1 to keep out of politics

19 April, 2013 Fernando Alonso Fernando Alonso has played down the...
12y ago from YallaF1.com

Bahrain peaceful as F1 sets up camp in the desert

18 April, 2013 Formula 1 freight unpacked in Bahrain pit lane area FIA...
12y ago from YallaF1.com

Al Zayani: There is no direct threat and nor have we...

18 April, 2013 Zayed Rashed Al Zayani director of Bahrain International...
12y ago from YallaF1.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

IndyCar Nashville – Qualifying Results

The final qualifying session of the 2025 IndyCar season took place on...

Callum Ilott, Christian Rasmussen given IndyCar grid...

The NTT IndyCar Series has handed out grid penalties for two drivers...

Pato O’Ward turns quickest lap in practice for...

IndyCar took to the Nashville Superspeedway oval on Saturday afternoon,...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Ogier leads as Rovanperä falls back in Paraguay

Sebastian Ogier and Vincent Landais led Rally del Paraguay after...
42m ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

West Ham may have edge over Euro giants in race to...

West Ham United have reportedly joined the race for the potential transfer...
8h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Exclusive details on complicated structure of Piero...

Piero Hincapie is set to become an Arsenal player as there's an agreement...
11h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Done deals: Arsenal set to confirm two major defensive...

Arsenal are pushing to wrap up two significant defensive deals before the...
12h ago from FreshArsenal.com

'Talks ongoing' – David Ornstein provides update...

Arsenal left-back Oleksandr Zinchenko is a transfer target for Marseille,...
13h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.