The organisers of the Russian Grand Prix, which is supposed to form part of the 2014 calendar, have missed the deadline to submit its application to the FIA.
The organisers were given a deadline of July 31st to submit its application for approval by the governing body to join next seasons calendar. However they failed to do so amid an ongoing dispute between the organier and the Russian Automobile Federation (RAF).
A statement from the RAF confirms it will support the application once a solution has been found to the dispute, and will claim ‘force majeure’ as the reason for the delay.
“The application to the FIA for submitting the Russian Grand Prix to the 2014 Formula 1 calendar was not sent in proper time as JSC Omega (Promoter) didn’t fulfil the necessary conditions.
“That is: [it] didn’t sign a contract with the Russian Grand Prix organiser, didn’t sign a deal for an application submission and also didn’t pay a fee to the FIA for including an event on the FIA F1 calendar.
“RAF informs that it is ready to include the Russian Grand Prix on to the FIA calendar under force-majeure conditions, permissible by the FIA, as soon as the promoter fulfils all the necessary formalities.”
