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Adapted from GMM
This weekend's Indian grand prix is going ahead.
Earlier, a public campaigner appealed to the supreme court for an injunction against proceedings at the Buddh circuit, on the basis race organisers have not paid enough tax.
But AFP news agency cited legal sources in saying the judge delayed the hearing on Friday.
"The hearing will now take place next week," one of the lawyers is quoted as saying. "This means the race can go ahead."
Before the announcement, Vicky Chandhok said petitions like this are customary in the Indian democracy.
In the Guardian, he declared: "I don't think it endangers the race in any way whatsoever. People who live in this country learn to deal with these things. It is not something that is worrying. Generally, judges will not grant an injunction for a sporting event to be stopped. Sport has to continue and the rest of it can be dealt with later on."
The bigger question is whether F1 will return to India in 2015, as the unpopular grand prix destination has been left off next year's bustling calendar.
"You know," Sahara Force India team owner Vijay Mallya told CNN, "Bernie (Ecclestone) is a good friend of mine and I have tried to persuade him that India has a market that should not be ignored. I would be very, very disappointed if India fell into the category of being in the F1 calendar and then being permanently out of the calendar."
This weekend's Indian grand prix is going ahead.
Earlier, a public campaigner appealed to the supreme court for an injunction against proceedings at the Buddh circuit, on the basis race organisers have not paid enough tax.
But AFP news agency cited legal sources in saying the judge delayed the hearing on Friday.
"The hearing will now take place next week," one of the lawyers is quoted as saying. "This means the race can go ahead."
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| Photo: McLaren F1 Team |
Before the announcement, Vicky Chandhok said petitions like this are customary in the Indian democracy.
In the Guardian, he declared: "I don't think it endangers the race in any way whatsoever. People who live in this country learn to deal with these things. It is not something that is worrying. Generally, judges will not grant an injunction for a sporting event to be stopped. Sport has to continue and the rest of it can be dealt with later on."
The bigger question is whether F1 will return to India in 2015, as the unpopular grand prix destination has been left off next year's bustling calendar.
"You know," Sahara Force India team owner Vijay Mallya told CNN, "Bernie (Ecclestone) is a good friend of mine and I have tried to persuade him that India has a market that should not be ignored. I would be very, very disappointed if India fell into the category of being in the F1 calendar and then being permanently out of the calendar."