Austria could remain on race calendar

Formula One ringmaster Bernie Ecclestone claimed today that this weekend’s Austrian Grand Prix might not be the last after all as he hinted at an expansion of the calendar to 20 races.

The sport was supposedly saying farewell to the A1-Ring at Spielberg on Sunday with organisers having been told months ago that it would not be on the calendar in 2004 because of the row over a European-wide ban on tobacco sponsorship.