 On 12 December 2014 Bernie Ecclestone said that Korean Grand Prix had to be added to 2015 calendar for legal reasons, citing contract obligations, but that organizers were not keen on having the race.Later it was announced that it had been removed from the calendar by the FIA because the organisers did not wish to host it.They had plans to revive the Korean Grand Prix in 2016, but these also failed to materialise.