The GP2 Series gears up for its tenth season which starts this weekend at Bahrain International Circuit alongside Formula One.
It was on April 23rd 2005 in Imola that the world met with GP2, a new category with the ambition to become the strongest feeder Series to F1. And it delivered all its promises, fulfilling its goals providing motorsport fans with a reliable, safe and competitive car that prepared young drivers to the next step and races that provided edge-of-your-seat entertainment.
Nine seasons later, 24 GP2 drivers have graduated straight into F1, and the spirit and the high standards of the Series have remained unchanged: we’re all about pure racing, being a learning curve for young drivers and pushing the best and most competitive talents out-there to their limits in order to prove their worth in front of the Formula One paddock...and the rest of the world!
This season should not be any different with a field made of seven GP2 race winners, eleven podium finishers, nine rookies and drivers that come from nineteen different countries proving how truly international the Series has become in the last decade. May the best man win!
THE ENTRY LIST
RT RUSSIAN TIME01 - Mitch Evans02 - Artem Markelov
Carlin03 - Felipe Nasr04 - Julian Leal
Racing Engineering05 - Raffaele Marciello06 - Stefano Coletti
DAMS07 - Jolyon Palmer08 - Stéphane Richelmi
ART Grand Prix09 - Takuya Izawa10 - Stoffel Vandoorne
Hilmer Motorsport11 - Daniel Abt12 - Facu Regalia
Rapax14 - Adrian Quaife-Hobbs15 - Simon Trummer
Arden International16 - Rene Binder17 - André Negrao
EQ8 Caterham Racing18 - Rio Haryanto19 - Alexander Rossi
MP Motorsport20 - Daniiel De Jong21 - Jon Lancaster
Trident22 - Axcil Jefferies23 - Johnny Cecotto
Venezuela GP Lazarus24 - Nathanaël BErthon25 - Conor Daly
Campos Racing26 - Arthur Pic27 - Kimiya Sato
