The possible rescheduling of the 2011 Bahrain grand prix was still uncertain after a meeting of the F1 teams on Thursday evening.<\/p>\n
F1 chief executive Bernie Ecclestone, however, emerged with a positive message about the ability of the island Kingdom to host a safe race this season.<\/p>\n
“They are all nice people there and I don’t think we’d have any problem,” said the 80-year-old.<\/p>\n
He admitted there might be some opportunistic protests if the race goes ahead “But I don’t think from a safety point of view there is anything to worry about.”<\/p>\n
June 3 is the final deadline for Ecclestone to propose the rescheduling of the race during the Barcelona meeting of the World Motor Sport Council.<\/p>\n
It is believed the proposed solution of reshuffling India to December 4 has been ruled out by teams on the grounds of logistics, while bosses are also concerned about pushing out the calendar beyond its current late November finale.<\/p>\n
“It’s difficult with all the working people,” Ecclestone acknowledged.\u00a0 “The problem is the date.”<\/p>\n
FOTA chairman Martin Whitmarsh, whose McLaren team is part-owned by the Bahrain government, admitted that December “makes it a very long season”.<\/p>\n
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