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F1 teams relaxed about 2014 Bahrain pre-season tests

F1 teams relaxed about 2014 Bahrain pre-season tests 8 October, 2013 Formula 1 flag flies in the Bahrain paddock Formula 1 teams say they have no qualms about scheduling crucial pre-season tests in Bahrain next February after the restive Gulf kingdom's grand prix went ahead without incident this year. The 2011 race had to be cancelled, due to civil unrest and the crushing of an anti-government uprising that cost at least 35 lives, and some rights activists have since urged teams and sponsors to stay away. Teams have argued in their defence that Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone draws up the calendar and they are contractually obliged to race wherever he decides. However, they do have a...
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