Bahrain Grand Prix will be canceled without support of drivers and teams, says Bernie Ecclestone

Formula One chief Bernie Ecclestone has admitted the Bahrain Grand Prix is unlikely to go ahead as the race cannot be rescheduled without the support of the teams. 

 

No go: Bernie Ecclestone says there is no chance of re0scheduling the Bahrain Grand Prix without the support of drivers and teams

Ecclestone had backed moving the race to October 30 after the season opener had originally been postponed because of unrest in the country.

But now Ecclestone has admitted the race will not go ahead after 11 F1 teams objected.

Ecclestone told BBC Sport: "Hopefully there'll be peace and quiet and we can return in the future, but of course it's not on. The schedule cannot be rescheduled without the agreement of the participants – they're the facts."

Ecclestone's comments come after the move to put the Bahrain race on in October – and move the race originally schedule for that date in India back until December – attracted widespread criticism.

That move was condemned by teams and drivers and also by human rights organisations, who were unhappy with claims by the sport's governing body, the FIA, that the situation had returned to normal in Bahrain. 

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