Thanks. Except, as Kyle says, it is. Oh well, if it goes ahead it will be more interesting than usual.
I'll try and find the quote, but didn't his regimes foreign minister say something along the lines of: "We see the riots in London and are prepared to accept the rebels as the true leaders of the country?" Edit: In fact, the quote is even better:
Administering a single lash for every second of every lap that he was slower than Vettel in Malaysia.
Well at least theres one thing we can take from all of this. At least they've dumped the extra section they built, which complete ruined the 'flow' of it. It was meant to be a high speed track (Tilke knew ==> less chance for snipers to score a hit), but the new bit was awful, incredibly bumpy as well. I didn't mind the old layout for watching onboard laps, but the racing was horrible there, even without the newer section. There was only the first corner that had overtaking, the last corner seemed to risky for the drivers because of the kerb on the exit, and the fact that any overtakes iv'e seen there, everyone has gone wide
Well, this explains a lot. The prize money bit I can understand but why would trackside advertising prove more successful in Bahrain than anywhere else?
Elsewhere in Ecclestonetopia, having offered this advice to protestors a couple of weeks ago: He now thinks that would be silly: Also, it's Andrew Benson's fault: JAonF1's version of events:
Here's some facts for you Bernie: Bahrain is a country with one of the worst human rights records on Earth and you want to help fund that for the sake of a quick buck, whilst simultaneously putting everyone associated with F1 in danger - fans, mechanics, and drivers.
F1 is going to America, they use torture on suspects, sometimes to death, although they do have the decency to do it off-shore and away from TV cameras so they can 'legally' circumvent the Geneva convention. And the Bahrainian 'security' forces, who trained them in these tactics? Mostly British military, part of the contracts to supply the arms, which we're still doing. Although I condemn what the Bahraini's are doing, I can't help but feel we are all complicit in it, and we all know why. £.
The protestors have declined to follow Ecclestone's advice to block the road to the circuit waving placards and then go home and have instead started the #bloodyF1 hashtag describing incidents of brutal oppression and inconveniently calling for cancellation of the race.
As they say on the news, it's impossible to verify the photos but they make shocking viewing, very powerful: "You will be racing over their bodies and their mothers' hearts".
