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Ecclestone dismisses Bahrain concerns
SHANGHAI, April 15, 2013 (AFP) - Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone has dismissed concerns over this week's Bahrain Grand Prix after pro-democracy protests threatened to overshadow the event for the third year running. Ecclestone said he could see "no reason" why the race, which was cancelled in 2011 after an uprising but went ahead despite demonstrations last year, should not be a success. "Yes. There's no reason why it shouldn't be (a success)," Ecclestone told AFP at the Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai. Last week, police fired tear-gas and sound bombs to disperse hundreds of people demonstrating against the grand prix, witnesses said. The mainly Shiite...
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