Motar sport has hardly covered itself in glory in recent times, with total confusion over the Bahrain Formula 1 Grand Prix.
The race, initially scheduled for March, was 'suspended' due to unrest in that country with the intention of rescheduling it later in the year. Last week, the motorsport governing body, the FIA, announced that the race would take place in October, with the Indian GP being pushed back to December. Rather unsurprisingly, there was a degree of unhappiness about this proposal, both due to the apparent disregard the decision showed for the recent actions of the Bahraini government, and for the disruption that was to be caused to the end of the F1 season. Yesterday, the F1 teams association, FOTA, expressed their view that the proposals were unacceptable and today Bernie Ecclestone, the effective boss of F1 has said that they are simply 'no-go', so it looks as though the saga is now at an end.
How Formula 1 got itself in this mess in the first place may be a question that needs considering but at least they've arrived at the right answer in the end.
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