Decision on Bahrain Grand Prix rescheduling will take place by the World Motor Sport Council on Friday in Barcelona which could reinstate it for later this year.
If the Bahrain GP is reinstated
F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone is believed to be considering 20 November, the week after the Abu Dhabi GP, which could mean the season-ending race in Brazil, scheduled for 27 November, is moved back by a week.
Ecclestone is also considering moving the Indian GP back to 11 December - or cancelling it - in order to accommodate the return of the Bahrain race to the calendar.
Bernie is trying to move Delhi to free up October 30 for Bahrain. The problem with the previously suggested date of December 4 is that it is regarded as almost impossible to get F1’s infrastructure into India from the Brazilian GP on November 27, a distance of almost 10,000 miles, in just three days.
The FIA's end of year meetings - including the F1 prizegiving involving the top three drivers - is due to take place in Delhi the week before the proposed new date.
However, F1 Teams are united against shift of Finale to December, according to Mercedes GP Team Principal Ross Brawn.
Speaking to motor sports website autosport.com Brawn said that shifting the Indian Grand Prix from October 30 to either December 4 or December 11 would create logistical problems for team members of all the teams.
"It is getting too much," said Brawn. "Our guys have been working since January, we don't have test teams anymore, so the same guys have been working since January and we are asking them to work into December and that means there is no time for a holiday before Christmas and that would mean getting straight back in to it in January.
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