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Bahrain GP can have 'healing effect'

FIA president Jean Todt says the Bahrain Grand Prix can have a 'healing effect' on a country struggling with civil unrest. Sunday's race is taking place amid a week of protests organised by opponents to the ruling royal family. MPs and protest groups in Bahrain have called for the race to be cancelled. But Todt said: 'Sport and F1 can have a positive and healing effect in situations where conflict, social unrest and tensions cause distress.' His statement was made in a letter to the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, the Bahrain Press Association, the Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights and the Campaign Against Arms Trade. The four groups had written to FIA demanding that the race is...
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