Bahrain race has been cancelled

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The FIA also have a say and I doubt Bernie would do that - he is only doing it this way currently to follow the legal and money issues, he has to show he is giving the government a chance to sort it out rather than pulling the plug at the first sign of trouble. After all, Bahrain has paid for this event already. It wouldn't look good with his contacts in other countries if he isn't seen to be trying to honour the deal.
The teams have already found out how impossible it is for them to form a new series.
 
The only time it would really make sense would be to run it between Belgium and Italy and get rid of the one-month break. The problem is that would make it a flyaway event. Better to more Belgium and Italy up by two weeks each and then have Bahrain run the first race of the final away leg between Monza and Singapore. Of course, then you'd get nay-sayers claiming it would be in poor taste to run a Formula 1 event in an Islamic country on the tenth anniversary of September 11.
 
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The only time it would really make sense would be to run it between Belgium and Italy and get rid of the one-month break. The problem is that would make it a flyaway event. Better to more Belgium and Italy up by two weeks each and then have Bahrain run the first race of the final away leg between Monza and Singapore. Of course, then you'd get nay-sayers claiming it would be in poor taste to run a Formula 1 event in an Islamic country on the tenth anniversary of September 11.
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Those terrorists don't represent any Islamic countries. They're just idiots who believe that they should cause anger and tragedy to the western world. If F1 goes there it would show that the terrorists aren't representing the place, it's the regular people. Ask most Islamic people and I'm sure that they would say that terrorism is wrong anywhere.
 
Ardius
The difference being that was planned well in advance, so the logistics and costs could be sorted out.
This is not the same situation, its not like they turned up to Brazil and went "oh yeah we need to be able to go to Abu Dhabi next week".

There is too much to organise and manage for an alternative race to go ahead before Melbourne. Not to mention it would require money (to pay for the right to hold a GP..TV money, spnonsors, etc). We will simply have 19 races instead of 20 if Bahrain doesn't happen.
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I never said that we should have an alternative race before Melbourne... I suggested that the Bahrain GP be given a provisional date between the Abu Dhabi GP and the Brazilian GP.

Reading my post, instead of skimming it and coming to your own conclusions(again) would have prevented this.

Edit: I did actually suggest Qatar previously... My bad.
 
Interesting how Bernie thinks that the Crown Prince of Bahrain can make the call... I reckon they might have a job hosting a race if none of the teams show up...

The BBC have reported that there is speculation that the race could be relocated to the UK :boggled: ... that's a new one to me anyway... (they didn't say where they heard that, though)
 
Touring Mars
Interesting how Bernie thinks that the Crown Prince of Bahrain can make the call... I reckon they might have a job hosting a race if none of the teams show up...

The BBC have reported that there is speculation that the race could be relocated to the UK :boggled: ... that's a new one to me anyway... (they didn't say where they heard that, though)
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Probably pulled it out of their backsides... The main page suggested that Bahrain practice was already cancelled. It probably will be, but at least wait for the story to break... Pre-emptive journalism...
 
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Probably pulled it out of their backsides...
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Well, they did say it was speculation... the BBC, however, have a plethora of very credible sources, so I think this comment is extremely unfair.

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at least wait for the story to break... Pre-emptive journalism...
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Shortly before I made my last post, I read an article on the BBC news website that said there were some reports suggesting that the testing session was already cancelled, but that these reports were "jumping the gun". They made it quite clear that the decision hadn't been made yet, and that the cancellation of the testing session was 'extremely likely' as opposed to definite.

By the way, the BBC are now reporting that the race itself has been cancelled, as are the Reuters news agency.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/...tor-racing-bahrain-race-idUKTRE71K3IO20110221

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/9402871.stm
 
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SportsCenter just reported that the race was cancelled. :(

They better put it elsewhere on the calendar. The wait for F1 to start is even further away than it was.
 
Touring Mars
Well, they did say it was speculation... the BBC, however, have a plethora of very credible sources, so I think this comment is extremely unfair.
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Maybe so, but having a Grand prix in the uk in march? Would never happen... Haven't you noticed how cold it's been recently? Do you remember what happened when F1 held a pre season test at Silverstone? Enough said.

Touring Mars
Shortly before I made my last post, I read an article on the BBC news website that said there were some reports suggesting that the testing session was already cancelled, but that these reports were "jumping the gun". They made it quite clear that the decision hadn't been made yet, and that the cancellation of the testing session was 'extremely likely' as opposed to definite.
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But the article on the main page when I checked was a bit pre-emptive... Printing a misleading headline, regardless of the content of the article seems a shallow attempt to get people to read the article... When I went to download music festival (at donington, for those not in the know)a few years ago, there was a stall with pretty girls working at it. The stall had a big sign saying "blow jobs £5". The whole purpose of this was to lure people in. They had compressed air pumps and you could pump up inflatable mattresses... This was a good joke and I'm sure they got a lot of custom out of it... I hardly think printing a pre-emptive headline to get more readers is a good way for a corporation like the bbc to operate... If I was to start a topic with a misleading title on the gtp forums, I'm sure I'd get a warning unless it was humourus and in the "off topic" sub forums. A broadcaster operating under licence fee payer's money should really operate better. Usually, the bbc are great, but I shook my head when I saw it...

/Rant over.


Autosport article on the cancellation
 
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Maybe so, but having a Grand prix in the uk in march? Would never happen...
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:lol: Somehow I don't think they were suggesting that the race would go ahead on the scheduled date.

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But the article on the main page when I checked was a bit pre-emptive... Printing a misleading headline, regardless of the content of the article seems a shallow attempt to get people to read the article... When I went to download music festival (at donington, for those not in the know)a few years ago, there was a stall with pretty girls working at it. The stall had a big sign saying "blow jobs £5". The whole purpose of this was to lure people in. They had compressed air pumps and you could pump up inflatable mattresses... This was a good joke and I'm sure they got a lot of custom out of it... I hardly think printing a pre-emptive headline to get more readers is a good way for a corporation like the bbc to operate... If I was to start a topic with a misleading title on the gtp forums, I'm sure I'd get a warning unless it was humourus and in the "off topic" sub forums. A broadcaster operating under licence fee payer's money should really operate better. Usually, the bbc are great, but I shook my head when I saw it...

/Rant over.


Autosport article on the cancellation
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It depends on exactly what the headline was, what the article said, and when it was posted. I was reading the exact same pages as you, and I saw nothing misleading at all. The BBC broke the news at 1553 in their live news feed from the Middle East, and I presume it may have been posted a few minutes before that elsewhere. Also, the fact that they were actually correct, means that their headline about the race being cancelled was pretty far from misleading - it was bang on correct.
 
Touring Mars
:lol: Somehow I don't think they were suggesting that the race would go ahead on the scheduled date.
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Well I didn't see said article on the bbc about the race being relocated to the uk but I did read this...
Touring Mars
The BBC have reported that there is speculation that the race could be relocated to the UK
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Can you see how that might have been misleading? At all? Relocated (to me) implies that the race would go ahead at a different venue... Replaced would seem the better term. I used to work in event organising... Granted, I was some hotshot event organiser's temp assistant(and by hotshot, I mean travelling all over the world putting on expos) when she was putting on an expo in glasgow... Damn, she gave me her email address and said "If you ever want to get involved in this line of work, send me an email"... Night out at the pub with my bonus and I'd "misplaced" her email address... And no, this isn't some "i'm on the internet, I can make up some random event to make people think I'm cool" thing... It wasn't a glamourous job... I was essentially her gofer (as in, go and get me a coffee/paper, phone and book a resteraunt for me etc)... Paid good though. And it was far better than the wealth of boring jobs I've had since... I don't miss the 6am starts or having to pay for things out of her petty cash and fill out expense forms. You have no idea how humiliating it is asking for a receipt for a newspaper.

Touring Mars
It depends on exactly what the headline was, what the article said, and when it was posted. I was reading the exact same pages as you, and I saw nothing misleading at all. The BBC broke the news at 1553 in their live news feed from the Middle East, and I presume it may have been posted a few minutes before that elsewhere. Also, the fact that they were actually correct, means that their headline about the race being cancelled was pretty far from misleading - it was bang on correct.
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Bahrain grand prix called off... Followed by an article about how it "will most likely get called off". Can't see how that would be misleading at all... Anyway, what's the point in arguing? We're both Glaswegians, we should stick together ;)
 
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Anyway, what's the point in arguing... We're both Glaswegians, we should stick together ;)
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:lol: You're quite right. :)👍 For the record, I think the chances of the race being relocated to the UK are virtually nil... but, two UK races this year would be awesome...

In other news, the testing scheduled for Bahrain will now be happening in Barcelona, according to a spokesman at Williams...
 
akmuq
Those terrorists don't represent any Islamic countries. They're just idiots who believe that they should cause anger and tragedy to the western world. If F1 goes there it would show that the terrorists aren't representing the place, it's the regular people. Ask most Islamic people and I'm sure that they would say that terrorism is wrong anywhere.
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👍 Wow! My opinion of you just went up another notch Akmuq. Spot on.

OT. Gutted about the "postponement" of the opening race. If last seasons opener was anything to go by then at least we're not missing much. So the end of March it is then.
 
Well this is a bitter sweet moment for the F1 community. On one hand we have to wait longer for the season to begin. But on the other, the season opener is where it should be in Australia.👍

I wonder if they'll push the Melbourne race up a week or so.
 
Bahrain was only terrible last year because the circuit was higher downforce, limiting overtaking and also it was the first race with the new regulations. Australia is a better track by miles though.👍
 
Touring Mars
:lol: You're quite right. :)👍 For the record, I think the chances of the race being relocated to the UK are virtually nil... but, two UK races this year would be awesome...
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It would have been more likely to have happened back in the day when there was less money involved and the TV rights would have complicated things less. Where would the second UKGP take place (assuming it happened)? Two races at Silverstone, or one in silverstone, one elsewhere? Brands Hatch gp was always quite good, but I couldn't see the FIA granting it the correct licence. Let's get Boris drunk and have a rushed gp on the streets of london. ;)

Bahrain hoping for "swift return" - Autosport

Touring Mars
In other news, the testing scheduled for Bahrain will now be happening in Barcelona, according to a spokesman at Williams...
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Story on autosport

Hun200kmh
Ah shame, I was hoping on a Portimão test session. Fool's hope I know but ...
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Would have been nice. Would have liked to see them go to Motorland Aragon. Can only judge the place by the Motogp race there last season, but it looks very interesting.

This gives me hope the spanish GP will eventually get moved to a new venue

Definately off topic here, but I didn't think it warranted a new thread. Maybe it does, maybe it doesn't. Still waiting on something "news worthy" to start my first thread with... Have been first to gtplanet with certain bits of news (such as Karthikeyan at hrt and Heidfeld getting confirmed at renault), but I'll wait until something warranting it's own discussion pops up.

Anyway, back on topic...

astrosdude91
Well this is a bitter sweet moment for the F1 community. On one hand we have to wait longer for the season to begin. But on the other, the season opener is where it should be in Australia.

I wonder if they'll push the Melbourne race up a week or so.
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Would be a bit difficult to move up as it is a street track, and some of the locals are irritated enough by the GP. I used to know a girl who stayed in albert park, as a matter of fact, her balcony overlooked the track and she hated it when the race disrupted her life.
 
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Would be a bit difficult to move up as it is a street track, and some of the locals are irritated enough by the GP. I used to know a girl who stayed in albert park, as a matter of fact, her balcony overlooked the track and she hated it when the race disrupted her life.
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Yeah, that is a good point. In regards to your friend though, that would be my absolute dream to have an apartment with a balcony overlooking an F1 street circuit!
 
Well this is a shame. This means i wont get to watch any racing until June. I do hope they get this race rescheduled though.
 
ITV: "Bernie Ecclestone hopes Formula 1 will be able to return to Bahrain “soon” following the country’s decision to withdraw from hosting the season-opening grand prix, as both he and the FIA backed the country’s decision to call off its March 13 race"
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Even money gets scared and runs away from revolution (maybe?).
 
akmuq
Those terrorists don't represent any Islamic countries.
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Of course they don't. But that wouldn't stop people from saying it. Especially if they are taking any opportunity they can get to call for the race to be cancelled outright. And I've seen quite a bit of that lately, with a lot of people using the uprising as an excuse to call for the race to be abandoned completely. Just watch how a lot of people lose interest in the events in Bahrain now that the race has been cancelled.

Anyway, if Bahrain is rescheduled for a later daye, I'm still tipping the weekend of November 6th. It's the only time that makes sense.
 
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Of course they don't. But that wouldn't stop people from saying it.
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Yes some minority of people may say it (but I'm not even sure it would be more than a handful of people). Even then, who is going to listen to such an ignorant stance, futhermore, who would actively be convinced to cancel a race because of it.

Sounds like a non-issue. Conversely, people who want to cancel the race due to the current political climate in Bahrain have a very legitimate reason to take that stance.
 

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