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No quick return to calendar for India

India's hopes of returning to the schedule in 2015 have been dealt a severe blow by Bernie Ecclestone.The event, which first made it on to the F1 calendar in 2011, has been dropped in 2014 with plans to return it to the calendar in 2015. However, speaking to Reuters Alan Baldwin today, Bernie Ecclestone admitted that the race is not likely to return until 2016 at the earliest, sparking fears that the race - which had a five year contract - is already dead and buried.Other than a local lack of interest, not helped by high ticket prices and the lack of national involvement in terms of a driver, the event has been marred by problems with the authorities in terms of tax; both events at the...
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