Dispute between motorsport body and promoters leads to delay
Thursday 8 August 2013 12:55, UK
Russian officials remain optimistic their debut grand prix will go ahead next season despite missing a deadline to submit their application to join the 2014 Formula 1 calendar.
Russia, New Jersey and Austria are all slated to join the schedule but Ecclestone has signalled the calendar will not go beyond a record-equalling 20 grands prix, which means there would be just one more than this year. One space has, however, already been created after Indian GP officials confirmed this week that they would sit out 2014 with the event to return in the early-part of the 2015 season. Russia, should it go ahead, is likely to slot into India's mid-October slot next season.
