F1 Fanatic

Looking forward to the race.

Kieth took some criticism last year for not having the prediction championship round for Bahrain. I know its a sporting event which should not be tied to politics, but you won’t find me supporting F1 in Bahrain […]

Keith, thank you for continuing to provide a critical response to Ecclestone’s and Todt’s decision to continue their support for Bahrain’s brutal regime. As far as I can see, yours is the only F1 site with the […]

Thanks very much for that, Keith.

I agree with @ned-flanders. I’m embarrassed by how F1 has acted in Bahrain and am ashamed to be an F1 fan because of it.

I, personally, won’t be watching the race this […]

@keithcollantine cheers for the info. Unfortunately this type of imprisonment of protestors isn’t new and isn’t isolated to the Bahrainians.

I’m not sure what Bernie hopes to prove by taking F1 to the […]

Thanks very much for the update @keith-collantine, I see its still very much a place F1 should either not be, or actively push the government to resolve the issues. Although I guess even Bernies negotiating […]

What a sad state of affairs. The worst thing is there’s no real prospect of change while the same hardliners are in power and the irrational Iranophobia persists.

It’s also such a shame that the Bahrain GP […]

Last week I attended a press briefing on the Bahrain Grand Prix which included a talk and Q&A session with an expert on the country. They gave a thorough overview of developments since the crisis began two years […]

Gulf News reported yesterday that there have been “explosions” in Bahrain ahead of the race.

http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/bahrain/explosions-hit-bahrain-ahead-of-f1-race-1.1170549

In other news, Bahrain’s […]

@Garns
If you are heading all the way over to Europe from Australia you should try and go to at least two races while you’re there right? At least that’s what I told my missus ;P I went to Belgian and Italian […]

@Keith true enough i can ignore it….