GP2 Series organizers have unveiled the 2010 calendar with eleven rounds confirmed for next season. Twelve teams will take part with Piquet GP renamed Rapax.

The series will once again begin in Barcelona where the Formula One Championship opens its European season. This event will be our first of ten weekends as the official Formula One support series - one more event than the previous year. Portimao will host again the stand-alone event which will take place mid-season on 19-20 June and will be supported by the new and anticipated GP3 Series. The 2010 championship will be concluded in Abu Dhabi at the Yas Marina Circuit together with Formula One.

Two pre-season test sessions will be organised first at Paul Ricard in March and April.

GP2 Series Organiser Bruno Michel commented: "I am very pleased to have eleven rounds next year. We will have ten events alongside Formula One; that's one more than in 2009 and ending the season in Abu Dhabi is fantastic.

"I can also reveal today that the 2010 grid is almost complete. The list of drivers for next season is made of a lot of new names and it will be very interesting to follow these promising young guns. Looking at the Formula One grid for next year, one can only be impressed by the number of GP2 graduates who will be competing in the 2010 championship."

Tests

23-24-25 March: Le Castellet, France Test
7-8-9 April: Barcelona, Spain Test

Championship

8-9 May: Barcelona, Spain
14-15 May: Monte-Carlo, Monaco
29-30 May: Istanbul, Turkey
19-20 June: Portimao, Portugal
26-27 June: Valencia, Spain
10-11 July: Silverstone, Great Britain
24-25 July: Hockenheim, Germany
31 July - 1 August: Budapest, Hungary
28_29 August: Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium
11-12 September: Monza, Italy
13-14: November Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi