Finding a slot for Bahrain
With the Bahrain Grand Prix looking increasingly likely to return to the F1 calendar, Dieter Rencken identifies what is the ideal slot for the event
Could the Bahrain Grand Prix be on after all?
It is no secret that the three sides of Formula 1's triangle - the FIA; FOM, the commercial rights holder; and FOTA - are all intent on staging the race, not least for the sake of having 20 races to honour commitments made to sponsors and TV broadcasters, plus, of course, the lucrative income such an event provides.
Let it be said here that there can be no other considerations, for all sides vow they are adopting apolitical attitudes to happenings on the besieged desert island...
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