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Indian Grand Prix organisers have dismissed rumours that the event could be in doubt for the 2014 season, a spokesperson for Jaypee Sports International has stated: "Some international news organisations are trying to spread rumours that JPSI may not host 2014 Indian GP. This is totally baseless and malicious, our agreement with Formula One Management is to hold F1 races at Buddh International Circuit (BIC) till 2015, and we are fully committed to do that. There is no reason for us to give up hosting F1 races. In fact, JPSI is keen to get some more international car and bike races to BIC, besides F1 and the World Superbike Championship which will be held this year on November 17. We are fully committed to promote motorsport in India in collaboration with local government and global and local motorsport organisations." Earlier IBNLive reported, India may not be on the calendar for 2014 because the organiser is said to be near bankruptcy.

"Basically Mercedes made the request to run the 2013 car to the FIA, Charlie Whiting then had an exchange with the in-house legal team at the FIA and it's fascinating to hear the email reponse that came back from Sebastian Barnard, who's the FIA's legal advisor. It goes along the lines of 'in my view any such testing could not actually be undertaken by competitors, it would be argued that this was done by Pirelli. Would we be able to take this position?'

"The response from Sebastian Barnard was 'yes we could take this position, it is not an undertaking from the competitor'. So on the face of it if that's some advice that's been given out there it does seem to suggest that there was this potential loophole that it could be a Pirelli test governed by their commercial contract with F1 and it wouldn't involve the competitor Mercedes and they wouldn't be in breach of the regulations."

Mercedes team principal Ross Brawn admitted it was 'inevitable' that his squad would have gained some knowledge from its Pirelli test, but insists such information would not have been a competitive advantage.

Brawn clarified that car telemetry at the test was kept active for safety reasons, but had subsequently been archived in a secure server at the team's Brackley headquarters to guarantee that it could not be used.

When pushed by the FIA lawyer on the fact that any running time with a current car is a benefit, so Mercedes must have gained knowledge, Brawn said: "I think that is unavoidable, and was a consideration taken into account when we had permission from the FIA to do the test. But it does need to be kept in proportion."