Never ForgetThat F1 Races in Oppressive Countries and People Pay the Price for It
by Alanis King on Jalopnik, shared by Barry Petchesky from Deadspin > Sports News Without Fear, Favor or Compromise on (#430DW)

Formula One's leaders finally admitted they're "concerned" that a woman protesting the Bahrain Grand Prix on Facebook got thrown in jail for three years, the Guardian reports. It's an acknowledgment from the series' new owners that people do suffer outside of race-track walls, no matter how much past owners tried to"