No one in formula one really wants to go to Bahrain, according to the correspondent for The Times newspaper.<\/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 criticising 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.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 “What are you talking about?”<\/p>\n
The reporter said: “He (Ecclestone) then swore and stormed off.”<\/p>\n
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