India and South Korea are hoping to make their debuts in 2010 while Formula One's commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone would like to include Russia and the United States.

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In 2010, more than half a billion people watched Formula One on television.

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The Formula One Teams Association (Fota) said as well as a package for 2010, an agreement for a cost-cutting plan for 2009 had also been reached.

BBC: Cost-cutting plan agreed for F1

The FIA has given Mosley the power to negotiate directly with the Formula One Teams Association over proposed measures to cut F1 team costs in half by 2010.

BBC: Mosley wants action to 'save' F1

In late December 2010, Audits in the Public Interest opened a case file on Formula One and the incentives it was seeking from the State of Texas.

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The FIA has also agreed to allow Formula One teams to equalise engine performance across the field for 2009, pending the introduction of cost-saving measures from 2010.

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