Bahrain on Sports Illustrated

A few years ago, Bahrain built a race track for the Formula 1 series.  This year, the opening race of the season is being held in Bahrain.  The main race is today, on a Sunday, which in the western world is a day off, but here is the first day of the work-week.  As such, a lot of schools will either have the day off or will tell teachers not to be too concerned about getting anything done in class.  I'm not sure what businesses do, but I imagine that for the non-service sector, today is a slow day.

One of the good things about the race is that thousands and thousands of people flood Bahrain from various parts of the world to watch the race.  This means a huge boon for the economy as people eat at restaurants, sleep at hotels and visit all the sites to see.   The unfortunate thing for me is all the people, and the cars they drive and the congestion they cause.

Formula 1, of course, isn't as big in the states as Nascar, but many of my non-American friends don't understand the appeal of Nascar (neither do I, actually.  If someone can explain it to me next time you see me, that'd be fantastic). However, since its such a big thing around the world, even places like Sports Illustrated have a page covering all the action in Bahrain.  So here you go.  Bahrain on Sports Illustrated.