Bahrain Grand Prix cancelled...great news!

THE BAHRAIN GRAND Prix has been cancelled, or at the very least postponed. And I couldn't be happier, but not for the reason you might expect.

It has nothing to do with what every news outlet is calling the 'political unrest', it's nothing political whatsoever.
 
It's partly due to the fact that the Bahrain Grand Prix has never been very good, it just doesn't produce exciting races. Granted, last year's absolute snooze-fest was due to the fact that everyone was still getting used to the new rules but the circuit itself just doesn't produce good racing.

However, the main reason that I'm glad the Bahrain Grand Prix will not be taking place in a couple of weeks is simply because I don't like Bahrain being the first race of the season.


Down-under 
When I was younger, and up until a couple of years ago, the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne was always the first race of the year. This meant getting up at 3am on Sunday morning and tiptoeing downstairs to watch the race with the volume turned right down so as not to wake anybody. 


To me, it's traditional that the first race of the year is Australia. It just doesn't feel right for it to be light outside when watching that race and it's for that reason, as silly, insignificant or childish as it might seem, that I'm glad the Bahrain Grand Prix will not kick the season off in a couple of weeks.




I suppose I should also point out that all the political stuff that's going on over there at the moment is very bad but really, it's the F1 that's most important.