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FIA president Jean Todt was unmoved on Saturday despite reports a Bahraini protester has been killed during anti-F1 demonstrations.
Opposition groups, calling the dead protester an "F1 martyr", claimed the latest clashes with police resulted in a body being left on the roof of a building less than 10 kilometres from the capital Manama.
Sky News in Britain said the Kingdom's government declined to comment.
"We know protests can have a negative result," Frenchman Todt told the BBC when asked about the reported death.
"We are a governing body running sport, you can have lots of protests and there can be consequences, and I am not sure the protests would not have happened if the grand prix would not have happened."
The FIA president said all the teams support the Bahrain grand prix.
FIA president Jean Todt was unmoved on Saturday despite reports a Bahraini protester has been killed during anti-F1 demonstrations.
Opposition groups, calling the dead protester an "F1 martyr", claimed the latest clashes with police resulted in a body being left on the roof of a building less than 10 kilometres from the capital Manama.
Sky News in Britain said the Kingdom's government declined to comment.
"We know protests can have a negative result," Frenchman Todt told the BBC when asked about the reported death.
"We are a governing body running sport, you can have lots of protests and there can be consequences, and I am not sure the protests would not have happened if the grand prix would not have happened."
The FIA president said all the teams support the Bahrain grand prix.