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GP2 series announces 2007 grid and calendar |
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Thursday, 14 December 2006 |
Following the deadline for entries and last week’s meeting of the FIA World Council, the GP2 series is proud to unveil our 2007 calendar and is happy to report that the 13 teams who formed our grid in 2006 have been confirmed for the 2007 season. Race numbering is allocated by championship position from the official final standings of 2006, as per the GP2 series sporting regulations.
There will be few major changes to the 2007 line-up. As previously
announced, our vice-champions Piquet Sports have formed an alliance
with F1 legends Minardi to become “Minardi Piquet Sports”, and we
welcome British F3 greats Carlin Motorsport to the series as they form
an alliance with DPR to become “Carlin DPR.” Finally, Campos Racing
will become known as “Campos Grand Prix” next year.
Our 13 teams will embark on a global challenge in 2007 as the GP2
series starts its season in Bahrain, scene of our thrilling title
showdown in 2005. This event will be our first of ten weekends as the
official Formula One support series. From there we return to Europe and
follow the F1 circus until it departs across the Atlantic in June, at
which point we will have our traditional and allimportant mid-season
test. The racing picks up again in France and we will stay with Formula
One until our penultimate race in Belgium as Spa-Francorchamps makes a
welcome return to the calendar. The 2007 championship will be concluded
with our one stand-alone event of the season in Valencia at the end of
September, the scene of our highly successful opening round in 2006.
Teams and Numbers
| No. |
Team Name and License |
Nat. |
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1, 2 |
ART Grand Prix |
FRA
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3, 4 |
Minardi Piquet Sports |
BRA |
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5, 6 |
iSport International |
GBR |
7, 8
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Arden International |
NED |
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9, 10 |
Petrol Ofisi FMS International |
ITA |
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11, 12 |
Trident Racing |
ITA |
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14, 15 |
Racing Engineering |
ESP |
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16, 17 |
Super Nova International |
GBR |
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18, 19 |
BCN Competicion |
ESP |
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20, 21 |
Carlin DPR |
GBR |
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22, 23 |
Dams |
FRA |
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24, 25 |
Campos Grand Prix |
ESP |
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26, 27 |
Durango |
ITA |
2007 Tests and Races
| Date |
Circuit
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Test/Race
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Feb 21-22
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Paul Ricard, France
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Test |
| Mar 08-09 |
Barcelona, Spain |
Test |
| Mar 15-16 |
Paul Ricard, France |
Test |
| Apr 13-15 |
Sakhir, Bahrain |
Race |
| May 11-13 |
Barcelona, Spain |
Race |
| May 24-26 |
Monte Carlo, Monaco |
Race |
| Jun 19-20 |
Paul Ricard, France |
Test |
| Jun 29 - Jul 1 |
Magny-Cours, France |
Race |
| Jul 6-8 |
Silverstone, Britain |
Race |
| Jul 20-22 |
Nurburgring, Germany |
Race |
| Aug 3-5 |
Budapest, Hungary |
Race |
| Aug 24-26 |
Istanbul, Turkey |
Race |
| Sep 7-9 |
Monza, Italy |
Race |
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Sep 14-16 |
Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium |
Race |
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Sep 28-30 |
Valencia, Spain |
Race |
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