<p>Formula One will race in Bahrain as scheduled next week despite security concerns and calls from anti-government activists for the Gand Prix to be cancelled, the sport's decision makers said on Friday. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The governing International Automobile Federation (FIA) declared in a statement that the race, cancelled last year after a bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protestors and in doubt again due to ongoing violence, was on. <br /><br />It said it had made the decision after regular briefings from senior diplomatic officials and “independent experts” in the Gulf kingdom. <br /><br />Formula One's commercial rights holder Bernie Ecclestone, mobbed by reporters after a meeting with representatives of the 12 teams at the Chinese Grand Prix, declared the race “200 percent” certain to go ahead. <br /><br />“All the teams are happy to be there,” added the 81-year-old. “There's nothing happening. I know people who live there and it's all very quiet and peaceful.” He was speaking only hours after an explosion damaged two cars in Manama. <br /><br />A home-made bomb wounded seven Bahraini policemen, three seriously, during a protest near the capital on Monday. <br /></p>
<p>Formula One will race in Bahrain as scheduled next week despite security concerns and calls from anti-government activists for the Gand Prix to be cancelled, the sport's decision makers said on Friday. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The governing International Automobile Federation (FIA) declared in a statement that the race, cancelled last year after a bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protestors and in doubt again due to ongoing violence, was on. <br /><br />It said it had made the decision after regular briefings from senior diplomatic officials and “independent experts” in the Gulf kingdom. <br /><br />Formula One's commercial rights holder Bernie Ecclestone, mobbed by reporters after a meeting with representatives of the 12 teams at the Chinese Grand Prix, declared the race “200 percent” certain to go ahead. <br /><br />“All the teams are happy to be there,” added the 81-year-old. “There's nothing happening. I know people who live there and it's all very quiet and peaceful.” He was speaking only hours after an explosion damaged two cars in Manama. <br /><br />A home-made bomb wounded seven Bahraini policemen, three seriously, during a protest near the capital on Monday. <br /></p>