Bahrain is back on the schedule

[cameraman]

And this bit of video from the weekend appeared on youtube last night.

BddeDntiAXA

I wouldn't be buying any non-refundable tickets to that one...
:shakehead

[Gnam]

The locals were just trying sell the police a hat. :p

If the teams were willing to boycott the 2005 USGP over safety, how could they justify running at Bahrain?

[emjaya]

Bernie and the FIA say it's safe enough to go racing, but the teams and the drivers are not so sure.

Ross Brawn says it makes the season too long (http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/91615)

and

Mark Webber says it's a Human Rights issue. (http://www.markwebber.com/on-the-track-news/2011-season/2011-bahrain-grand-prix/)

[Cam]

Bloody Sheila's. That's a normal Saturday night in Sao Paulo. :D

[Tifosi24]

I would love to see the season go down to the wire, but after they reinstated Bahrain, part of me wants Vettel and Red Bull to wrap it up early and then all the teams boycott the race and tell Bernie to pound sand. I didn't read the article, but this made cnn.com's main story along with the fact that many of the Bahraini national soccer team are currently in jail for demonstrating. In my eyes, what this government has done to its people, and continues to do, is no different than Apartheid in the 1980s and it is incumbent upon the international sporting world to boycott the country.

The fact they even race at this garbage track is already a sin against racing.

[nissan gtp]

they can't boycott, the FIA would exclude them from the championship

[Gnam]

Wonder if the sponsors are happy to get another showcase for their logos or worried about negative attention in the middle of a crackdown?

[Indy]

That's what I was thinking. If I were a sponsor I would be running away from this.

[racer2c]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/formula_one/13694628.stm

Bernie says "No".

[TrueBrit]

..........and now it's not........