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Todt denies favouring grand prix races in Middle East
Jean Todt with Bahrain Crown Prince Shaikh Salman bin Isa Hamad Al Khalifa and Bernie Ecclestone FIA president Jean Todt has denied Formula 1′s Middle Eastern races are receiving preferential treatment.
Two of the three pre-season tests were held in Bahrain, the troubled island Kingdom, and after the Grand Prix is held there next weekend, teams will stay in the Gulf for a post-race test.
Todt, however, argues there is no reason Formula 1 should not call Bahrain home.
'All over the world there are political problems – in Asia, the Middle East and even in Europe,' he told Welt am Sonntag newspaper.
'We have to be careful not to mix that with sporting matters. Our task is to...
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