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The future of the German Grand Prix remains uncertain, despite a somewhat successful event last weekend.
The race is currently alternated between the Nurburgring, and The Hockenheimring which hosted this year's race.
However, ongoing financial difficulties for the Nurburgring meant that it was unable to host the race last year and it is unlikely it will be able to next year either.
"2017 is the Norburgring's turn," Hockenheim boss Georg Seiler told DPA news lafter last weekend's German Grand Prix
Seiler had aimed to sell at least 60,000 Sunday tickets to ensure they broke even, but the final figure fell just short at 57,000.
"On the positive side we sold more tickets than in 2014 so the trend is right," he told Stuttgarter Nachrichten newspaper.
Hockenheim has a contract to again host the race in 2018, but beyond that is uncertain.
"We already have a contract for 2018 and will comply with it. Then we'll see," Seiler added. "A lot of water will flow down the Rhine before 2019," he said.
Seiler has refused to rule out the possibility of Hockenheim returning to the calendar next year, saying "anything is possible", but he wants assurances that there would be no "risk" that Hockenheim will left with a bill to pay.
"Formula One should stay at Hockenheim, but the contract in the future must be that there is no risk," Seiler told the German website motorsport-magazin.com.
"There are many people within the F1 supply train that make money," he said. "It cannot be that we provide the playground only for others to make money."
Mercedes has been a big supporter of the German Grand Prix for a number of years, but Seiler is continuing to look for other backers.
"I would be happy if Mercedes wants to continue with us as a Formula One partner," he said. "I am also thinking of all the suppliers and other companies that are also part of the overall business."
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