Formula One teams cancels a scheduled testing session in Bahrain next week.

Formula One teams on Monday cancelled a scheduled testing session in Bahrain next week due to the on-going anti-regime demonstrations in the Gulf state, AFP reported.

The teams met to discuss the issue at pre-season testing in Barcelona.

Bahrain's season-opening Grand Prix in Manama on March 13 was under severe threat, with F1 rights holder Bernie Ecclestone set for talks with Bahrain's crown prince on Monday.

If Bahrain was postponed, the season would get underway with the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne on March 27.  

Red Bull driver Mark Webber was among those to have voiced reservations over the Bahrain race.

"When you hear of people losing their lives, this is a tragedy. It's probably not the best time to go there for a sporting event. They have bigger things, bigger priorities," the Austrailian Webber told the BBC.

Signs indicate the 2011 curtain raiser could be held over until later in the year.