Laguna Seca race back on

The championship organisers have informed all teams that the race will now go ahead as originally planned, despite having told them 24 hours ago that it was cancelled.

The situation has arisen because work being carried out to ready the track for the race was disrupted due to storms that hit California. This caused damage to the run-off areas, as due to the inclines at the track the heavy rainfall washed away most of the gravel.

Last night, A1 GP officials did not believe that the work could be completed in time for the race and took an internal decision to cancel the race.

Plans were made for the formal announcement of the cancellation this morning, however, that statement was not issued.

Further meetings have since taken place between the track and the A1 GP today, leading organisers to be confident enough to reverse their original decision in the belief that the circuit will be ready for practice on Friday morning.

An A1 GP spokesperson told autosport.com: "We initially believed that the work required for Laguna Seca would be not achieved in time, causing us to inform the teams of our decision to cancel.

"However, after further meetings with circuit officials we have been assured that the necessary work will be done and we have chosen to push ahead with plans for the race."

Laguna Seca officials have assured A1 GP that they will increase their resources to complete the work, switching to a 24 hours per day work schedule if necessary.

A formal statement confirming that the race will go ahead will be released later tonight.

The A1 GP cars are currently on their way to the United States following their race in Mexico last weekend.

With the American rounds reinstated, there remains a slim chance that Team Switzerland can overhaul the dominant French team in the battle for the inaugural title.