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Formula 1 chief Bernie Ecclestone confirmed that the 2015 season will not feature the Indian Grand Prix. The GP was removed from the schedule for the 2014 season after previously hosting the race for three seasons.
Surrounded by tax issues amongst other financial troubles, the Indian GP had to be excluded from the calendar for the second successive season. Ecclestone said that the organisers had ran out of time to stage the race.
“It is too late for 2015. We (Formula One Management and Jaypee Sports International Limited) are looking at 2016 now and hopefully the tax issues in India will also be sorted out by then," Ecclestone told PTI.
"The organisers also need to settle the existing contract before we get back. I am expecting to see them next week,” he said.
The 83-year-old was adamant that the F1 community wants India to host a GP. To soothe the Indian fan’s pains, Ecclestone pleaded them to continue following the races on television.
“As I have said in the past, we and the teams want to go back to India, irrespective of how busy the calendar is. I hope the environment for our return gets better. Until then, my message to all the F1 fans is that keep watching the sport on television."
