AFIA release draft 2017 calendar

The South African Grand Prix will return to FF1M in 2017 it was announced today.

The Kyalami circuit has hosted FF1M testing for the past two seasons with the AFIA using the tests to evaluate the circuit infrastructure. The South African race will replace the European Grand Prix on the calendar.

Three races are listed on the schedule as “To be confirmed”, the Portuguese, Bahrain and Macau Grands Prix. These races are all new events for the 2016 season and the AFIA is understood to be waiting to evaluate the inaugural running of the events before commiting to a continuation. It is also thought that one of either the Bahrain or Macau races could make way to reduce the schedule to an eighteen round campaign whilst should the Portimao circuit be unable to host the race the European Grand Prix at Nurburgring would be granted a reprieve.

The AFIA have also confirmed the testing schedule for 2017, with the traditional engine test for engine manufacturer teams to be followed by a single four day pre-season test for all teams with both taking place at Bahrain’s Sakhir circuit in February, whilst Mid-Season testing will return in August for three days at the newly renovated Zandvoort circuit.

FF1M		AFIA FF1M WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
		2017 Season Schedule
RND		GRAND PRIX		LOCATION	2016 WINNER				DATE
1		Australia		Albert Park	Nico Rosberg (Pedersen)				19/03/2017
2		South Africa		Kyalami	N/A				02/04/2017
3		Brazil		Interlagos	Tomas Gonzalez (Tornado)				16/04/2017
4		San Marino		Mugello	Kevin Magnussen (FJR)				30/04/2017
5		Spain		Aragon	Sergio Perez (Tornado)				14/05/2017
6		Monaco		Monte Carlo	Cooper Lee (Mitchell)				28/05/2017
7		Canada		Montreal	Kevin Magnussen (FJR)				11/06/2017
8		United States		Elkhart Lake	Sergio Perez (Tornado)				25/06/2017
9		Austria		Spielberg	Sergio Perez (Tornado)				09/07/2017
10		Great Britain		Silverstone	Nico Hulkenberg (FJR)				16/07/2017
11		Hungary		Budapest	Lewis Hamilton (Mitchell)				30/07/2017
12		Germany		Hockenheim	Kevin Magnussen (FJR)				20/08/2017
13		Belgium		Spa Francorchamps					27/08/2017
14		Italy		Monza					03/09/2017
15		Portugal		Portimao					17/09/2017	TBC
16		Malaysia		Sepang					01/10/2017
17		Japan		Suzuka					08/10/2017
18		Bahrain		Sakhir					29/10/2017	TBC
19		Macau		Guia					19/11/2017	TBC