The 2011 season could end with a back-to-back double header in the Arabian peninsula, according to the latest reports.<\/p>\n
Even though the turmoil in Bahrain is still ongoing, and the FIA’s May deadline for a race rescheduling has entered its final month, the reports say moves are afoot to reshuffle the end of the calendar.<\/p>\n
Italiaracing said the most likely scenario now for a rescheduled Bahrain grand prix would also involve rescheduling November’s nearby Abu Dhabi race.<\/p>\n
The report said the Yas Marina event could be pushed back to December, with Brazil’s currently season-ending date brought forward to close the gap.<\/p>\n
The final two calendar stops could then be Abu Dhabi and Bahrain, separated on the map by mere hundreds of kilometres, run back-to-back.<\/p>\n
“We’ll have a look and see what we can do, how we can swap things round a bit,” Bernie Ecclestone said last month.\u00a0 “Maybe we can change with Brazil or something like that.”<\/p>\n
In February, Abu Dhabi motor federation president Mohammed ben Sulayem said Yas Marina was open to helping Bahrain find a rescheduled date in 2011.<\/p>\n
“Finding time in the calendar is feasible,” he said.<\/p>\n
“Originally, Abu Dhabi and Bahrain agreed to have a big separation on the calendar to make the most of the exposure that a grand prix brings.\u00a0 However, this is an emergency and in an emergency we need to work together,” he added.<\/p>\n
Italiaracing, however, said the teams might be reluctant to see the schedule extended into December.<\/p>\n
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