Come 2010, India will figure on F1circuit

 Adding China and Bahrain has helped Formula One lift sales in four of the past five years. In 2005, the sport paid back the last of $1.4 billion worth of bonds, five years before their expiry date, Ecclestone said.

Bahrain spent $150 million on a circuit in the principality to help boost tourism, while government-owned companies in China spent more than twice that on a track in Shanghai.