Two leading Formula One team chiefs said yesterday that the bungled management of the Bahrain Grand Prix fiasco had damaged the image of their sport
Two leading Formula One team chiefs said yesterday that the bungled management of the Bahrain Grand Prix fiasco had damaged the image of their sport. 
Red Bull boss Christian Horner
Red Bull boss Christian Horner and Renault's Eric Boullier both agreed that it was a mistake to reinstate the race -- as announced last Friday by the sport's governing body, the International Motoring Federation (FIA) -- and then call it off for a second time in controversial circumstances. 
Renault's Eric Boullier
Horner was clearly embarrassed by the whole episode. "It's an unfortunate situation," he said. "Obviously with the way things have been handled, with the uncertainty, maybe it could have been handled better, but we are where we are."
Boullier said the sport needed to understand that it could not override the bigger picture of international affairs. "I am a young inexperienced team principal, but I am pushing hard to do my best to help to build F1 for the future -- and obviously it is never good when you get such reactions when things like this happen," he said.
"F1 is a non-political sport. We cannot do whatever we want because there are issues like this. We need to be a little bit more cautious."
Organisers of the Bahrain GP conceded that their event will not happen this year. "Whilst Bahrain would have been delighted to see the GP on October 30, it has been made clear this fixture cannot progress and we fully respect that decision," said Zayed R Alzayani, chairman of the Bahrain International Circuit. --
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