India will see its inaugural Formula One Grand Prix on October 30, 2011, in a 20-race calendar which will see the same amount of 12 teams as in the current season, the ruling body FIA said in a statement on Wednesday.
The Indian race, on the Jaypee Group Circuit some 50 kilometres from New Delhi, is slated as the 18th season race, pending FIA homologation. The 2011 campaign season starts again in Bahrain on March 13 and ends in Brazil as in 2008 on November 27. The 2009 and 2010 seasons end in Abu Dhabi, which is now the penultimate race next year.
The FIA World Motor Sport Council also said that there will be no additional 13th team because “none of the candidates met the requirements to be granted an entry into the Championship.”
