A team from the Porsche Supercup, a supporting series during the upcoming Grand Prix of Bahrain this weekend has cancelled its participation in the race, outing its doubts about the safety at the middle-east country.
I agree with that, and I wasn't referring to you regards blame....bhallg2k wrote:I haven't blamed anyone for anything. That's why I said I'm not pointing a finger at anyone. My comments addressed only generalities.
More than anything else, I wanted to convey the idea of gentle guidance. That, in my mind, is paramount.
Then let the event be cancelled due to security considerations. What should not happen is that it is then dressed up as a moral stand. If the GP cannot go ahead for security reasons then that should be viewed as nothing but a failure for all sides of the protests.richard_leeds wrote:Back to topic. As I mentioned before....
Two issues make this relevant to F1:
Firstly, safety of teams and fans. Bahrain is a small place and last time around there were protests and machine gun fire in the city centre. This has continued on and off since then, so could easily re-occur if protests flare up when F1 comes to town.
Secondly, a large number of circuit staff were summarily dismissed from their jobs on account of their ethnicity. A report I heard on the radio (or perhaps TV)interviewed many of them and they have not got their jobs back.
In a nutshell, the unrest in Bahrain has a direct impact on the running of the event.
That could indeed be one possible strategy. With security forces deploying all kind of lethal weapons the tactic may become easily violent even if there are no intentions by the protesters.The protesters don´t need to resort to violence. All they need to do is stand on the road on the way to the circuit, with placards, and they would get their message out there. Nobody´s going to shoot them. If I was the organiser I would wait until 4 pm, or whenever the race starts blocking the road, a few thousand of them, and then go home. And if they successfully delay the race then they would get more coverage than they could dream of.
Absolutely true...These other answers are rather simplistic in their thinking.Yep Bernie, that is it, as simple as you make it to be.
He talks as if many people haven't died in Bahrain protests previously. Even if the police doesn't do anything during the F1 event for PR reasons, they will pick them from their homes later and their families will never see them again.
Or if his own well-being may be at risk...Unc1e_M0nty wrote:Whats this, does Bernie have a conscience ?
No it's all PR with him, as long as they don't riot during the weekend he couldn't give a flying f"&!
Anything else would be a surprise. The security of the race cannot be granted at the current situation in Bahrain.The FIA is preparing a statement to announce the cancellation of the Bahrain Grand Prix, sources in the paddock reveal to F1Today.net. It is expected that the statement will be published on the Thursday in China, one week before the scheduled race at Sakhir.
