Cancel the Russian Grand Prix?

One interesting observation is that the Paralympic games in Sochi did start pretty smoothly. I haven't heard of many high profile protests during the games other the fact that the Ukrainian delegation sent only one athlete to the stadium during the opening ceremony, but the ovation he received was pretty amazing. Most Russians know that in the end Ukrainians are their closest ethnic keens in the world. I am guessing that Bernie is counting that by the fall the political crisis will be way past its peak and the GP will go smoothly.

What do the experts think about the layout of Russian GP course in Sochi? It appears to me that the course was primarily laid to go around the Olympic buildings, instead of the other way, which is normally bad news. As a result, there are quite a bit of sharp 90 degree turns and not enough places for passing opportunities (maybe I am wrong on this). Could this be Abu Dhabi v2.0?

Russian tanks roll into a sovereign nation? What? That's never happened before?