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  1. Nathan

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    #1 Nathan, Nov 14, 2016
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    Provisional Schedule

    Round Race Circuit Date
    1 Australian Grand Prix Albert Park March 26
    2 Chinese Grand Prix Shanghai International Circuit April 9
    3 Bahrain Grand Prix Bahrain International Circuit April 16
    4 Russian Grand Prix Sochi International Street Circuit April 30
    5 Spanish Grand Prix Circuit de Catalunya May 14
    6 Monaco Grand Prix Monte-Carlo May 28
    7 Canadian Grand Prix Circuit Gilles Villeneuve June 11
    8 European GP Azerbaijan Street Circuit June 25
    9 Austrian Grand Prix Red Bull Ring July 9
    10 British Grand Prix Silverstone July 16
    11 Hungarian Grand Prix Hungaroring July 30
    12 Belgian Grand Prix Spa-Francorchamps August 27
    13 Italian Grand Prix Monza September 3
    14 Singapore Grand Prix Singapore September 17
    15 Malasia Grand Prix Sepang October 1
    16 Japanese Grand Prix Suzuka October 8
    17 United States Grand Prix Circuit of the Americas October 22
    18 Mexican Grand Prix Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez October 29
    19 Brazilian Grand Prix Interlagos November 12
    20 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Yas Marina November 26
     
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    2017 Drivers lineup as of 11/14/16

    Mercedes
    Nico Rosberg (Confirmed)
    Lewis Hamilton (Confirmed)

    Ferrari
    Sebastian Vettel (Confirmed)
    Kimi Raikkonen (Confirmed)


    Red Bull TAG-Heuer/Renault
    Daniel Ricciardo (Confirmed)
    Max Verstappen (Confirmed)

    Williams-Mercedes
    Valtteri Bottas (Confirmed)
    Lance Stroll (Confirmed)

    McLaren-Honda
    Fernando Alonso (Confirmed)
    Stoffel Vandoorne (Confirmed)

    Force India-Mercedes
    Sergio Perez (Confirmed)
    Esteban Ocon (Confirmed)

    Toro Rosso-Renault
    Carlos Sainz (Confirmed)
    Daniil Kvyat (Confirmed)

    Renault
    Nico Hulkenberg (Confirmed)
    Jolyon Palmer (Confirmed)

    Haas-Ferrari
    Romain Grosjean (Confirmed)
    Kevin Magnussen (Confirmed)

    Sauber-Ferrari
    TBA
    TBA
    Possible Candidates – Marcus Ericsson, Felipe Nasr, Antonio Giovinazzi

    Manor-Mercedes
    TBA
    TBA
    Possible candidates: Pascal Wehrlein, Alexander Rossi, Rio Haryanto
     
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    Seems odd that they would go to Austria, then back to England, then back to Hungary....weird lineup there.

    And I suppose they can't run the Canadian GP the week before the US as then they'd need racing snow tires, wonder what color sidewalls those would have?
     
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    Schedule is darn close to the years. Only races 2-3 and later in season flipped order.

    White Sidewalls....doh!
     
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    Nah, they'll just put chains on.
     
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    Well, they're now looking for a new CEO. Anyone interested? Better dust off the old resume.
     
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    Ross Brawn for McLaren CEO!
     
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    Shut up, don't give him any ideas! I mean, I don't want to have to compete with Ross Brawn. :D
     
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    Ross has been tagged to head everything. Yet he turns them all down. What will it take to get him interested? The only thing he hasn't done is run the FIA or FOM.
     
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    He did express interest in getting back into F1 but he also said it would not be with a team. That doesn't leave a lot of options...
     
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    I guess we can take Germany off the schedule.

    Hockenheim confirms no German GP in 2017 (gpupdate.net)
     
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    Pretty darn sad if there is only 19 races next year..

    Somebody needs to hold a pillow over Bernie's face so this nonsense can end.. The cost to play is way too high and venues know Bernie cannot be reasoned with.
     
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    Try not to get too excited about the new for 2017 tires. Whether they'll help performance or just look good depends on Pirelli's construction and compounds.

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    Yeah, that list in post #1 was misnumbered. I fixed it. There are 21 on the list and if Germany falls off it will drop to 20.

    Interestingly, the closest thing I can find to an official (though still provisional) calendar 1) still includes Germany but 2) Canada and Brazil have the same "subject to confirmation" asterisk as Germany.....
     
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    The new calendar has Germany dropped and a few races' dates shifted, possibly to avoid a schedule conflict with the Le Mans 24h.

    I'll update post #1 in a few minutes.
     
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    There were actually a number of date changes.

    Azerbaijan through Hungary were all moved later by a week to make some room in mid-June and avoid that Le Mans conflict. Because Germany was dropped, this still leaves room for the summer break for most of August.

    Singapore and Malaysia swapped dates.

    Mexico was moved to be a back-to-back with the USGP rather than with Brazil.
     
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    Not yet official, still interesting.

    French GP poised for surprise F1 return in 2018 (motorsport.com)
     
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