French GP venue Paul Ricard says it would like to host F1's pre-season testing early next year.
The six days of official winter running kicks off later this month at the now-customary pre-season venue in Barcelona.
But Paul Ricard circuit director Stephane Clair told f1only.fr: "We are candidates to host the winter tests. We dream about it and we discuss it.
"We already had a good chance that it would happen this year."