India, March 15 -- The upcoming Bahrain and Saudi Arabian Grand Prixes won't go ahead as per the original schedule due to the ongoing crisis in West Asia, the Formula 1 organisers confirmed on Sunday. A full cancellation has not been announced, and stakeholders say they will look to schedule the races later this year. But going by the packed F1 calendar, it looks difficult that we would see some action in two of the most popular tracks in the world.

The Bahrain and Saudi Arabian GP were slated to go ahead on April 12 and 19, but as soon as the tensions escalated between the USA-Israel and Iran, one knew that the postponement of the races is just a matter of time.

The cancellation of these two races doesn't augur well for the sport, as a...