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2014 Indian GP the victim of F1 schedule change
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Indian Grand Prix organizers said the removal of the race from next year’s Formula One calendar is part of a schedule switch and not because of teams’ unhappiness with the country’s taxation regulations.
The third edition of the Indian Grand Prix is scheduled for October 27 at the Buddha International Circuit near New Delhi but organizers have been told there will be no race in 2014 as part of an expected switch to an early-season race in March 2015.
Jaypee Group spokesman Askar Zaidi said yesterday the change was required as new races are added in 2014, with the inaugural Russian Grand Prix mooted to take India’s date in October.
“This is a scheduling matter and these kinds of adjustments take place all the while. There are new destinations that are being considered and this is the time of the year when the schedules are worked out,” Zaidi said.
A switch to March would make India part of the early-season Asian swing, with races also held in Bahrain, Australia, Malaysia and China.
F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone’s comment that the reasons for the change were “political” had sparked speculation teams were no longer willing to visit a venue with high duty imposts on the importation of F1 equipment.
Zaidi said the taxation issues are being handled. “It is not an issue which can derail the race here,” he added.
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