There will be 22 drivers on the grid for the opening round of the 2016 GP2 season at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Spain this weekend.
The series confirmed the official entry list for the Barcelona weekend, with Status Grand Prix absent having missed several days of pre-season testing.
Carlin originally did not have a team-mate on the entry list for Marvin Kirchhofer but it has now been announced that Sergio Canamasas will return to GP2 with the team.
Status Grand Prix debuted in GP2 last season but despite winning two races, it only completed two days of testing over the winter and is not on the entry list.
The series has also seen a grid number drop due to the withdrawal of Hilmer, after the team missed several rounds at the end of the 2015 season.
Returning race winners and podium finishers in GP2 have been joined by several exciting rookie drivers.
Here is the official entry list:
Nobuharu Matsushita – ART Grand Prix
Sergey Sirotkin – ART Grand Prix
Norman Nato – Racing Engineering
Jordan King – Racing Engineering
Alex Lynn – DAMS
Nicholas Latifi – DAMS
Mitch Evans – Pertamina Campos Racing
Sean Gelael – Pertamina Campos Racing
Raffaele Marciello – RUSSIAN TIME
Artem Markelov – RUSSIAN TIME
Gustov Malja – Rapax
Arthur Pic – Rapax
Philo Paz Armand – Trident
Luca Ghiotto – Trident
Sergio Canamasas – Carlin
Marvin Kirchhofer – Carlin
Antonio Giovinazzi – PREMA Racing
Pierre Gasly – PREMA Racing
Nabril Jeffri – Arden International
Jimmy Eriksson – Arden International
