Post by blacktulip on Jun 8, 2011 13:08:47 GMT
BERNIE ECCLESTONE said the rescheduled Bahrain Grand Prix is now unlikely to happen because of opposition from the teams.
The F1 ringmaster did another u-turn as Formula 1 heads for Sunday’s Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal.
The latest move follows a letter from the team’s organisation FOTA saying they were unhappy about the Manama race returning to the calendar on October 30.
Among other things it meant India’s debut race being pushed to the end of the year and the longest season in the sport’s history extending into December.
"Hopefully there'll be peace and quiet and we can return in the future, but of course it's not on," said Ecclestone.
"The schedule cannot be rescheduled without the agreement of the participants... they're the facts."
The Gulf kingdom race was originally scheduled to be the opening race of the season on March 13 but had to be postponed due to civil unrest.
Despite more than 30 deaths, well documented repression of civil liberties and public concern by international human rights groups the World Motor Sport Council voted on June 3 to put the race on again.
The opposition of the teams seemed to count for nothing.
But it took the former head of the FIA, Max Mosley, to point out that, according to Article 66 of the International Sporting Code, the calendar could not be changed without the written permission of the teams.
The F1 ringmaster did another u-turn as Formula 1 heads for Sunday’s Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal.
The latest move follows a letter from the team’s organisation FOTA saying they were unhappy about the Manama race returning to the calendar on October 30.
Among other things it meant India’s debut race being pushed to the end of the year and the longest season in the sport’s history extending into December.
"Hopefully there'll be peace and quiet and we can return in the future, but of course it's not on," said Ecclestone.
"The schedule cannot be rescheduled without the agreement of the participants... they're the facts."
The Gulf kingdom race was originally scheduled to be the opening race of the season on March 13 but had to be postponed due to civil unrest.
Despite more than 30 deaths, well documented repression of civil liberties and public concern by international human rights groups the World Motor Sport Council voted on June 3 to put the race on again.
The opposition of the teams seemed to count for nothing.
But it took the former head of the FIA, Max Mosley, to point out that, according to Article 66 of the International Sporting Code, the calendar could not be changed without the written permission of the teams.