A1GP returns the weekend after next, as part of the Nikon SuperGP on Australia’s Gold Coast, which has the V8 Supercars Championship as its main event. It’s been a complicated summer for A1GP though.

The cars have been held by a freight company in a dispute over payment; the operating company went bust; there were rumours that Ferrari would withdraw its supply of engines.

The operating company’s holding company, however, was unaffected, and series boss Tony Teixeira announced a refinancing package late last month. So, in theory, all the debts should be settled, and everyone should be happy. We just have to hope that that’s the case.

The calendar for season five was released around the same time, and makes for slightly disappointing reading, in that there is no round in Great Britain for the first time. Germany is the only ‘traditional’ motorsport country included – the others being Australia, China, Malaysia, South Africa, Brazil, Mexico, Portugal and The Netherlands.

It’s tempting to suggest, therefore, that British circuits were perhaps unwilling to agree to less favourable financial terms, which might understandably be required by a series which has been fighting for its very survival.

Great Britain will be on the grid though, a provisional entry list for the Australian race having been published this week. What form Team GBR will take, however, is much less clear.

The previous franchise holder went into administration last year, but the team’s place on the grid was safeguarded by Teixeira himself. What’s happening this season? No-one knows.

It’s not the only question to be answered. The local paper highlights the lack of drivers, tyres, spares and so on.

I think it’s just a case of fingers crossed for now.