LONDON, Jan 23: Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone said Thursday that he is “fully committed” to holding a Grand Prix in India in 2011.

Asked in a BBC interview whether the event was still going ahead, after the announcement last year that it would be delayed from 2010 to 2011, he said: “Of course, otherwise we wouldn’t have entered into an agreement with them.”

The Indian side was “fully committed and we are too,” he said, blaming the delay on the calendar of global sporting events and because “we have got one or two contracts we have to fulfil.”

The BBC reported that the land had not yet been bought for the track on the outskirts of New Delhi, but it was expected to be resolved in April.—AFP