Formula One will stretch to a record 20 races next year with India making its grand prix debut in late October although no new teams will be coming in,the sports governing body said on Wednesday. The Indian round,at a circuit being built near New Delhi,is due to be the 18th of the championship on October 30 subject to the facility passing a final inspection by the International Automobile Federation (FIA). The governing body said in a statement after a meeting of its world motor sport council that the 2011 season will start in Bahrain on March 13 and end in Brazil on November 27 with Abu Dhabi becoming the penultimate race on November 13. The current season is a record-equalling 19 races,with South Korea the 2010 newcomers. However,the slim hopes of the starting grid being expanded to a full capacity of 13 teams,assuming all of the existing ones remain,were snuffed out. The FIA said a number of parties had expressed an interest but it was considered that none of the candidates met the requirements to be granted an entry into the championship. Extra burden on teams A 20 race calendar has long been a desire of the sports commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone but has met resistance from teams in the past due to the extra burden imposed on mechanics and travelling employees. Cost cutting measures have further reduced the number of staff attending races,while some test teams have been disbanded due to the ban on testing during the season. The world motor sport council also announced steps to enable the governing body to punish Formula One drivers and other competitors in FIA series who commit motoring offences on public roads. McLarens 2008 world champion Lewis Hamilton was fined A$500 ($458.7) after being stopped by police for reckless driving in a Melbourne street at this years Australian Grand Prix. Competitors at FIA events must act as ambassadors for the sport,be aware their conduct on the road must be exemplary and respect road safety rules, declared the FIA statement. It said the international sporting code would be amended to enable the governing body to withdraw a drivers international super licence in the most serious cases. Meanwhile,the Italian Grand Prix this weekend will mark the close of Formula One's European season,and it is also looking likely to be important in deciding the drivers' championship title. Although five drivers are still in the hunt with six races left,Lewis Hamilton of McLaren and Mark Webber of Red Bull have opened up some room on top of the standings after filling the top two places at the Belgian GP. Hamilton has 182 points to lead Webber by three,while Sebastian Vettel fell behind after another lapse of judgement by the Red Bull driver in Belgium. Vettel crashed into defending F1 champion Jenson Button at Spa,knocking the McLaren driver out of the race and leaving Vettel out of the points. Vettel has 151 points,Button 147 and Fernando Alonso has 141. Alonso to keep points Paris: FIA decided on Wednesday not to impose any further sanction on Ferrari for breaking rules on team orders at the German Grand Prix,the head of Italys motorsports federation said. Angelo Sticchi Damiani said FIAs World Motor Sport Council only upheld the $100,000 fine that was imposed on July 25 at Hockenheim when Ferrari driver Felipe Massa let teammate Fernando Alonso overtake him to win the race. The council could have stripped Massa of the victory or docked the team points or imposed a further fine but decided against it. The FIA ban on team orders was introduced in 2003 AP
