A top Bahraini tourism representative has slammed Bernie Ecclestone for his U-turn on the race, an attack that will no doubt not go down well with the F1 boss.
Nabeel Kanoo, a Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry board member and head of its tourism committee, made his feelings clear.
“We were really optimistic after the event had been re-scheduled to take place in October,” he told the Gulf Daily News. “Now that it might not be happening, it’s a real blow. It is a shameful decision and smacks of hypocrisy. There was no reason to consider cancelling it.
“Mr Ecclestone, of course, has the final say but in spite of him, we will move on. Whatever happens, we will not be discouraged with this and reiterate that we are solidly behind our leadership and support its call for a national dialogue.”
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I’m sure Bernard is quite stung by that accusation. Sarcasm aside; the FiA, and FOM are proving the adage true that the only thing worse than a bad decision is no decision at all.
Im sure he’s loving all of the publicity though being the king of ‘all publicity is good publicity..’.
Just a thought, but given that F1 didn’t come through for the Rulers in Bahrain will they want the F1 race back in the future anyway
Hey, that will drop the number of races on next year’s calendar to 20!
Hehehe. Bernie may have been clever here. Turkey can be a backup for the US (if that falls through), but now it can also be a backup for Bahrain!