Formula One commercial rights holder Bernie Ecclestone has admitted that he does not expect the Bahrain Grand Prix will go ahead later this year.
The season-opening Bahrain GP was due to take place on March 13, but the race was postponed due to political unrest in the country. The race, though, has been rescheduled for October 30 with the inaugural Indian Grand Prix moving to a later date.
However, the World Motor Sport Council's decision to reinstate the race was met with criticism from F1 role players, politicians and human rights groups. Former FIA president Max Mosley has warned that racing in the Gulf country will damage the sport's image while the Formula One Teams' Association has expressed their unhappiness with the changes to the 2011 calendar.
F1 supremo Ecclestone, who reportedly wrote to the teams earlier this week calling on them to demand a re-vote, feels the race is likely to be cancelled.
"Hopefully there'll be peace and quiet and we can return in the future, but of course it's not on," he told BBC Sport.
"The schedule cannot be rescheduled without the agreement of the participants - they're the facts."
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