{"id":8718,"date":"2012-04-16T07:16:01","date_gmt":"2012-04-16T14:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=8718"},"modified":"2012-04-16T07:16:01","modified_gmt":"2012-04-16T14:16:01","slug":"f1-no-one-in-f1-wants-to-go-to-bahrain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=8718","title":{"rendered":"F1: No one in F1 wants to go to Bahrain"},"content":{"rendered":"

F1: No one in F1 wants to go to Bahrain<\/strong>
\nmotorsport.com – 16 April, 2012<\/p>\n

Kevin Eason has admitted he was harangued by the low-profile FIA president Jean Todt in Shanghai last weekend, after a series of articles criticizing the decision to plough ahead with the grand prix.<\/p>\n

“Todt admitted that he will have to live with his decision,” wrote Eason, “and he will be in Bahrain to oversee events at the grand prix.”<\/p>\n

The British journalist insisted, however, that he has “talked at length to team personnel, team principals, secretaries, motor home catering staff, public relations men — and I cannot find anyone who truly wants to go to Bahrain.”<\/p>\n

One female member of Williams’ catering staff has had her contract terminated for refusing to go to Bahrain on moral grounds.<\/p>\n

But the Austrian legend Niki Lauda said he has no qualms.<\/p>\n

When asked if he’s travelling from Shanghai to Bahrain to work as usual as a pundit for German television RTL, he insisted: “Yes of course.<\/p>\n

“The FIA and Ecclestone have made a decision, as they believe it is safe enough to go. So we go.”<\/p>\n

On Monday, a photo emerged on the internet showing protesters burning down the largest F1 billboard on capital Manama’s main highway.<\/p>\n

It is also reported that a teenage boy is lying in intensive care after being shot by Bahrain police at a funeral.<\/p>\n

“Nobody has been shot,” F1 chief executive Bernie Ecclestone snapped at a reporter for AFP news agency in China. “What are you talking about?”<\/p>\n

The reporter said: “He (Ecclestone) then swore and stormed off.”<\/p>\n

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