Sunday 's Bahrain Grand Prix will take place amid a backdrop of anti-government protests . The Formula One race was canceled last year due to a civil uprising in the Gulf island . The situation mirrors what happened in 1985 with a race in apartheid-era South Africa . He may also have missed the banner reading `` Stop racing on our blood '' and the government 's `` UniF1ed '' campaign . Foster : What is happening now?
Sunday 's Bahrain Grand Prix will take place amid a backdrop of anti-government protests . The Formula One race was canceled last year due to a civil uprising in the Gulf island . The situation mirrors what happened in 1985 with a race in apartheid-era South Africa . Foster : What is happening now?