GP2 Series organizers have revealed the calendar and the final entry list for the 2011 season.
The championship will consist of just nine round after the season-ending Yas Marina race was dropped from next year's schedule, meaning the series will take place entirely in Europe.
The 2011 season will kick off in Turkey for the first time on May 7 and will finish at Monza on Sept. 11, all races following Formula 1.
Two official tests are scheduled for April 4-6 at Silverstone and April 18-20 at Barcelona.
The entry list has also confirmed that the ART squad will now be known as Lotus ART following its partnership with Lotus Group.
2011 GP2 Championship
May 7-8 Istanbul, Turkey
May 21-22 Barcelona, Spain
May 27-28 Monte Carlo, Monaco
June 25-26 Valencia, Spain
July 9-10 Silverstone, Great Britain
July 23-24 Nurburgring, Germany
July 30-31 Budapest, Hungary
Aug. 27-28 Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium
Sept. 10-11 Monza, Italy
2011 entry list
Number Team Name
1, 2 Rapax
3, 4 Barwa Addax Team
5, 6 Lotus ART
7, 8 Racing Engineering
9, 10 iSport International
11, 12 DAMS
14, 15 Arden International
16, 17 Super Nova Racing
18, 19 Scuderia Coloni
20, 21 Trident Racing
22, 23 Ocean Racing Technology
24, 25 Carlin
26, 27 Team Air Asia