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■林國賓
原文：
Formula 1 and its governing body FIA have cancelled Grand Prix races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia on safety grounds related to the Iran war.
F1 was due to race in Bahrain on April 12 and Saudi Arabia on April 19.
Calling off the Bahrain and Saudi Arabian races means there will be a five-week gap from the Japanese Grand Prix on March 29 and the next race, the Miami Grand Prix on May 3. Without any rescheduling, the 22-race schedule would be the shortest since 2023.
The two Middle East races weren't until next month but F1 faced making a decision earlier because it typically flies in the first staff and cargo to tracks weeks in advance.
Bahrain had already hosted two pre-season F1 tests before the US and Israel launched attacks on Iran. A smaller-scale test of wet-weather tires was called off in the immediate aftermath of those strikes.
The last time a scheduled F1 race was cancelled was in 2023, when the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix in northern Italy was called off at short notice due to deadly floods in the area.
In 2022, F1 continued with its race weekend in Saudi Arabia even after Yemen's Houthi rebels attacked an oil depot during a practice session, with black smoke visible from the Jeddah circuit.
The same year, F1 cancelled the Russian Grand Prix's contract after Russia invaded neighbouring Ukraine.
中譯：
基於與伊朗戰爭相關的安全因素，一級方程式賽車（F1）及其管理機構國際汽車聯盟，已取消在巴林與沙烏地阿拉伯舉行的大獎賽。
F1原定4月12日在巴林、4月19日在沙烏地阿拉伯舉行賽事。
取消巴林與沙烏地阿拉伯兩站，意味著3月29日的日本大獎賽與下一站5月3日邁阿密大獎賽之間，將出現5週空檔。若不重新安排賽事，本季22站賽程將成為自2023年以來最少的一季。
儘管這2場中東賽事原訂下個月才舉行，但F1必須提前作出決定，因為通常在數週前就會將第一批工作人員與設備空運至賽道所在地。
在美、以對伊朗發動攻擊前，巴林已經舉行過2次F1季前測試。但在攻擊發生後不久，原本規模較小的雨天輪胎測試已取消。
上一次原定舉行的F1賽事被取消，是在2023年，當時因致命洪水襲擊義大利北部，艾米利亞—羅馬涅大獎賽臨時取消。
2022年，即便葉門叛軍「青年運動」在一次練習賽期間攻擊了一座石油設施，且從吉達賽道仍可看到黑煙，F1仍繼續在沙烏地阿拉伯完成週末的賽事。
同一年，在俄羅斯入侵鄰國烏克蘭後，F1則取消了俄羅斯大獎賽的合約。
-關鍵軍語-
※on safety grounds：基於安全理由
※cancelled：取消