The FIA World Motor Sport Council has announced a 13-round calendar for the 2011 World Rally Championship season, starting in Sweden and ending in Great Britain.However, the door is open for a 14th event to join the 2011 series, which would be confirmed by the end of June according to a a press release from the FIA:
"A 14th event could be added to calendar...This would be approved by the WMSC on 23 June at the latest."
The 2011 calendar sees a number of familiar names return to the calendar due to the rotational calendar system, such as Italy, Argentina and Greece.
In total, nine of the rallies will be held on gravel, three are on asphalt and one is on snow and ice. Unlike this year, where June is a quiet month, there is at least one rally every month from February through to November - meaning that it will be a busy time for the teams in the debut season of the all-new World Rally Car formula.
The rally dates below are listed by the Sunday of each event, although organisers will once more have the possibility to run outside of the established Friday-Saturday-Sunday format next year.
13 February: Sweden
06 March: Mexico
27 March: Portugal
17 April: Jordan
08 May: Italy
29 May: Argentina
19 June: Greece
31 July: Finland
21 August: Germany
11 September: Australia
02 October: France
23 October: Spain
13 November: Great Britain
