Ecclestone made late Bahrain bid

Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone made a last-ditch bid to keep the Bahrain Grand Prix on the calendar just hours before the Gulf state abandoned efforts to hold the race, the FIA revealed on Friday. After a week of controversy about the attempted reinstatement of the Bahrain GP on the calendar, the sport's governing body delivered a fresh twist to the saga by claiming that Ecclestone made an 11th hour attempt to have the race moved to December 4 rather than be dropped. This came despite Ecclestone having said earlier this week that he thought the race was off after a backlash against the decision to put the event back on the calendar.

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