In association with BriSCA F2 Offical Grader David Hamar, the following criteria has been used to decide who qualifies for the big race on Sunday.

The line-up for the Formula 2 European Championship will consist of the top 20 National points scorers as at the date of compilation of the July grading list who had booked to race before the deadline date as outlined in the formal invitation that was sent out. From the remaining drivers, the top six points scorers from Saturday evening’s racing, together with the top points scoring drivers from N. Ireland and mainland Europe will join them giving a grid of 36 cars. There will be ten overseas drivers seeded directly to the championship race – six from mainland Europe and four from N. Ireland, the six/four split being an equal proportion of the total number booked to race from each location.

Should the defending European champion, 7 Gordon Moodie, fail to finish among the top six points scorers from Saturday’s racing, he will be entitled to a place in the race but will start from the back of the grid.

The top twenty drivers who had applied for a booking before the deadline date and are seeded directly to Sunday’s European championship race are (in points order):

1 George MacMillan
647 Chris Burgoyne
38 Dave Polley
101 Kelvyn Marshall
606 Andrew Palmer
676 Neil Hooper
154 Michael Green
652 Stephen Forster
780 Chris Utley
184 Aaron Vaight
768 Tom Adcroft
871 Mark Simpson
700 Adam Rubery
797 Dan Moss
488 Liam Bentham
761 Richard Bowyer
83 Sy Harraway
817 Tim Bailey
527 James Riggall
968 Micky Brennan

The first five reserves, should there be any no-shows on the day, are (in points order):

111 Lewis Geach
522 Chris Mikulla
578 Mark Gibbs
542 Steven Gilbert
3 Liam Rennie

The four N. Ireland drivers seeded directly to Sunday’s European championship race are (in points order from their current grading list):

NI925 Craig McConnell
NI998 Graham Fegan
NI944 Ryan McCrory
NI935 Dean McCrory

The six mainland Europe drivers seeded directly to Sunday’s European championship race are (in points order from their current grading list):

H124 Wim Peeters
D92 Peter Baer
H80 Patrick Hendriks
H136 Rick Lenssen
H383 Pieter van der Beek
H152 Chris Hendriks

The make-up of the grid will be by public draw on Sunday morning outside the pit office. All 36 qualifiers will be ‘in the hat’ and each driver, or his representative, will draw his grid position.