The Bahrain circuit's chairman tells CNN's Fred Pleitgen about the decision to go ahead with the controversial F1 race.
Organizers for the controversial Bahrain Grand Prix have been given a boost after several Formula One teams, including world champions Red Bull, told CNN they will not unilaterally pull out of the race.
Formula One bosses are under increasing pressure to review their decision to stage the Bahrain Grand Prix later this month.
Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel dominated Formula One in 2011 en route to clinching a second consecutive world title, but team principal Christian Horner has warned his rivals the German can still get better.
Bahrain's Formula One organizers insist that the Gulf state's grand prix race will go ahead as planned in April, despite recent fears that its political situation has not improved.
Employees of the company running the Bahrain Grand Prix were reinstated on Wednesday, after they were dismissed following last year's civil uprising in the Gulf kingdom.
The Formula One Teams Association (FOTA) has written to motorsport's governing body about the 2011 race calendar amidst a backdrop of confusion over the re-instated Bahrain Grand Prix.
Formula One's governing body says it has extended the deadline for a decision to be made on whether to rearrange this year's cancelled Bahrain Grand Prix.
The continuing unrest in Bahrain which left three people dead on Thursday also forced the cancellation of a Formula One feeder series event, raising further doubts that the elite motorsport's new season can begin in the trouble-hit kingdom next month.
Anti-government protests in Bahrain have cast doubts over the staging of the opening grand prix of the season in the Gulf state next month.
Champagne won't be sprayed this weekend in Bahrain at the country's Formula One Grand Prix, a hotly anticipated race that kicks off the season.
Cosmopolitan and modern, the Kingdom of Bahrain in the Persian Gulf has enjoyed a traditional prosperity throughout its long and rich history.
This week, Marketplace Middle East goes to Cairo for the Arab Business Council?s annual gathering.
This week MME speaks to the man charged with boosting growth in the Kingdom of Bahrain: Sheikh Mohammed bin Isa Al Khalifa.
Bahrain will host a Formula One grand prix until well into the next decade after announcing a long term contract extension.
Defending F1 champion Fernando Alonso of Renault won the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday, holding off a challenge from Michael Schumacher.
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