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GP2 have officially released the 2017 calendar, with eyebrows raised at the penultimate round at Jerez. It will be the only stand alone event on the calendar, with ten of the eleven rounds supporting a Formula One weekend.
The season opens at Bahrain, which hasn't featured on the calendar since 2015. The next nine events are all European venues with the season finale coming at Abu Dhabi.
GP2 Series CEO Bruno Michel said: “I am pleased to reveal this season’s calendar which is made of eleven race weekends again, including ten events alongside Formula One and the return of Sakhir.
“We’re delighted to race in Jerez between Monza and Abu Dhabi. We wanted to have the same number of events (11) including three flyaway rounds in 2017 as in the previous year, but we were mindful of freight costs. This meant not adding a fourth flyaway round and staying in Europe for a standalone event. This is also why we decided to hold our final pre-season test session in Bahrain, ahead of the season opener.”
undefined 13-14-15 March |
undefined Barcelona, Spain |
undefined Test |
undefined 29-30-31 March |
undefined Sakhir, Bahrain |
undefined Test |
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undefined 14-16 April |
undefined Sakhir, Bahrain |
undefined Race |
undefined 12-14 May |
undefined Barcelona, Spain |
undefined Race |
undefined 25-27 May |
undefined Monte Carlo, Monaco |
undefined Race |
undefined 23-25 June |
undefined Baku, Azerbaijan |
undefined Race |
undefined 07-09 July |
undefined Spielberg, Austria |
undefined Race |
undefined 14-16 July |
undefined Silverstone, Great Britain |
undefined Race |
undefined 28-30 July |
undefined Budapest, Hungary |
undefined Race |
undefined 25-27 August |
undefined Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium |
undefined Race |
undefined 01-03 September |
undefined Monza, Italy |
undefined Race |
undefined 06-08 October |
undefined Jerez de la Frontera, Spain |
undefined Race |
undefined 24-26 November |
undefined Yas Marina, UAE |
undefined Race |
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Strange to see Jerez here, quite a tight track but will be interesting to see