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[darwin dali]

ESPNF1:

The FIA has released the provisional calendar for the 2017 season, featuring 21 races in a similar order to this year's.

There will be no additional or axed rounds for 2017, although the Canadian, German and Brazilian Grands Prix remain subject to confirmation for financial reasons.

The date of the Australian Grand Prix has been pushed back to allow teams a longer period of development time for their 2017 cars and China has been turned into a back-to-back race with Bahrain to accommodate the later start date.

Malaysia has been positioned ahead of Singapore, which now becomes a back-to-back with Japan. Meanwhile, Mexico will be a week later, making it a back-to-back with Brazil rather than the USA.

The season finale will once again take place in Abu Dhabi at the end of November. The provisional calendar is expected to be ratified by the FIA at the end of the year.

Provisional 2017 calendar in full:

March 26, Melbourne, Australia

April 9, Shanghai, China

April 16, Sakhir, Bahrain

April 30, Sochi, Russia

May 14, Barcelona, Spain

May 28, Monte Carlo, Monaco

June 11, Montreal, Canada*

June 18, Baku, Azerbaijan

July 2, Spielberg, Austria

July 9, Silverstone, Great Britain

July 23, Budapest, Hungary

July 30, Hockenheim, Germany*

August 27, Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium

September 3, Monza, Italy

September 17, Sepang, Malaysia

October 1, Marina Bay, Singapore

October 8, Suzuka, Japan

October 22, Austin, USA

November 5, Mexico City, Mexico

November 12, Sao Paulo, Brazil*

November 26, Abu Dhabi, UAE

*Subject to confirmation

[sagi58]

Provisional, eh? Better wait before I add them to my calendar!!

[overboost]

Montreal is trying to get rid of that asterisk.

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GILLES VILLENEUVE CIRCUIT
MONTREAL WILL PAY 4 MILLION TO COMPENSATE FOR THE DELAY F1 PADDOCK
VINCENT BROUSSEAU-POULIOT AND SEBASTIAN TEMPLAR
LA PRESSE
The City of Montreal offers to pay about $ 4 million to F1 to offset the two-year delay in the construction of new paddocks of the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, learned the Press . New paddocks will be ready in 2019. In return, the city is negotiating with F1 to extend by five years the presentation of the Canadian Grand Prix, or 2025-2029.

Announcing the current agreement signed in 2014, the City of Montreal stated that the cost of new paddocks would be 32.6 million. The final cost will instead be about 50 million in the paddocks, a new control tower and care infrastructure.

Quebec and Ottawa will perform for their cost overruns of 17 million in the same royalties they get every year on the Main Ticket Prix of Canada, pursuant to a clause in the agreement between all levels of Government concluded in 2014.

Under the agreement between the governments and the F1, the City of Montreal should build new paddocks in time for the Grand Prix of 2017. The City will not fulfill its obligation on time. However, the City has proposed building the paddock in time to 2019 and to pay about 2 million per year for two years - essentially the cost to assemble and disassemble the existing paddocks - to compensate F1 for non-compliance with its obligation.

The City of Montreal and F1 have agreed in principle on this solution in the paddocks of the file, but the documents of the agreement were not formally signed. An official announcement could take place in the coming weeks.

According to our information, the City of Montreal would like to announce the solution to the paddock in 2019 along with a five-year extension of the Canadian Grand Prix, already guaranteed until 2024. The City could well dampen new investments in paddocks five more years.

[sagi58]

That's good to hear...
but, I'd be happier if it were in Hogtown!!