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2017 F1 calendar: Just 18 races, drop European races – Ecclestone

2017 F1 calendar: Just 18 races, drop European races – Ecclestone Bernie Ecclestone has confirmed reports he intends to drop 'one or two' European rounds from the F1 calendar. The F1 supremo was quoted this week as saying that while this year's schedule stands at an unprecedented 21 grands prix, the 2017 calendar could have as few as 18. 'Absolutely,' Ecclestone has now told the Russian news source RBC. 'That is exactly what will happen — one or two countries will be excluded, definitely. 'I can't say which ones, but the new countries will be from a different part of the world. Not from Europe,' he insisted. Already, F1 has moved away from traditional European markets like...
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