Date change for WEC Prologue 2017

The 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship will begin, as is now tradition, with The Prologue – the official pre-season test for all entrants.  The event will be held for the first time at the home of Italian motorsport, Monza, and the dates for the WEC Prologue will now be Saturday 1^stApril and Sunday 2^ndApril 2017.

The reason for the change from the previously announced dates is that an official visit to Monza by His Holiness Pope Francis will now take place on 24^thand 25^thMarch 2017, and for obvious organisational and security reasons it is not possible to combine the WEC’s visit with these dates.

The dates for the official pre-season European Le Mans Series test at Monza remains unchanged on 28^thand 29^thMarch 2017.

As a reminder, the 2017 WEC calendar is as follows:

1 / 2 April                             WEC Prologue, Monza, ITA

16 April                                 6 Hours of Silverstone, GBR

06 May                                  WEC 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, BEL

17/18 June                            Le Mans 24 Hours, FRA

16 July                                  6 Hours of Nürburgring, DEU

03 September                       6 Hours of Mexico, MEX

16 September                       6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas, USA              

15 October                           6 Hours of Fuji, JAP

05 November                       6 Hours of Shanghai, CHN

18 November                       6 Hours of Bahrain, BAH

Photo:  Ferrari Press Office