I know some of you said the sand may not be an issue but I’m not so sure because:
Click on the photo and u can see sand everywhere,
http://www.itv-f1.com/bahrain/news/story/20368
More photos about the circuit,
http://www.suttonimages.com/fotoweb/...search=Bahrain
The circuit is in the middle of nowhere, and i don't see the point of the "gravel", there shouldn’t be any because if a car goes out of track it would go straight in the desert and stop sooner or later

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When it's raining the cars create a lot of spray, so will the sand have the same effect and when the cars are doing 300Km/h is it going to the a "sand spray"????