FIA World Endurance Championship officials have confirmed that next year’s 6 Hours of Nürburgring will take place on July 16.
The WEC ventured to the Nürburgring for the first time in 2015 before enjoying a successful return over the weekend, with a crowd of 58,000 fans turning up on Sunday.
During the race won by the no. 1 Porsche crew of Mark Webber, Brendon Hartley and Timo Bernhard, it was confirmed that the WEC will return to the Nürburgring in 2017 over the July 14-16 weekend.
What you should do now? Pens out, phones out and mark your calendar! #6hNurburgring #WEC https://t.co/dlKo2lBbpM
— FIA World Endurance Championship (@FIAWEC) July 24, 2016
And so the @FIAWEC weekend finally ends. The good news: 14 - 16 July 2017 the #6hNurburgring will return 🏁🏆👍 #nring pic.twitter.com/VUKXm7b7HD
— Nürburgring (@nuerburgring) July 24, 2016
However, it was flagged up on Twitter that this is the same weekend scheduled to host the Formula E double-header in Montreal.
Blimey, good spot from @BenConsty: Date for 2017 Nurburgring race clashes with Montreal Formula E - oh dear…
— Luke Smith (@LukeSmithF1) July 24, 2016
Around two-thirds of the Formula E grid also race in the WEC, with the two championships preventing clashes so that drivers do not have to pick between them. As a result, it seems inevitable that one of the races will have to change date.