{"id":15694,"date":"2012-03-30T06:53:42","date_gmt":"2012-03-30T10:53:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/?p=15694"},"modified":"2012-03-30T06:53:42","modified_gmt":"2012-03-30T10:53:42","slug":"teams-ready-for-last-minute-bahrain-axe-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/formula-1\/teams-ready-for-last-minute-bahrain-axe-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Teams ready for last-minute Bahrain axe &#8211; report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Teams are making preparations just in case the Bahrain grand prix is called off at the last minute.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-left alignleft\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/gallery\/f1-2012-rif-images\/f1-12-circuits\/bah-manama.jpg\" alt=\"bah-manama\" width=\"461\" height=\"307\" \/>That is the claim of Germany&#8217;s Auto Motor und Sport, reporting that the teams could put their back-up plans into action even as late as the Sunday in China &#8212; mere days before they are expected to be at Sakhir.<\/p>\n<p>In London this week, F1 chief executive and team bosses stood side by side with Bahrain circuit officials, insisting the race will go ahead despite defiant speculation to the contrary.<\/p>\n<p>But Auto Motor und Sport reveals that the teams will also be ready if the plug is indeed pulled at the last minute &#8212; for example, their freight would go not from Shanghai to Bahrain, but back to Europe via Dubai.<\/p>\n<p>And the report also said tickets have been reserved for the teams&#8217; travelling staff, in the event they do not have to hop directly to the island Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Schumacher, however, insists he is not worried about going to Bahrain.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m pretty relaxed, honestly,&#8221; said the seven time world champion.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;From our perspective, we&#8217;re going to be very well looked after, because they (the race organisers) might foresee whatever and be prepared.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m pretty sure we&#8217;re going to be ok,&#8221; added Schumacher.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><em>\u00a9 RIF | GMM<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Teams are making preparations just in case the Bahrain grand prix is called off at the last minute. That is the claim of Germany&#8217;s Auto Motor und Sport, reporting that the teams could put their back-up plans into action even as late as the Sunday in China &#8212; mere days before they are expected to &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[2120,3],"tags":[864,59,5262,5340,92],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15694"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15694"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15694\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15695,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15694\/revisions\/15695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}