List of GP2 Series drivers

For the Asian-based series, see List of GP2 Asia Series drivers.

This is a List of GP2 Series drivers, that is, a list of drivers who have made at least one race start in the GP2 Series. This list does not count drivers who have only appeared in the sister GP2 Asia Series. This list is accurate up to the end of the final round (Monza) of the 2011 season. It does not include data from the non-championship races held in 2011.

By name

Name Nation Seasons Championship
titles		 Races
(Starts)		 Poles[1] Wins Podiums Fastest
Laps		 Points
Albuquerque, FilipeFilipe Albuquerque  Portugal 2007 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
Aleshin, MikhailMikhail Aleshin  Russia 2007, 2011 0 12 (10) 0 0 0 0 3
Alvarez, Juan CruzJuan Cruz Álvarez  Argentina 2005 0 23 0 0 0 0 4.5
Ammermüller, MichaelMichael Ammermüller  Germany 2006–2007 0 27 0 1 3 0 26
Arabadzhiev, VladimirVladimir Arabadzhiev  Bulgaria 2010 0 16 0 0 0 0 0
Artam, CanCan Artam  Turkey 2005 0 23 0 0 0 0 2
Asmer, MarkoMarko Asmer  Estonia 2008 0 14 (13) 0 0 0 0 0
Bakkerud, ChristianChristian Bakkerud  Denmark 2007–2008 0 21 (19) 0 0 0 0 0
Bianchi, JulesJules Bianchi  France 2010–2011 0 38 (37) 4 1 10 1 105
Bird, SamSam Bird  United Kingdom 2010–2011 0 38 (37) 2 1 8 5 93
Bruni, GianmariaGianmaria Bruni  Italy 2005–2006 0 42 3 3 4 3 68
Buemi, SébastienSébastien Buemi  Switzerland 2007–2008 0 31 (30) 0 2 5 3 56
Buurman, YelmerYelmer Buurman  Netherlands 2008 0 10 0 0 1 0 5
Carroll, AdamAdam Carroll  United Kingdom 2005–2008, 2011 0 72 1 5 14 2 129
Ceccon, KevinKevin Ceccon  Italy 2011 0 8 0 0 0 0 0
Cecotto, Jr., JohnnyJohnny Cecotto, Jr.  Venezuela 2009–2011 0 38 (37) 0 0 0 0 3
Chandhok, KarunKarun Chandhok  India 2007–2009 0 61 (60) 0 2 5 1 55
Chilton, MaxMax Chilton  United Kingdom 2010–2011 0 38 0 0 0 0 7
Clos, DaniDani Clos  Spain 2009–2011 0 58 (57) 1 1 8 2 86
Coletti, StefanoStefano Coletti  Monaco 2009, 2011 0 20 (17) 0 2 2 0 22
Conway, MikeMike Conway  United Kingdom 2007–2008 0 43 0 1 2 1 39
Crestani, FabrizioFabrizio Crestani  Italy 2010 0 6 0 0 0 0 0
d'Ambrosio, JérômeJérôme d'Ambrosio  Belgium 2008–2010 0 58 1 1 7 0 71
Di Grassi, LucasLucas Di Grassi  Brazil 2006–2009 0 75 (73) 1 5 21 5 211
Ericsson, MarcusMarcus Ericsson  Sweden 2010–2011 0 38 0 1 3 0 36
Fauzy, FairuzFairuz Fauzy  Malaysia 2005–2006, 2011 0 62 (61) 0 0 0 0 5
Filippi, LucaLuca Filippi  Italy 2006–2011 0 107 2 5 16 9 171
García, BorjaBorja García  Spain 2005–2007 0 43 0 0 2 0 45.5
Glock, TimoTimo Glock  Germany 2006–2007 1 (2007) 42 (41) 4 7 15 5 146
Gommendy, TristanTristan Gommendy  France 2006 0 9 0 0 0 0 6
González, RodolfoRodolfo González  Venezuela 2009–2011 0 40 0 0 0 0 4
Grosjean, RomainRomain Grosjean  France 2008–2011 1 (2011) 58 5 9 21 10 210
Gutiérrez, EstebanEsteban Gutiérrez  Mexico 2011 0 18 (17) 0 1 2 1 15
Hamilton, LewisLewis Hamilton  United Kingdom 2006 1 (2006) 21 1 5 14 7 114
Hanley, BenBen Hanley  United Kingdom 2008 0 8 0 0 0 0 1
Hartley, BrendonBrendon Hartley  New Zealand 2010–2011 0 8 0 0 0 0 5
Herck, MichaelMichael Herck  Romania 2008–2011 0 72 (70) 0 0 1 0 13
Hernández, SergioSergio Hernández  Spain 2005–2007 0 45 (44) 0 0 0 0 4
Hirate, KoheiKohei Hirate  Japan 2007 0 21 0 0 1 0 9
Hulkenberg, NicoNico Hülkenberg  Germany 2009 1 (2009) 20 3 5 10 6 100
Iaconelli, CarlosCarlos Iaconelli  Brazil 2008 0 14 (13) 0 0 0 0 0
Jakes, JamesJames Jakes  United Kingdom 2010 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Jani, NeelNeel Jani  Switzerland 2005–2006 0 27 1 2 2 0 48
Jimenez, SérgioSérgio Jimenez  Brazil 2007 0 5 0 0 0 0 4
Karjalainen, HenriHenri Karjalainen  Finland 2007 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Kobayashi, KamuiKamui Kobayashi  Japan 2008–2009 0 36 0 1 2 2 23
Kovalainen, HeikkiHeikki Kovalainen  Finland 2005 0 23 2 5 12 1 105
Kral, JosefJosef Král  Czech Republic 2010–2011 0 28 0 0 2 0 18
Lapierre, NicolasNicolas Lapierre  France 2005–2006 0 61 (58) 2 2 6 4 76
Lauda, MathiasMathias Lauda  Austria 2005 0 23 0 0 0 0 3
Leal, JuliánJulián Leal  Italy 2011 0 18 0 0 0 0 0
Leimer, FabioFabio Leimer  Switzerland 2010–2011 0 38 (37) 0 2 3 2 23
Leo, FedericoFederico Leo  Italy 2010 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Lopez, Jose MariaJosé María López  Argentina 2005–2006 0 44 (43) 1 1 6 1 66
Maldonado, PastorPastor Maldonado  Venezuela 2007–2010 1 (2010) 73 (72) 3 10 18 10 208
Martínez, MarcosMarcos Martínez  Spain 2007 0 9 (8) 0 0 0 0 5
Mirocha, KevinKevin Mirocha  Germany 2011 0 14 (12) 0 0 0 0 0
Mondini, GiorgioGiorgio Mondini  Switzerland 2005 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
Monfardini, FerdinandoFerdinando Monfardini  Italy 2005–2006 0 41 (40) 0 0 0 0 11
Mortara, EdoardoEdoardo Mortara  Italy 2009 0 20 0 1 1 2 19
Nakajima, KazukiKazuki Nakajima  Japan 2007 0 21 1 0 6 3 44
Negrão, AlexandreAlexandre Negrão  Brazil 2005–2007 0 65 (64) 0 0 1 1 25
Niemelä, MarkusMarkus Niemelä  Finland 2007 0 7 0 0 0 0 0
Nocera, PaoloPaolo Nocera  Italy 2008 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Nunes, DiegoDiego Nunes  Brazil 2008–2009 0 40 0 0 1 0 11
Palmer, JolyonJolyon Palmer  United Kingdom 2011 0 18 0 0 0 0 0
Pantano, GiorgioGiorgio Pantano  Italy 2005–2008 1 (2008) 79 (77) 6 9 23 5 228
Panciatici, NelsonNelson Panciatici  France 2009 0 16 0 0 0 0 0
Parente, ÁlvaroÁlvaro Parente  Portugal 2008–2011 0 56 1 2 9 2 85
Pavlović, MilošMiloš Pavlović  Serbia 2008 0 5 (3) 0 0 0 0 0
Perera, FranckFranck Perera  France 2006, 2009 0 29 (26) 0 0 1 0 8
Perez, SergioSergio Pérez  Mexico 2009–2010 0 40 1 5 9 6 93
Petrov, VitalyVitaly Petrov  Russia 2006–2009 0 69 2 4 11 2 136
Pic, CharlesCharles Pic  France 2010–2011 0 38 (37) 4 3 8 0 80
Piccione, ClivioClivio Piccione  Monaco 2005–2006 0 44 0 1 3 1 32
Piquet, Jr., NelsonNelson Piquet, Jr.  Brazil 2005–2006 0 44 (43) 6 5 13 3 148
Piscopo, EdoardoEdoardo Piscopo  Italy 2010 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
Pizzonia, AntônioAntônio Pizzonia  Brazil 2007 0 5 0 0 0 0 1
Pla, OliverOliver Pla  France 2005–2007 0 36 (35) 0 2 2 1 20
Porteiro, FélixFélix Porteiro  Spain 2006 0 21 0 0 0 0 5
Premat, AlexandreAlexandre Prémat  France 2005–2006 0 44 1 3 15 5 133
Puglisi, MarcelloMarcello Puglisi  Italy 2008 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Razia, LuizLuiz Razia  Brazil 2009–2011 0 56 1 1 6 2 55
Ricci, GiacomoGiacomo Ricci  Italy 2008–2010 0 26 (25) 0 1 2 1 16
Richelmi, StéphaneStéphane Richelmi  Monaco 2011 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Rigon, DavideDavide Rigon  Italy 2009, 2011 0 20 0 0 0 0 3
Risatti, RicardoRicardo Risatti  Argentina 2007 0 6 0 0 0 0 1
Rodríguez, RoldánRoldán Rodríguez  Spain 2007–2009 0 61 0 0 4 1 53
Rosberg, NicoNico Rosberg  Germany 2005 1 (2005) 23 4 5 12 5 120
Senna, BrunoBruno Senna  Brazil 2007–2008 0 41 3 3 9 1 98
Sharp, RyanRyan Sharp  United Kingdom 2005 0 13 0 0 0 1 2
Soucek, AndyAndy Soucek  Spain 2007–2008 0 39 0 0 3 0 29
Speed, ScottScott Speed  United States 2005 0 23 1 0 5 5 67.5
Tahincioglu, JasonJason Tahincioglu  Turkey 2006–2007 0 42 (40) 0 0 0 0 0
Teixeira, RicardoRicardo Teixeira  Portugal 2009 0 20 (18) 0 0 0 0 0
Tung, Ho-PinHo-Pin Tung  China 2007–2008, 2010 0 55 (54) 0 0 1 0 11
Turvey, OliverOliver Turvey  United Kingdom 2010–2011 0 22 1 0 4 0 47
Valerio, AlbertoAlberto Valerio  Brazil 2008–2010 0 54 (53) 0 1 1 0 20
Vallés, AdriánAdrián Vallés  Spain 2006–2008 0 39 0 0 1 3 12
Valsecchi, DavideDavide Valsecchi  Italy 2008–2011 0 73 (72) 1 3 7 1 84
van der Garde, GiedoGiedo van der Garde  Netherlands 2009–2011 0 58 1 3 12 1 122
Varhaug, PålPål Varhaug  Norway 2011 0 18 0 0 0 0 0
Vietoris, ChristianChristian Vietoris  Germany 2010–2011 0 32 (31) 1 3 6 2 64
Vilander, ToniToni Vilander  Finland 2005 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
Villa, JavierJavier Villa  Spain 2006–2009 0 82 (81) 0 3 8 0 77
Viso, ErnestoErnesto Viso  Venezuela 2005–2007 0 47 (46) 0 2 6 2 63
Yamamoto, SakonSakon Yamamoto  Japan 2007–2008 0 21 0 0 0 0 3
Yoshimoto, HirokiHiroki Yoshimoto  Japan 2005–2006 0 44 (41) 0 0 2 1 26
Zaugg, AdrianAdrian Zaugg  South Africa 2007, 2010 0 39 (38) 0 0 1 0 19
Zuber, AndreasAndreas Zuber  United Arab Emirates 2006–2009 0 80 1 2 11 5 95
     Currently in F1 (2011 season)
     Formerly in F1
     Currently in GP2

By nationality

Country Total
Drivers		 Champions Championships Current
September 11, 2011		 First
driver(s)		 Last/Current driver(s)
September 11, 2011
 Argentina 3 0 0 0 Juan Cruz Álvarez, José María López (2005) Ricardo Risatti (2007)
 Austria 1 0 0 0 Mathias Lauda (2005) Mathias Lauda (2005)
 Belgium 1 0 0 0 Jérôme d'Ambrosio (2008) Jérôme d'Ambrosio (2010)
 Brazil 10 0 0 1 Alexandre Negrão, Nelson Piquet Jr. (2005) Luiz Razia
 Bulgaria 1 0 0 0 Vladimir Arabadzhiev (2010) Vladimir Arabadzhiev (2010)
 China 1 0 0 0 Ho-Pin Tung (2007) Ho-Pin Tung (2010)
 Czech Republic 1 0 0 1 Josef Král (2010) Josef Král
 Denmark 1 0 0 0 Christian Bakkerud (2007) Christian Bakkerud (2008)
 Estonia 1 0 0 0 Marko Asmer (2008) Marko Asmer (2008)
 Finland 4 0 0 0 Heikki Kovalainen (2005) Markus Niemelä (2007)
 France 9 1
(Grosjean)		 1
(2011)		 3 Nicolas Lapierre, Oliver Pla, Alexandre Prémat (2005) Jules Bianchi, Romain Grosjean, Charles Pic
 Germany 6 3
(Rosberg, Glock, Hülkenberg)		 3
(2005, 2007, 2009)		 1 Nico Rosberg (2005) Christian Vietoris
 India 1 0 0 0 Karun Chandhok (2007) Karun Chandhok (2009)
 Italy 15 1
(Pantano)		 1
(2008)		 3 Gianmaria Bruni, Ferdinando Monfardini, Giorgio Pantano (2005) Luca Filippi, Julián Leal, Davide Valsecchi
 Japan 5 0 0 0 Hiroki Yoshimoto (2005) Kamui Kobayashi (2009)
 Malaysia 1 0 0 1 Fairuz Fauzy (2005) Fairuz Fauzy
 Mexico 2 0 0 1 Sergio Pérez (2009) Esteban Gutiérrez
 Monaco 3 0 0 1 Clivio Piccione (2005) Stéphane Richelmi
 Netherlands 2 0 0 1 Yelmer Buurman (2008) Giedo van der Garde
 New Zealand 1 0 0 1 Brendon Hartley (2010) Brendon Hartley
 Norway 1 0 0 1 Pål Varhaug (2011) Pål Varhaug
 Portugal 3 0 0 1 Filipe Albuquerque (2007) Álvaro Parente
 Romania 1 0 0 1 Michael Herck (2008) Michael Herck
 Russia 2 0 0 0 Vitaly Petrov (2006) Mikhail Aleshin (2011)
 Serbia 1 0 0 0 Miloš Pavlović (2008) Miloš Pavlović (2008)
 South Africa 1 0 0 0 Adrian Zaugg (2007) Adrian Zaugg (2010)
 Spain 9 0 0 1 Borja García, Sergio Hernández (2005) Dani Clos
 Sweden 1 0 0 1 Marcus Ericsson (2010) Marcus Ericsson
 Switzerland 4 0 0 1 Neel Jani (2005) Fabio Leimer
 Turkey 2 0 0 0 Can Artam (2005) Jason Tahincioglu (2007)
 United Arab Emirates 1 0 0 1 Andreas Zuber (2006) Andreas Zuber (2009)
 United Kingdom 10 1
(Hamilton)		 1
(2006)		 4 Adam Carroll, Ryan Sharp (2005) Sam Bird, Adam Carroll, Max Chilton, Jolyon Palmer
 United States 1 0 0 0 Scott Speed (2005) Scott Speed (2005)
 Venezuela 4 1
(Maldonado)		 1
(2010)		 2 Ernesto Viso (2005) Johnny Cecotto, Jr., Rodolfo González

Notes

  1. ^ Reverse-grid pole positions not included.
GP2 Series: 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011 • 2012 (List of drivers)
GP2 Asia Series: 2008 • 2008–09 • 2009–10 • 2011 (List of drivers)
GP3 Series: 2010 • 2011 • 2012 (List of drivers)