“One of the teams sent a person over there recently – and I’ve spoken to
them today actually – and they said everything’s perfect, there’s no
problem.
“They’ve been to the circuit, they’ve been everywhere in Bahrain and
they are very happy.
“We can’t force teams to take part. They would be in breach of contracts
with us [F1] if they didn’t, but we would deal with that matter as a
separate issue.”
Ecclestone said he was “not in a position” to consider whether
Bahrain should be axed from the F1 calendar at the moment, but has refused
to rule out not renewing the race’s contract.
“We have an agreement with the people in Bahrain. We have a contract
with the FIA and vice-versa,” he added. “Maybe we wouldn’t renew
it. We’ll have to look and see.”