it looks as if the the decision to go ahead with the Bahrain GP is about to blow up in Bernie's, the FIA, the teams and the Bahrain ruling
family's face.
According to a report by by the BBC Chief F1 writer Andrew Benson dateline 20.43 BST 28th March 2012 on the the BBC Internet News website.
Quote
"Nalbeel Rajab president of Bahrain Centre for Human Rights told the BBC Hrdtalk program's Stephen Sakur " It should stop at least out
of respect for the formula 1 staff who were systematically tortured inside the premises. The majority of staff were tortured inside the
building"
But Bernie Ecclestone said "It's business as usual I don't think these people trying to demonstrate a little bit are going to use
anything to do with F1 If they did it would be a little bit silly"
end quote
The BBC HARDtalk interview is due to go out on BBC world News on the 29th March at 03.30, 08.30, 15,30 and 20.30 GMT
[Edited on 28/3/12 by britishtrident]
Interesting the version of this article on the BBC Sport F1 website delivered via my PC is different from that delivered on my android phone it
"Nalbeel Rajab president of Bahrain Centre for Human Rights told the BBC Hrdtalk program's Stephen Sakur " It should stop at least out
of respect for the formula 1 staff who were systematically tortured inside the premises. The majority of staff were tortured inside the building"
"
Is edited down to
"Nalbeel Rajab president of Bahrain Centre for Human Rights told the BBC Hrdtalk program's Stephen Sakur " It should stop at least out
of respect for the formula 1 staff."
[Edited on 28/3/12 by britishtrident]
I feel im missing something kinda critical to this story...
I remember last year that Bernie loses a load of money if the cancellation comes from him, whilst the royal family lose if they cancel. Is that the
same this year?
For this year, the royal family want it to go ahead smoothly as it allows them to show how amazingly sorted the country is. Demonstrations that
disrupt it will, equally, publicise to the World what's going on.
I want Bernie and co to try to stage it- it strikes me as so ridiculously easy for someone to disrupt the race that if they attempt to stage it then
the protesters will get an easy win.
Bunch of people run out in front of the starting lights with massive banner held over the track- instantly on TV to millions globally.
Someone run onto track and pour a load of diesel on it and wreck the surface.
Someone run onto track and pour petrol on it and light it and wreck the surface.
Fire fireworks at the cars on the start line.
etc. etc. this is what I came up with just during writing this and I'm hardly an expert!
Cheers,
James
There will come a day when Uncle Bernie will die, and this fiasco called Formula 1 will change. Holding western cities and governments for ransom, while corrupt eastern countries pay whatever he decides that week, will come to a crashing end. He is not the first to do business with the devil, and won't be the last, but maybe the last in F1 for a while.
A traveling circus, which I'm afraid F1 has become, will always follow the money.
sadly I think last week proved it to me, a bit of rain and we had a race, although team politics did spoil the end result a bit but then we all know
who should have won.
tony
quote:
Originally posted by mad-butcher
although team politics did spoil the end result a bit but then we all know who should have won.
tony