Hockenheim has no 2017 grand prix contract yet

Unlike Brazilian Grand Prix organisers, Hockenheim chief Georg Seiler knows exactly why there is asterisk next to the German Grand Prix date on the draft 2017 F1 calendar - namely, there is no contract as yet.

Seiler is quoted by Morgenweb saying, "There is no new status of negotiations and certainly no agreement. Hockenheim will run the grand prix when conditions are right, meaning when there is no commercial risk at all."

Despite a number of German drivers on the F1 grid, the event fell off the 2015 calendar but returned this year and was hosted at Hockenheim. Previously the race alternated with Nurburgring.