24/07/2010
NEWS STORY
No less than 21 drivers have been penalised ahead of today first race - mostly for ignoring yellow flags during yesterday's practice session
While most have been hit with 2 and 3 grid place penalties, Varhaug has received a seven spot penalty for ignoring waved yellows & losing control of his car within yellow flag zone while Oliver Oakes has received an additional grid drop of ten spots for failing to comply with a waved red flag.
Consequently, the grid now looks like this:
| Pos | Driver | Team |
| 1 | Newgarden | Carlin |
| 2 | Jakes | Manor GP |
| 3 | Wickens | Status GP |
| 4 | Merhi | Atech CRS GP |
| 5 | Van der Zande | RSC Mucke Motorsport |
| 6 | Quaife-Hobbs | Manor GP |
| 7 | Christensen | MW Arden |
| 8 | Haryanto | Manor GP |
| 9 | Juncadella | Tech 1 Racing |
| 10 | Gutierrez | ART Grand Prix |
| 11 | Muller | Jenzer Motorsport |
| 12 | Trummer | Jenzer Motorsport |
| 13 | Melker | RSC Mucke Motorsport |
| 14 | Coletti | Tech 1 Racing |
| 15 | Smith | Carlin |
| 16 | Bortolotti | Addax Team |
| 17 | Monras | MW Arden |
| 18 | Hegewald | RSC Mucke Motorsport |
| 19 | Rossi | ART Grand Prix |
| 20 | Lopez | Addax Team |
| 21 | Varhaug | Jenzer Motorsport |
| 22 | Sechelariu | Tech 1 Racing |
| 23 | Cordeiro | MW Arden |
| 24 | Morad | Status GP |
| 25 | Foresti | Carlin |
| 26 | Ghirelli | Atech CRS GP |
| 27 | Guimaraes | Addax Team |
| 28 | Nunes | ART Grand Prix |
| 29 | Lukashevich | Status GP |
| 30 | Oakes | Atech CRS GP |