Bernie Ecclestone has told Bahrain that he would waive the race fee if the race is cancelled © Sutton Images
Bernie Ecclestone has said that any decision taken on the future of the Bahrain Grand Prix will have 'nothing to do with money at all'.
The World Motor Sports Council is meeting in Barcelona today to discuss the possibility of rescheduling the race, as unrest continues on the Island State. Eyewitness reports on Friday said that police were firing rubber bullets at protestors, and as calls grow for Formula One to distance itself from the current situation by cancelling this year's grand prix, Ecclestone said that money was not a deciding factor.
"Nothing to do with money at all. Nothing, in any shape or form," Ecclestone told Reuters Television. "This has to do with whether people... I don't know, to be honest, with this occasion whether people are concerned with their safety if they go or whether people are concerned with what has happened in the past.
"What has happened in that whole area, in all those countries, is not good in any way, so we will have to wait and see."
Credit: ESPN F1 (en.espnf1.com)
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