Formula 1 race in Bahrain is cancelled.

This should have been done much earlier. But it took an online petition signed by "almost" a half million people around the world to change the organizer's mind.

I am quoting words from the outspoken Red Bull driver, Mark Webber. He has been quoted extensively in the media recently for slamming F1 for going ahead with the sporting event in a country where the government is cracking it's people in the most brutal manner.

"In my opinion, the sport should have taken a much firmer stance earlier this year rather than delaying its decision in the hope of being able to reschedule it in 2011. It would have sent a very clear message about F1's position on something as fundamental as human rights and how it deals with moral issues".

On his Twitter account just prior to the decision to run the Bahrain race on Oct. 30, Webber wrote: "When people in a country are being hurt, the issues are bigger than sport. Let's hope the right decision is made."