Force India team owner Vijay Mallya has said that he expects to see his homeland return to the F1 schedule after taking a year out in 2014. This weekend's Indian Grand Prix will be the third held at Buddh International Circuit, but the event will be missing from the calendar next year, ostensibly because the organisers feel it is impractical to try and stage two races in the space of six months, as would be necessary as part of a planned date shuffle that would move India to the early part of the 2014 campaign. While sceptics suggest that skipping a year could be the death knell for an event that has routinely thrown up questions over its viability – especially when it comes to taxation...
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