Sebastian Vettel at the Milton Keynes Home Run

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Apr 17, 2012

Chinese Grand Prix: Photostory Apr 17, 2012

Chinese Grand Prix

As the Formula One returned to China last weekend, Red Bull Racing drivers Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel fought their way upfield to take fourth and fifth respectively.

Apr 16, 2012

Chinese Grand Prix: Red Bulls bounce back for good points haul Apr 16, 2012

Chinese Grand Prix

After poor starts, both Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel fought their way upfield to take fourth and fifth respectively in China...

Apr 12, 2012

Lucky Numbers: Chinese Grand Prix | Formula One Apr 12, 2012

China GP

This weekend the ninth edition of the Chinese Grand Prix tears up the Shanghai International Circuit in what is sure to be another unpredictable race. We've crunched the most important numbers to...

Mar 23, 2012

Photo of the Day: Spray Time with Red Bull Racing Mar 23, 2012

Sebastian Vettel at Red Bull Racing

With the Malaysian Grand Prix taking place this weekend, we look back to last years win, and see Vettel celebrating by showering Adrian Newey with champagne.

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Event Details

Location
Sakhir, Bahrain (Map this address )
Start
APR 20, 2012 at 12:00 AM
End
APR 22, 2012 at 11:59 PM
About
Last year's Bahrain Grand Prix was originally scheduled to be the opening round for the 2011 Formula One season. Planned to be held on 13 March at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, it was postponed on 21 February due to local civil unrest. On 3 June, it was announced that the race would be held on 30 October, thus making it round 17 of the 20 to be held during the campaign. However, following controversy over the reinstatement of the race, organisers of the Grand Prix abandoned their bid to host a race in 2011.

2012 sees fresh doubts emerging about the viability of this year's Grand Prix after a human rights group in the Gulf kingdom called on the Formula 1 teams to boycott the race in the wake of continuing civil unrest. It is the first public intervention by an interested party on the subject of the wisdom of holding the race since F1's governing body the FIA confirmed Bahrain's place on the 2012 calendar last month.

Bahrain's inclusion on the official schedule raised eyebrows, because the unrest that led to the cancellation of last year's event still exists. The call for a boycott became public two days after police were accused of beating a leading opposition activist on the back, neck and head at a rally on Friday. Ecclestone was unavailable for comment but it is thought that he and the FIA are determined to go ahead with the race.

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