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F1: Bahrain Used Quotes From Confidential Report, Says Lotus
Lotus F1 distances itself from a Bahrain International Circuit press release putting a positive light on safety in the country...
Eric Boullier is team principal for Lotus F1. (Photo: LAT Photographic)
Lotus F1 has distanced itself from a Bahrain International Circuit press release that threw a positive light on current events in the country.
BIC on Tuesday quoted a report from Lotus employees who recently visited Bahrain and who implied that the race should go ahead.
Lotus says that the report was confidential, and it had not given BIC permission for those quotes to be used publicly.
The team said late Tuesday: “Earlier today, the Bahrain International Circuit (BIC) issued a press release attributing quotes to our team showing support for the Bahrain GP. These quotes were part of a full internal and confidential working document that was also sent on a confidential basis to all F1 team managers last week.
“Lotus F1 Team is one of 12 contestants of the Formula One World Championship and we would never try to substitute ourselves for the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), which is the only party entitled to determine if a Grand Prix should go ahead or not, and we endorse the FOTA statement that was issued earlier to this effect.”
Adam Cooper notched up his 27th season as a racing journalist in 2011. He has written about F1 for SPEED.com since 2005. Follow him on Twitter.
BIC on Tuesday quoted a report from Lotus employees who recently visited Bahrain and who implied that the race should go ahead.
Lotus says that the report was confidential, and it had not given BIC permission for those quotes to be used publicly.
The team said late Tuesday: “Earlier today, the Bahrain International Circuit (BIC) issued a press release attributing quotes to our team showing support for the Bahrain GP. These quotes were part of a full internal and confidential working document that was also sent on a confidential basis to all F1 team managers last week.
“Lotus F1 Team is one of 12 contestants of the Formula One World Championship and we would never try to substitute ourselves for the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), which is the only party entitled to determine if a Grand Prix should go ahead or not, and we endorse the FOTA statement that was issued earlier to this effect.”
Adam Cooper notched up his 27th season as a racing journalist in 2011. He has written about F1 for SPEED.com since 2005. Follow him on Twitter.
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