F1’s powers that be are “carefully monitoring” ongoing occasions within the Center East forward of the races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.
“Our subsequent three races are in Australia, China and Japan and never within the Center East,” stated a spokesperson for F1 following at this time’s occasions in Iran, “these races usually are not for quite a lot of weeks.
“As all the time, we carefully monitor any state of affairs like this and work carefully with related authorities,” they added.
Forward of subsequent weekend’s season opener, some members of the F1 ‘circus’ have re-routed their flights, opting to keep away from the Center East, and whereas Iran is on the centre of occasions there was fallout elsewhere within the area together with the UAE, Qatar and Bahrain.
A moist climate take a look at as a result of happen in Bahrain at this time (Saturday) and tomorrow, involving Mercedes and McLaren, has been cancelled by Pirelli, after Iranian forces focused a US naval base within the nation.
