Manama: Twenty-Six of the world’s most talented young drivers will be lining up on the grid for the 10th and penultimate round of the 2015 GP2 Series.
The meeting is set to be held on November 20 and 21 in support of the FIA WEC Six Hours of Bahrain weekend at Bahrain International Circuit (BIC) in Sakhir.
GP2 is one of four series that will complement the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC). The others are the GP3 Series, the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East, and the MRF Challenge.
The upcoming event will mark the second time this year that GP2 has raced at BIC. In April, the series held its season-opener at BIC in support of the Formula One Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix.
Belgian driver Stoffel Vandoorne of ART Grand Prix shared the round one honours with Indonesian Rio Haryanto of Campos Racing. Vandoorne won that weekend’s feature race, while Haryanto triumphed in the sprint race.
Vandoorne has since added another four victories to his name for a total of five wins heading into Bahrain, while Haryanto has since added two more to bring his victories tally to three.
Other drivers to win this season were Briton Alex Lynn of DAMS, New Zealander Richie Stanaway of Status Grand Prix, Russian Sergey Sirotkin of Rapax, Japanese Nobuharu Matsushita of ART Grand Prix, Alexander Rossi of Racing Engineering and New Zealander Mitch Evans of Russian Time.
Four more victories are up for the taking for the reminder of the 2015 season.
All past winners will once again be out for a win in Bahrain.
They will be joined on the grid by Pierre Gasly of DAMS, Dean Stoneman and Sean Gelael of Carlin, Jordan King and Alexander Rossi of Racing Engineering, Artem Markelov of Russian Time, Rafael Marciello of Trident, Arthur Pic of Campos Racing; Nicholas Natifi and Rene Binder of MP Motorsport, Robert Visoiu of Rapax, Andre Negrao and Norman Nato of Arden International, Marlon Stockinger of Status Grand Prix and Nathanael Berthon and Sergio Canamasas of Daiko Team Lazarus.
The upcoming 10th round as part of the Six Hours of Bahrain weekend will see free practice and qualifying take place. The 32-lap feature race is then scheduled for November 20 while the 23-lap sprint takes place on November 21.
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