F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone has insisted that the 2012 Bahrain GrandPrix will go ahead as planned on Sunday April 22nd. Last years race was cancelled due to civil unrest in the country after riots broke out in the country on 14th February 2011. At the time the Gulf state insisted that race could go ahead however last year Bahrain was scheduled as the first race of the season and as the team's cancelled the final test of the pre-season in Bahrain they felt the best thing to do was to cancel the GrandPrix.
Ecclestone however, sees no reason at all why the race won't go ahead this year and fully expects F1 to back in Bahrain in April. In an interview with the Telegraph Ecclestone said that the only negative reports that he has heard of this week was that 'some kid's got in trouble with the police'.
A spokesperson for the Bahrain International circuit echoed Ecclestones belief that the race will go ahead comparing the riots and unrest in the country to last summers riots in London. The FIA has also said that they feel that the race can go ahead as president of Motorsport governing body Jean Todt has viusited the region in recent weeks and believes that the country is ready to host the race again and he feels that the hosting of the GrandPrix will help to bring the country together.
In my opinion Formula One should not return to Bahrain this year due to the fact there has been reports of fresh violence in the country and that the staging of the GrandPrix could mean that it becomes a target. The announcement that the race will go ahead comes just day's after a number of MP's in Britain had called for Formula One to cancel the race again this year.
We shall just have to wait and see what happens in the coming day's.
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