Matteo Renzi attended the Bahrain Grand Prix.
The leader of IV was framed live on TV in the paddock.
The president of the International Automobile Federation (FIA) Jean Todt posted a photo on Twitter together with "His Royal Highness Prince Salman ben Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince and Prime Minister of Bahrain and Matteo Renzi".
Critical comments arrived on social media: "An entire country in the red zone while he enjoys the Formula 1 Grand Prix in Bahrain", writes someone.
Or: "He will be there for work reasons", jokes another user.
With a note from his press office "Matteo Renzi makes it known that he is used to the controversy against him but that he has always respected all the rules and on Tuesday he will be in the courtroom to do his job to intervene on the Family Act. di Renzi concern Renzi and do not cost the taxpayer a cent ".