Celso Miguez will make his debut in the Superleague Formula series with Olympique Lyonnais during Round 8 at the Adria Raceway in Italy. The Spanish driver previously raced in World Series by Renault and Euro 3000.

The car will be run by Drivex, a Spanish race team founded by Formula 1 driver Pedro de la Rosa and Miguel Ángel de Castro.

Ben Hanley will sub for the injured Chris van der Drift. Hanley was runner op in World series by Renault and raced in GP2.

The cars of Sporting Clube de Portugal and Girondins de Bordeaux will be absent this weekend, the car count will be down to 16 for the Italian Superleague race..