Jun.10 (GMM) The key to calling off the rescheduled 2011 Bahrain grand prix is held by Bernie Ecclestone.

That was the claim of the FIA on Friday, after F1 chief executive Ecclestone confirmed the Sakhir race is "not on" and the circuit admitted it will not host the race in October.

Official confirmation from the sport's governing body, however, is still missing, with the FIA website showing Bahrain deleted from the calendar despite the recent World Motor Sport Council decision and India - originally with the October 30 date - now unlisted as "to be announced".

"In the light of the statement by the Bahrain International Circuit, we are now waiting for the commercial rights holder (Ecclestone) to suggest a new calendar to the World Motor Sport Council," a FIA spokesman is quoted by Reuters.

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