The mess that has ensued with Indian bureaucracy and the difficulties of getting the bikes into the country in time for the March 10 race, temporarily resolved according to the Italian website GPone.

Η Dorna, Italians write, acknowledging that it probably won't be able to bring racing bikes to India on 10 Of March, forced to postpone India's match for the 17 November. In other words, the second race of the season at the newly built Buddh International Circuit takes place… the final.

The race has been facing a number of obstacles for some time now, but Dorna had not found the time to deal with them. Important among them is the problem of customs regulations, which require motorcycles to be at Indian customs 15 whole days before the match, that is, the Sabbath of… Timed Trials race at Phillip Island.

The procedure also provides for the payment of a large amount as a guarantee for each motorcycle, which will be returned after months, provided that it is proved that the racing motorcycle re-exited India as it was imported!

Craze, things that is. The teams' finances are very tight and if the factory teams could cope with the temporary duties, the same is not certain for satellite or private ones.

After her decision, Dorna to avoid the outcry, it implies that the real cause is not the Indian bureaucracy, but the organization's unpreparedness to set up and execute a world-class match.

However, moving the Indian round burdens the teams' budget anyway. According to the original design, India's match would be played after Australia's, being a stopover on the return journey to Europe.

Now the Teams have to transport all their equipment to Australia, to return en masse to Europe and in November to "migrate" again with women and children to India for the last round of the year.

All this, when Dorna's main priority is to reduce the cost of racing… Somewhere Mr. Ezpeletta got his feet tangled.

People's participation in November may also prove to be a problem, as 3 weeks before the Indian F1 race is held at the same Budhh International circuit. Many fear that Indian viewers do not have the income to watch 2 world class racing in a month and this will likely come at the expense of WSBK.

However, this is not the only problem of the World Superbike this year. Certainly, the traditional race in Brno, Czech Republic will no longer be held, since his father Karel Abraham, owner of the track, he preferred to make it available for a race of the newly created Central European Speed ​​Championship!

Teams from the Czech Republic are participating, Italy, Germany, Slovakia and Hungary. After Abraham's decision to support the Central European races, Brno is excluded from the WSBK calendar until 2015. This is reported by the German-language website Speedweek.

Finally, the Portuguese match in Portimao is also doubtful, as in order to be held it will have to be granted by the local Government, something unlikely given the poor economic situation in Iberia.

Another factor against funding is Portimao's location. It is located in the Algarve coastal region, already very developed touristically, so it has little to offer in terms of visitors to the area.

Updated Match Calendar 2013 του FIM World Superbike Championship (WSBK-Superbike WSS-Supersport STK-Stocksport)

Date Country Faithfully WSBK WSS STK
24 February Australia Phillip Island X X
14 April Spain Aragon X X X
28 April Netherlands Assen X X X
12 May Italy Monza X X X
26 May Britain Donington X X
9 June Portugal Portimao (STC) X X X
23 June To be announced To be announced X X X
30 June Italy Imola (STC) X X X
21 July Russia Moscow Raceway X X
4 August Britain Silverstone X X X
1 September Germany Nurburgring X X X
29 September USA Laguna Seca X
6 October France Magny Cours X X X
20 October Spain Jerez X X X
17 November India Buddha Circuit X X

STC = Contract not yet signed.

Source : newsbeast.gr