Customs, visa and bureaucratic problems have been some of the major issues. Recently the state government withdrew exemption on the entertainment tax and yesterday a PIL was filed in the Supreme Court, seeking a stay on the race.
"Of course in India, we have to do a lot of administrative work. If we look at how much paper work we do together with drivers here we don't do anywhere else but that's something you can easily live with. That's part of it. I don't think it's that big an issue," Monisha, Sauber Team principal, said.
The Switzerland-based Monisha said both F1 and India need each other.
"If you objectively look at it, India is a very important market for the partners we have in Formula One and there are Indian companies, which could use the F1 platform to present their brands and create awareness at global level. If that's no longer possible due to this uncertainty, I don't think thats good for either side because both sides benefit in it and both sides lose, if it does not happen," she said.
"I wish soon we have a clear situation, if it (race) is happening. We are yet to establish here. Three years is not enough. If you compare it to the European countries, there we have certain heritage, where even if you don't go for three, four five years, you can always go and connect over there, which will be difficult here," she said.