The Telegraph is unable to independently verify the date or location of the
video footage though this footage was claimed to have been filmed on
Thursday evening.
Despite an incident in which mechanics
from the Force India team were caught between petrol-bomb throwing
protesters and riot police, all the Formula One teams are publicly
committed to running the race.
Around town, though, it doesn’t feel like race weekend.
“There is not much of a sense of a large fan entourage here,” our
correspondent said of the quiet streets of Manama, which would usually be
filled with sponsor’s branding and parties when Formula One comes to town.
“The big fear is that someone makes it onto the track during Sunday’s
race but a more likely outcome may be for a protester to unfurl a banner
they had smuggled into the venue in the hope that it will be seen by the
estimated 600 million race watchers worldwide.
Even strict Formula One licensing rights would not stop the dissemination of
any such incident.
“If any protesters do get in they are well versed in taking footage on mobile
phones and then smuggling it out and putting on the internet,” Mr Freeman
said.
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