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Article

9 Apr 2012

Author:
Paul Weaver and Ian Black, Guardian [UK]

F1 teams want FIA to postpone Bahrain Grand Prix

The Formula One teams want the sport's governing body to cancel – or at least postpone – the Bahrain Grand Prix...because of increasing safety concerns...A leading member of the 12 team principals, who would not be named but who said his views were representative – said: "...If I'm brutally frank, the only way they can pull this race off without incident is to have a complete military lock-down there. And I think that would be unacceptable, both for Formula One and for Bahrain..."