Talk:2011 Bahrain Grand Prix

No longer a stub?
Well, the amount of organisation in this article... 81.178.165.57 (talk) 19:18, 4 June 2011 (UTC)
 * It's a start, more or less - these articles never amount to much before the race takes place. Still not convinced this one will... Bretonbanquet (talk) 23:35, 4 June 2011 (UTC)
 * It won't! Mjroots (talk) 12:42, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

More sources
Here I've got more sources for the last decision about this race.

I don't have time to add them, would be nice if someone else did.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/08/uk-motor-racing-bahrain-idUSLNE75704E20110608 http://edition.cnn.com/2011/SPORT/motorsport/06/07/motorsport.F1.mosley.bahrain/ http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/08/bahrain-grand-prix-not-on-after-teams-object/ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/formula_one/13694628.stm http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2011/06/bahrain-formula-1-boss-says-grand-prix-postponed.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mohamed CJ (talk • contribs) 19:01, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

The "sources" you give are news items that repeat the opinion of Max Mosley and Bernie Ecclestone. While these opinions are influential they are not definitive. I would be looking for a statement from the FIA or other organisation given at a press conference rather than an interview. Britmax (talk) 19:30, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

The current situation (9/6/11)
I've removed some parts of the article that claim the race is totally off despite the FIA's insistence that it is still on. It felt a bit too speculative. The article does cite Rule 66, which has not been followed up on, but I'm pretty sure FOTA won't actually vote on the issue until they actually have a meeting about it. Prisonermonkeys (talk) 10:32, 9 June 2011 (UTC)

Should cancelled F1/WDC events have their own category?
Just curious. --TheHande (talk) 18:43, 18 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Sure. They should also have a different colour than "not held" on the lists; since they were actually scheduled or contracted, whereas "not held" could indicate the interval between holding contracts for races. 65.94.47.63 (talk) 13:25, 26 June 2011 (UTC)
 * I don't think so. What would be in the category? Just 2011 Bahrain Grand Prix (noting that we don't have articles for the 1955 French, German, Spanish and Swiss Grands Prix, which as far as I am aware are the only other races to have been cancelled after having been on the official calendar). I don't see much point having a category for one article. DH85868993 (talk) 02:32, 27 June 2011 (UTC)
 * It is a very obscure distinction, only leant credence because of WP:Recentism. Alterring colour of Not Held is not neccessary either. These tables should not be a rainbow. --Falcadore (talk) 23:19, 28 June 2011 (UTC)
 * A cancelled scheduled race is different from a period of the race not existing. There's a functional difference and the fact that it was cancelled means there's information about the cancellation around. For years where there was no contracted race, no such information would be available, so it is not an obscure distinction. 65.94.47.63 (talk) 05:43, 29 June 2011 (UTC)
 * There are less than half-a-dozen such examples over the history of F1, and only one actually with an article. Need more than one for an independant category really. It could be theoretically grouped with 1980 Spanish Grand Prix and 1981 South African Grand Prix as cancelled World Championship races. --Falcadore (talk) 06:02, 29 June 2011 (UTC)

2012 edition
The information about the 2012 edition should be in the 2012 article, not the 2011 article. 70.24.251.224 (talk) 06:29, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
 * I put it in the 2011 page, because the creation of a 2012 race page was not justified at the time. Now that there is more information available, I've moved it over. Prisonermonkeys (talk) 06:48, 25 March 2012 (UTC)

External links modified
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