The calendar has been released, which seems like a good time for a new thread.
Out are Monaco (as this year belongs to the Historics), Bern (as the event was a one-off with potential to return later on) and Hong Kong (as the odds of getting through the weekend without some part of the track being barricaded and set on fire are slim). In are new events at Seoul and Jakarta and returning is London.
On the teams front, Porsche and Mercedes join the series as manufacturers, but Venturi will revert to being a customer (Mercedes), as may NIO after the team was sold.
Not an enormous amount of movement amongst the drivers, with the lineups at Audi, Nissan, Virgin, Venturi and Mahindra remaining the same. Nyck de Vries will replace Gary Paffett at Mercedes, James Calado is the new full-time driver alongside Mitch Evans at Jaguar, and there is some musical chairs precipitated by the departure of Andre Lotterer from Techeetah to Porsche - his team-mate will be Neel Jani, and his replacement at Techeetah is Antonio Felix da Costa. Da Costa is in turn replaced at BMW by Max Gunther, whose team-mate is currently unknown although Sims would appear to be the favourite to hold onto what is currently his seat. Gunther's old seat at Dragon is filled by Nico Muller, whose new team-mate will be Brendan Hartley. NIO have also yet to announce any drivers after the completion of the team's takeover.
