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Ecclestone rules out August Bahrain race
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March 5, 2011, Saturday
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THE Bahrain Grand Prix could be re-scheduled at the end of the year after Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone ruled out an August date on Thursday.
"August - forget. Too hot. Too hot for the public to sit in the grandstand, it's 40-odd degrees," the 80-year-old Briton told the BBC. Bahrain's Sakhir circuit had been due to open the season on March 13 but the race was called off due to bloody civil unrest in the Gulf kingdom. The season will now start in Australia on March 27. Ecclestone said earlier in the week that he hoped to reschedule the race. "We'll have a look and see what we can do, how we can swap things round a bit. Maybe we can change with Brazil or something like that," he said. Brazil is scheduled to end the season on November 27, after a race in Abu Dhabi.
"August - forget. Too hot. Too hot for the public to sit in the grandstand, it's 40-odd degrees," the 80-year-old Briton told the BBC. Bahrain's Sakhir circuit had been due to open the season on March 13 but the race was called off due to bloody civil unrest in the Gulf kingdom. The season will now start in Australia on March 27. Ecclestone said earlier in the week that he hoped to reschedule the race. "We'll have a look and see what we can do, how we can swap things round a bit. Maybe we can change with Brazil or something like that," he said. Brazil is scheduled to end the season on November 27, after a race in Abu Dhabi.
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