Here's a better laid out version of the provisional calendar:
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Draft 2011 calendar
April - Monza
April - Oulton Park
May - Donington Park
June - Brands Hatch
July - Paul Ricard
July - Spa-Francorchamps
August - Nurburgring
September - Rockingham
September - Snetterton
October - Silverstone
It does seem strange to be starting at Monza, but if that's what it takes to get a meeting there, so be it. The trouble is it will probably be the best one of the year with more overtaking there than in the rest of the season put together!
I'm personally very sorry that there isn't a meeting at Thruxton, but once the decision had been taken to stay with the MSV circuits there was never going to be room. Rockingham is a truly boring circuit, but the facilities are so much better and it's much closer for most of the teams.