"Obviously it's worrying when you hear the type of news that's come out of Bahrain," said Christian Horner, principal of champions Red Bull.
"But I think that (Formula One supremo) Bernie (Ecclestone) more than anybody probably is acutely aware of the situation there and when the time is right for difficult decisions that have to be made he's demonstrated that he's not afraid of making them."
Bahrain is scheduled to host the fourth round of the championship next April 22.
The race is the country's biggest and most prestigious sporting event and would have been the season-opener this year, but was first postponed and then cancelled after months of debate and a failed attempt to reinstate it.
Horner said there would be plenty of opportunity for the governing FIA and Ecclestone to assess the viability of the race before the end of the year.
Published 08 October 2011, 16:05 IST