Scuderia Coloni has finalised its line-up for the GP2 Main Series: VladimirArabadzhiev will jump in the Italian team’s Dallara-Renault car, besides thealready confirmed Alberto Valerio.

26 years-old, from Bulgaria, Arabadzhiev has just completed his first GP2 Asiacampaign and, apart from testing, will be debuting in the Main Series.Throughout his career, he raced in F3, in Euroseries 3000 and in FormulaMaster where, in 2008, he had his best season, finishing runner up in theItalian Championship with 4 wins, two pole positions and six podium finishes.Committing to the Main Series will be another step forward for Vladimir,something that will give him the chance to race under the eyes of the F1 teammanagers and to get some experience on the Formula 1 tracks.

Vladimir’s debut in the Coloni colours will be at the Paul Ricard testing days,planned for March 23-24-25. For the Bulgarian driver it will be the third test onthe Main Series car.

Paolo Coloni: “We are happy to welcome Vladimir in our team. With hisaddition, we feel that we secured ourselves the best talent among the MainSeries newcomers. I saw him racing in the Asia Series, and I was impressed byboth his total commitment and his enthusiasm everytime he was driving thecar. With Vladimir and Alberto we are sure that we will have a great season”.

Vladimir Arabadzhiev: “I’m very happy to drive with Scuderia Coloni, theyhave been in impressive shape in all the GP2 Asia races, so I have goodexpectations for the coming season. Personally, I hope to get good resultssoon, and to get a lot of experience not only in the car but also learning howyou have to work in a GP2 team. In Le Castellet I’ll work very hard in order toprepare for the season in the best possible way”.