“It’s another race on the calendar, it’s scheduled.
“The only people that can do anything about it is the National Sporting
Authority in the country.
“They can ask for it to be withdrawn from the calendar. Unless it gets
withdrawn by them, then we’ll be there.”
Ecclestone has reiterated the fact he has no concerns regarding safety,
despite threats made by one protest group who have vowed to disrupt the race.
Asked if he felt it would be safe, Ecclestone said: “According to what I’ve
been told, yes.
“Apparently people are there carrying out their business as normal, so I’m
told.
“A guy from Lotus went over to check things recently and he said it was
business as usual. But I don’t know, I haven’t been there.
“But I don’t see why it should be (dangerous). I don’t think the people in
Bahrain have anything against Formula One team people or journalists.”
Ecclestone has again confirmed he will be in attendance, adding: “I shall be
there, for sure.
“I hope everybody is there. We shouldn’t be getting involved with other
people’s politics.
“We enter a country in the normal way. We don’t deal with the religion or the
politics.
“It’s not our business running the country. So we go there. If it was a pop
singer they’d be there, they’d sing.
“I’ve not heard the teams express any concerns, and I think Sebastian Vettel
said he’s happy to be there.”
Jokingly asked as to whether he felt anybody should cancel their hotel
bookings, he said: “No, I wouldn’t do that if I was you.”