Formula One's teams need to "trust" the final call of the governing body over the 2012 Bahrain Grand Prix, according to Ferrari team boss Stefano Domenicali, after calls from human rights groups for F1 to boycott the race.
The Bahrain GP is returning to the F1 schedule for 2012, after the 2011 race was cancelled as a result of the violent political protests that swept through the country last year.
The situation in the country remains uncomfortably fractious, and earlier this week human rights groups revealed plans to request that F1 boycott their April 22nd race.
Organisers of the Bahrain race, however, have insisted that the situation has improved, and that the government has acted on recommendations from an official report into alleged human rights abuses by security forces.
And although the future of the race remains uncertain, Ferrari boss Stefano Domenicali has said that the teams will go with whatever the FIA decide.
"I think that we need to trust the official authorities," he told reporters on Wednesday, "They will give a different approach. At the end of the day this is what we have to do."
He added that it was difficult to get an accurate picture of the situation in Bahrain from "rumours" that were emerging, and said that F1 needed to be "cool and realistic" over the race.
"I heard there are a lot of rumours about the situation. We need to rely on the competent authorities," he mused.
"We have the international federations...we have relations with the country and we cannot rely on different sources of information.
"We need to be very cool and realistic on that, so we need to wait and see and rely on what the official authorities who have this responsibility will tell us."
Meanwhile, the PR efforts of the Bahrain International Circuit continued, with the organisers confirming that they had re-hired staff who had lost their jobs as a result of their involvement in last year's protests.
"The management team of the BIC...has already contacted and consulted with the relevant staff with regards to their reinstatement and it hopes to see all employees returning to work as soon as possible," a statement from the track read.
The chief executive of the track, Sheikh Salman bin Isa Al-Khalifa, added that the move was part of the process of "national reconciliation" that was now taking place.
"The reinstatement of our BIC colleagues is part of an important initiative towards national reconciliation and unity for the kingdom as a whole," he beamed.
"I therefore welcome back our colleagues into the BIC family as we now look to focus on the future and the important job at hand."
He added: "The Bahrain International Circuit, and in particular the Formula 1 Grand Prix, is of huge significance to our country, acting as a strong unifier, given the support it receives from all sections of Bahrain society.
"I now look forward to working with all BIC colleagues to ensure that we continue to provide world class track events, which every citizen of Bahrain can be proud to support."
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