While backing the decision not to hold the Bahrain GP, Eric Boullier and Christian Horner have said the situation could have been handled a lot better.
With Bahraini officials conceding defeat in their bid to hold the race, official word that the grand prix will not take place seems a formality, news which has been well received in the paddock.
"It's an unfortunate situation. Obviously with the way things have been handled, with the uncertainty, maybe it could have been handled better, but we are where we are," said Red Bull chief Horner.
"The situation with Bahrain is becoming fairly clear," he added.
"At the end of the day we are just a racing team that signs up to compete in the championship, and obviously we rely on the governing body and the commercial rights holder to make the right decisions for the sport and the teams.
"The teams have now been consulted through FOTA, FOTA has voiced their opinion and that's fairly clear for all to see now.
With many human rights and political groups criticising the decision to return to Bahrain, Horner emphasised that the sport must not be used as a vehicle for any political agendas.
"Formula 1 is a sport. It's not there to be used as a political tool. Our position as a racing team is that we're here to race in F1," said the Briton.
"Bahrain is a great circuit and we've always been made to feel very welcome. It's unfortunate the issues that are currently going on there, but it's not down to Red Bull to judge, and we rely on the FIA and the commercial rights holder to make the right decisions."
Boullier backed Horner's assertion that the sport must not get involved in political matters and admitted that the F1's image had been tarnished by the affair.
"Obviously, yes. I am a young inexperienced team principal, but I am pushing hard to do my best to help to build F1 for the future, and obviously it is never good when you get such reactions when things like this happen," he explained.
"F1 is a non-political sport. We cannot do whatever we want, because there are issues like this. We need to be a little bit more cautious," he added.
