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Montreal, Indy, Magny-Cours, Silverstone and Mugello and/or Imola are dead certs, I'd say. Also you'd have to look at Zeltweg/Spielberg, now known as the Red Bull-Ring. Monza's also said to be out of contract...
Jerez would be a shrewd choice because F1 isn't going to race there again after the 1997 podium fiasco. They'd be stupid to go to Valencia, though - the street race is all about regional politics (not going to go away just because you race at a different circuit), and the permanent circuit would be dreadful
I'd like to think we get some new circuits like Brno and Algarve, and perhaps older circuits like Zandvoort and Kyalami, but for most, if they're not up to the standard now, they're not going to suddenly come up to standard for the manufacturers - they'll still want corporate facilities as they're the ones that demanded them to start with. So some of the better tracks people will hope for, like Potrero, are just fantasies
They'll still be looking for races in the new markets - Zhuhai would be a candidate for a Chinese round, for instance. Also the financial draw of the Middle East will still gain it a round - Losail or Dubai, maybe. Maybe some of the Tilkerings like Sakhir and Sepang could wangle rounds in each series
But you're not going to see any new street races suddenly conjured up in, what, 6 months. Otherwise they'll be living on an A1ian existance where you have a calendar with half the rounds unconfirmed
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