The 24H Series has announced its schedule for the 2017 season, which includes the surprise addition of a 24-hour race at Circuit of The Americas in Austin, Texas as well as the series’ first visits to Monza and Portimao.

As usual, the 2017 24H Series season will start with the 24H DUBAI on January 12-14. The 12H Mugello which is set for March 16-18 also is a traditional fixture. The 24 Hours of Paul Ricard meanwhile has been moved from its July date to the first weekend of May.

After visiting the south of France, the series will head to Italy to visit its two most famous circuits, the inaugural 12H Monza and 12H Imola rounds are set for June 8-10 and June 29-July 1 respectively.

After the summer break, the action resumes with another new event, the 24H Portimao on August 25-27. The final race of the season, 24H COTA, is scheduled to take place from November 9-11.

“We have been working on this for a long time and we are delighted that everything is now in place for us to have a race there next year,” Creventic’s Peter Freij says. “Like for our race in Dubai, we will be offering tailor-made packages including transport of cars and equipment to Texas and back, so that teams don’t have to worry about the logistics. For teams wanting to race both at COTA in 2017 and at Dubai in January, 2018, we will also be offering combined transport options for Texas and Dubai.”

The 24H Series’ TCE calendar was also released, which once again includes the 24 at Silverstone.

2017 24H SERIES powered by Hankook

January 12-14 Rd 1 Hankook 24H DUBAI UAE

March 16-18 Rd 2 Hankook 12H MUGELLO Italy

May 5-7 Rd 3 Hankook 24H CIRCUIT PAUL RICARD France

June 8-10 Rd 4 Hankook 12H MONZA Italy

June 29-July 1 Rd 5 Hankook 12H IMOLA Italy

August 25-27 Rd 6 Hankook 24H PORTIMAO Portugal

November 9-11 Rd 7 Hankook 24H COTA United States

2017 TOURING CAR ENDURANCE (TCE) SERIES powered by Hankook

March 31-April 1 Rd 1 Hankook 24H SILVERSTONE Great Britain

April 20-22 Rd 2 Hankook 12H MAGNY COURS France

July 6-8 Rd 3 Hankook 12H MISANO Italy

September 1-3 Rd 4 Hankook 24H BARCELONA Spain

October 6-8 Rd 5 Hankook 24H EPILOG BRNO Czech Republic